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Originally Posted by patchesj
Usually in spun bearing situations there will be metal shavings/dust/particles filling the oil, and there is no easy way to clean this out of the complex passages and bearings of things like the turbo, VANOS, etc. Easier to just replace everything the oil touches than risk future failure.
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Agreed - up to this point the OP did not make any reference to possible failure causes other than "blown motor" - however now it does seem that there were "burnt up" bearings on #4 and #8.
People are going to point to a manufacturer defect, but I'm just not convinced.