The BMW M60 is a naturally aspirated V8 petrol engine which was produced from 1992 to 1996.

[3] The camshaft is driven by a dual-row timing chain[4] with a self-adjusting tensioner.

[2] The M60 was BMW's first car engine to use a "split conrod" design,[2] where sintered connecting rods are made as a single piece and then fractured in order to ensure increased rigidity and an exact fit.

[12][11] The M60 uses Nikasil- an alloy containing aluminium, nickel and silicon alloy- to line the cylinders bores.

In fuels with high sulfur content (such as used fuels sold at the time in the United States, United Kingdom and South America), the sulfur damages the Nikasil bore lining, causing the engine to lose compression.