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F30 Oil Leak??? Engine Out Of Car!
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I am back from being oversees in Germany for the last 3 years. Picked up my 2 year old 335i F30 M Sport (bsm) at the Oxnard, CA port. Took the trek out to Las Vegas and have been here in the area for a couple months now. Noticed a small oil leak in the garage and was hoping for maybe a loose drain plug. After pulling off all of the undercarriage plastic, was stunned on how much oil I saw... Noting that the drain plug was fine. Oil cap and oil filter fine. Engine oil measures good. This is when panic started to set in. Even though I have full warranty, I was scared for my baby. Scheduled a visit with my SA ASAP. Dropped her off and got a call the next day with an update. My knowledge about cars and BMWs are very entry level. The call was two leaks, oil filter housing gasket and drain pan gasket. Was told a simple 25 mile run the next morning to check leaks and she should be good to go. No phone call the next day. I called them last night and the leak has now moved to the valve cover gasket, which means my engine is out of the car right now and won't be ready for about 4 more days. I miss my car. I hope she is going to be OK. Anyone have an engine pulled and put back in? Will she still be my ultimate driving machine? SA had mentioned very unusual for such a low milage car to have these issues. My thoughts were not voiced but coming from the autobahn, and the speeds achieved, hopefully didn't accelerate the current situation. Just wanted to share my current scenario. Cheers |
11-12-2016, 04:46 PM | #2 |
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I've never heard of a BMW engine getting pulled in order to replace a valve cover gasket or even a head gasket.
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Do note service department still needs to bill hours back to BMWNA, and BMWNA will not reimburse more than a few hours for valve cover gasket. Removing and reinstalling engine will take a few days. |
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Unfortunately, I clarified with them about the engine being pulled, so it makes me wonder if I misinterpreted what was wrong or he is just telling me that. Won't get it back until Tuesday if everything goes smoothly.
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If the engine is pulled the problem probably will be a lot more serious than just valve cover gasket. Please keep us informed what the final invoice says.
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If you're replacing a cylinder head gasket, ISTA has you pulling the engine. See attached PDFs. |
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I have not looked at that engine closely enough to know, but on some cars they say to remove the engine when you can actually get enough clearance to get the head off by disconnecting the rear motor mount and jacking up the rear of the engine. The mechanics know and get the job done in half of the scheduled time.
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A leaking head gasket would produce oil in the coolant and coolant in the oil, not an oil drip. So it's not a head gasket. More likely valve cover or pan gasket, neither of which require engine removal.
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Got the car back. It was a leak on the back of the engine coming from the head gasket. From everyone I talk to, should I be worried about future issues? SA told me no coolant in the engine and I should have nothing to worry about. I left the bottom plastic covers off and I am in oil leak monitoring mode. Confirmed the engine was removed (that's what they tell me).
During this procedure would you think the oil would have been replaced, recycled, or not drained? I was told the oil didn't have to be replaced, even with the die added? Thanks |
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You even get engines from the factory with it in. They hot test every X engines. You can tell when it is a hot test engine when you open the oil cap and find florescent green oil in a brand new car. It only replaced at teh regular scheduled engine oil change.
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My car has been in for 35 days. I've had all common leaks fixed and I'm only at 49k miles on a 2014 435I. They pulled the heads off and actually pulled the block out with intentions of placing the heads completely. They were saying i has porous aluminum at first but today said all of block and heads are in great shape and are replacing the head gasket only. It was leaking oil only, no coolant mix or anything. The leaks were pooling around the intake and ending up sitting down on my cover and i they were pretty bad leaks. So I'm hoping they are right about the gaskets. Sometimes they can get bent or warped but they ended said the head gasket looked fine. Glad i have a warranty! If i see another drop in the floor i will just trade it that same day for a g20. This time I'm not mentioning it. They can deal with it when they go to sell the car. I'm sick of the bs at the dealership. |
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Seeing this a fair bit and it was very common on the older 1.8 motor out of both the E36 and E46 3 series, did many of those at the time, in fact on those engines it was fairly regular but it does happen occasionally on these newer engines too. And when this occurs there is zero coolant and oil cross contamination Next one we do I will post photos with head off and show offending oil leak. Last edited by bellguy; 01-30-2021 at 01:51 AM.. |
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