Just finished my oil change and here's what I found  :  I am no specialist but I do think that looks like an headgasket. Especially it wasn't looking like that a month ago when I last checked. The oil had 6k on it and the car 55k. All services were done at trhe $tealer a part from the last two, that I did myself. Because of that I would be surprised if BMW was to do anything to help me!  Ludo |
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The optimistic diagnosis would be a head gasket.
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and the pessimistic?
What symptoms for what problems?
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Well I would be looking for white smoke out of exhaust. But you wont really know till you pull the head. Worst case scenario: cracked block. Basically when you get "chocolate milk" cooalnt is mixing w/ oil. This can happen from any number of things. Has your car overheated?
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Quote: | Well I would be looking for white smoke out of exhaust. But you wont really know till you pull the head. Worst case scenario: cracked block. Basically when you get "chocolate milk" cooalnt is mixing w/ oil. This can happen from any number of things. Has your car overheated? | No sign of overheating, I mean the temperature gauge never passed the halfway mark.
The sign of a crack block would be loss of power no?
Would a compression test shows it?
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Quote: No sign of overheating, I mean the temperature gauge never passed the halfway mark.
The sign of a crack block would be loss of power no?
Would a compression test shows it? |
Yah the compression test is a invaluable. Does your car sit for any period of time?
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Does it look like an head gasket to you?