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Originally Posted by andrewwynn
It's very had to find the source with the stiffening plate on so first thing I will do is remove that then I'll pressure wash the bottom of the engine and go for a drive. Maybe add some uv dye to the oil to find fresh vs old leak.
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I did remove the stiffening plate underneath there and cleaned everything up already as well. So all of that oil leaking in the pictures are actually pretty much fresh. The oil will leak without me having to drive the car as well.
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Originally Posted by dkl
OP, I have the same leak, but not as bad - no drips on the ground...just all over the belly pan. I had a local BMW indie looked at it last year when I had them do my PCV and they pretty much confirmed that it was leaking from the oil pan gasket. Needless to say, I was quoted a 10hrs+ job to change it out...so I'm still living with the leak til this day.
Since you're also in Irvine, I am curious to hear if you can find a lower cost solution - please keep us updated. Thanks.
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If I do the oil pan gasket, I would end up doing it myself. Otherwise, for anything that I can't do myself, I usually take it to precisiongermanperformance.com.
I purchased this E53 about a month ago. As I was doing the oil change, I did notice that it was pretty dark and seemed like the oil hadn't been changed in a while. This makes me partially believe that the new oil could have cleaned out some of the crud around the gaskets, therefore allowing the fresh oil to start leaking out.