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Originally Posted by Quicksilver
If your gonna keep it spend the money. Don’t half do it.
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I was going to suggest the same. If you aren't interested in maintaining it... and I'm not saying that makes you abnormal, sell it as is. It actually makes you more in line with most older car owners to not want to work on it or pay someone to do it.
I've said it before. People who own older BMW's are a certain kind of "special." We don't mind spending hours (or days sometimes) in the garage a few times a year to keep one of these things on the road. It's still cheaper than any new car, and no "reliable" car (Toyota, Honda, Acura, etc) is as fun to drive or as good looking. That's all personal opinion of course, but I'm guessing it applies to more owners than just me judging by how many of these things I still see running around in fair condition.
All that said, you don't mention your mileage, but I'd guess you're looking at valve covers and upper timing covers at a minimum. Plus all the little seals that go along with those, vanos solenoids, eccentric shaft adjusters, eccentric shaft sensor, etc. Soon after that the alternator bracket gasket will go (if not seeping already), the upper oil pan gasket (could also be the source of your leak), and lower oil pan gaskets. Yeah, it sucks... we are all dealing with it.
