Thread: Huge oil leak from drivers side front. Picture. Fixed.
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Old 10-04-2020, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by fixture5150 View Post
Got to my leak problem. It was the alternator bracket gasket. As you can see it was cracked, thus the huge amount of oil flowing out. I didnt want to take on this repair, so I took it to my BMW mechanic. Took him 2 days. Charged me $1000. He knows he and my dad well, since we take all our BMWs to him.



Hope this might help others.



$1K labor for a $2 gasket. That's about as bad as the M54 $1500 charge for a $35 oil pan gasket.
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