You said this came out of a manual e60... could that have been initiated by a non-catastrophic money shift? Would have thought that would be more along the lines of scoring than gouging... but I'm a noob to engine internals by any reasonable standard.

A money shift and the resulting burning oil might explain it getting sold. Though I would have imagined he'd keep the 6spd trans unless he scrapped the car altogether.

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