Originally Posted by Bnagy4.8

So I took my car in 2 weeks ago to get my first oil change (since I purchased the vehicle) at the local BMW Dealership. after sitting for 2 hours I watched them pull my car out of the garage and blue smoke was coming out of my exhaust. after another hour they came to put me into a loaner car. According to the service adviser they put an excessive amount of oil in the engine 15 quarts instead of 10 for the 4.8is. This happened because there oil pump turned off unexpectedly and when they turned there system back on the pump was not calibrated correctly.

Long story short, they drained the oil and refilled the oil level to the correct level and then went to start the engine. after lots of " nasty " noises they turned off the engine and pulled the plugs, after tests they tried again. made another awful sound. they went to crank it manually and they realized that they seized the engine.

They went to their insurance company and the insurance tried to conclude that the car is deemed totaled and wanted to pay me off for 23k. (I owe 21k, haven't owned it for a year) The engine had only 52k miles on it for a fully loaded 2005 4.8is. After hashing it out with the insurance company for 2 days, they wanted to give me trade in value 19k plus compensation. WHAT?! The dealership will not rebuild the engine because it is to expensive and they cant find a brand new motor.

We sent in documentation showing the value invested into the vehicle, New air ride suspension, personalized tasteful modifications. So, they decide to lift the totaled title and they found an engine in Texas from a 2006 BMW x5 4.8is with 42k miles which was rolled. This engine will only have a 90 day warranty, and the dealership says they will warranty there work. What the hell does that mean!

They did however say that they will be looking over the engine first before installing it to make sure it checks out.

At this point my attorney is on stand by because I have a feeling this will be a mess.


Thoughts and opinions?