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What did it cost you to get your valve cover gaskets fixed? How many labor hours and where did you get it done? Sounds like that might be less expensive of a problem
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I'll make sure to check this then, I assume this one would not be covered under BMWNA good will program. $450 isn't too hard to swallow anyway.
Anyone have a pic that i can refernce so I know where to look for the valve cover gaskets. Don't these sit on the top of the engine on the lower plenum below the upper plenum? So if it's leaking it is leaking down the side and dribblingdown the torque converted housing? Is there anyway to determine from the fluid? I would think the used oil would be really dark and slicker than the light grey trans fluid.
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Regarding the $1,300+, this is my actual labor & parts invoiced by dealership BMW of Houston North (Texas) that BMW USA warrantied. Regarding the warranty, I dealt directly with the dealership which contacted BMW USA. BMW USA had their field rep/tech look at my transmission when it was dropped. I was there to discuss the matter with the BMW rep/tech who advised he would submit the matter to BMW USA to determine if it would be warrantied. The dealership held off invoicing me for about two weeks until BMW USA got back with them approving warranty of the work. End result is they fixed the leak at absolutely no cost to me. I wrote a note of praise to them which you'll find at:http://www.xoutpost.com/dealer-info/1...=houston+north
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Cool, sounds like you were well taken care of. Have you had any issues since? When did you have the truck in for service? I was 99% positive it is the torque converter seal until Hal88 mentioned the valve cover gaskets.
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From your photos and now your statement that the fluid is NOT red I'm 100% sure it's the torque converter radial seal. Engine oil would be relatively thick and usually blackish unless recently changed. The only red fluid in the engine compartment is in the power steering system which uses ATF Dexron that is dyed red.
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Yea, I don't know why I thought it was red I must have been high. All signs point to the torque converter seal. So they honored your warranty 2 years after it ended, mine has been over for like 5 years. We'll see I hope BMWNA can help me out.
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It is the 4.4 V8. I will examine the fluid some more and get under the truck again to see if i can see valve covers. Where do you add this Lucas oil treatment stuff? You think this is worth trying? Sounds like a bandaid to me.
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I added the Lucas treatment right in the eng. where you add the oil, but it didn't do anything, so I will just skip that I were you, don't forget the two crankvent hoses , those two also leak oil down there.
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