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Old 01-04-2010, 12:49 PM
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This morining while driving to work my car just stopped running. I notice some smoke coming from the back of the car. Had to pull to the side of the road. Called my local AAA to take me to my local mechanic.

Could it be I didn't warm up the car enough. My mechanic is looking at the car. Hopefully I didn't do any damage.

Any thoughts on what could have happened.

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An oil separator positioned in the positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) system .
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An oil separator positioned in the positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) system .
- that is most likely the cause
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Does the oil seperator need to be replaced? And if so, any idea on how much it would cost.

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I had the same thing happen to me on my way to work w/a 2001 X5. It was the oil/water separator as mentioned above.

Cost to fix (Parts + Labor) about $1,200.
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I had the same thing happen to me on my way to work w/a 2001 X5. It was the oil/water separator as mentioned above.

Cost to fix (Parts + Labor) about $1,200.
what did they replace for 1200? oil separator, hoses, and valve cover gaskets?
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I am replacing mine this Saturday. Parts cost 180.00 oli separtor and pipes.
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I am hoping not to pay $1200 bucks to fix this situation. Still waiting for indy car shop to call me back. Hopefully it is close to what WallX5 paid for parts & whatever labor is going to cost.
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Indy Shop just called me back. It is going to be $1,000 bucks. They mentioned oil seperator Kit cost about $200, new spark plugs $72, new oil about $70. About $480 for Labor.

They metioned the labor cost is high because they need to clean oil which was pushed into the coils & pistons. That is why spark plugs need to replaced per indy shop.

Is this possible? I thought just oil seperator needed to be replace.
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Dont forget the valve cover gasket too.
BTW most of time the valve cover will bust after the OS is replace...
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