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Originally Posted by jiggz
I'm currently having the valve guide seals ($9K at dealer) and upper oil pan gasket ($3K at dealer) replaced,
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You're so lucky they ate this charge. This is why people stop going to the dealer when the warranty ends. My independent mechanic charged me $2,500 to do the valve seals a couple of week ago, and this seems to be about the going rate. $9k is nuts. The upper oil pan gasket is not something I've heard as a failure point yet, but if the valve seal price is any indication, that's probably wildly inflated as well.
There ARE many good independent BMW shops around, and if you can't find one, there's a listing on the BMW CCA web site. We are ALL members of BMW CCA, RIGHT??? BTW, on the occasion I need parts right away and I go to my dealer instead of ordering from ECS or Bavarian Autosports, my dealer gives 10% off for the BMW CCA membership. It easily pays for itself each year. (I do have three aging BMWs to keep running!)
12-12-2017, 11:06 AM
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