Have your chassis number ckecked at BMW dealer to see of they have it on record, services and maintenance carried out at the dealers.

Xan,
Any developments on your problem?We are all eager to know!Keep us posted!

Hi Guys, I found out piston #1 is not holding any oil. He is claiming I need a new motor. Is it possible the piston to be bad? Do he need to take off the valve head and check the piston and the cylinder wall? I was told that you can have a cylinder wall welded and the piston replace. Any ideas? Also I found out FEMA reported the car to be sold out of a flood zone in La. I do not know by Texas law a dealer should tell you about this history on the car. He bought the car from an auction out of La.

You have to more specific!When you say that piston#1 doesnt hold oil,do you mean that they carried out a test by putting oil on top of thye piston and the oil disappeared?

You dont need a new motor because one cylinder is leaking!You just fix the damage!

Yes, He put oil in the top of the pistion and the oil disappeared. He did not say if the cylinder was crack. I told him to remove the head check for the block to be crack or the piston is have leak. I will have more new tomorrow. This guy is charging $450 to disassembly the head.