Doc
Active Member
I'm sure you can guess from the title that I've finally found the problem with the engine using so much oil now, however this little story is going to shock you more than you'd expect.
Firstly a little background for those not in the know. I bought the car about 2 months ago from a trade seller who is quite local to me and within a day i had to put 4 litres of oil in the car as the warning lights had come on. I got in contact with the dealer who were apologetic and believed that it was due to the Pre Delivery inspection not being done properly. They paid me the money for the oil and stated categorically that it was not a problem with the engine! I then had to take the car in for a driving issue but during this time i had to top up the engine with oil again. The trade seller had the car with their garage for 16 days total and when I got it back I was told that there was no oil leak and it was common for the car to use the amount of oil I was experiencing.
Within 2000 miles I had to top up 2 Litres of oil again and the driving issue (now corrected) was still no better. I had the trade seller authorise a local BMW indy to carry out an inspection of the vehicle and they came back with the same conclusion that there was no oil leak but the tyres were rubbish and replacing them would sort out the driving issue (which it did)
Anyway, the other day having changed the crank case breather on the car I had the oil light come on again but I had only driven 500 miles since it was with the Indy! I went back to the indy and the bloke on the front desk happened to be the guy who inspected the car. I told him about my concern and asked him to explain what they did and where they looked for this suspected leak. He answered straight away and told me that he had indeed found a leek around the vanos or head gasket area! He printed off the invoice and showed me what had been found but as the guy who told both me and the trade seller that there was no leak was on holiday he couldn't say what had happened.
I spoke to the original seller who was surprised at my findings and agreed that this needs to be resolved, i had him authorise the garage to book the car in to investigate the issue further and go back to him with the cost and details of the repair.
the only problem i have with this whole thing is when speaking to the seller he wouldn't admit that this leak had been there since before i bought the car, I know why he is saying that but looking at the history of what has happened since I’ve had the car and the fact I took it back the next day because of a suspected oil leak I find his position hard to justify.
I'm hoping that this will be resolved quickly when it is in the garage but something in the back of my mind makes me think I'm going to have to pay a bill and claim it back through small claims......... (I hope I'm wrong about this)
Firstly a little background for those not in the know. I bought the car about 2 months ago from a trade seller who is quite local to me and within a day i had to put 4 litres of oil in the car as the warning lights had come on. I got in contact with the dealer who were apologetic and believed that it was due to the Pre Delivery inspection not being done properly. They paid me the money for the oil and stated categorically that it was not a problem with the engine! I then had to take the car in for a driving issue but during this time i had to top up the engine with oil again. The trade seller had the car with their garage for 16 days total and when I got it back I was told that there was no oil leak and it was common for the car to use the amount of oil I was experiencing.
Within 2000 miles I had to top up 2 Litres of oil again and the driving issue (now corrected) was still no better. I had the trade seller authorise a local BMW indy to carry out an inspection of the vehicle and they came back with the same conclusion that there was no oil leak but the tyres were rubbish and replacing them would sort out the driving issue (which it did)
Anyway, the other day having changed the crank case breather on the car I had the oil light come on again but I had only driven 500 miles since it was with the Indy! I went back to the indy and the bloke on the front desk happened to be the guy who inspected the car. I told him about my concern and asked him to explain what they did and where they looked for this suspected leak. He answered straight away and told me that he had indeed found a leek around the vanos or head gasket area! He printed off the invoice and showed me what had been found but as the guy who told both me and the trade seller that there was no leak was on holiday he couldn't say what had happened.
I spoke to the original seller who was surprised at my findings and agreed that this needs to be resolved, i had him authorise the garage to book the car in to investigate the issue further and go back to him with the cost and details of the repair.
the only problem i have with this whole thing is when speaking to the seller he wouldn't admit that this leak had been there since before i bought the car, I know why he is saying that but looking at the history of what has happened since I’ve had the car and the fact I took it back the next day because of a suspected oil leak I find his position hard to justify.
I'm hoping that this will be resolved quickly when it is in the garage but something in the back of my mind makes me think I'm going to have to pay a bill and claim it back through small claims......... (I hope I'm wrong about this)
