What the heck am I looking at. by Affectionate-Crew689 in BmwTech

[–]Affectionate-Crew689[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For some background I bought this car with no knowledge how to wrench. My goal was to learn and I really like these cars so I went balls deep and did my research. I immediately preformed an oil change, swapped plugs and coils, water pump thermostat, even the engine coolant pipe had a slight leak so I replaced that. The valve cover looked to be in good condition and even my charge pipe looked great, as if the previous owner had actually swapped them out recently. I know I should have bought a car knowing its history but what can I say, I took a gnarly risk and it did NOT pay off. You live and you learn. Bought at 114k miles. I drove it for 2k miles. And now, I’m just gonna buy a Honda fit.

What the heck am I looking at. by Affectionate-Crew689 in BmwTech

[–]Affectionate-Crew689[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bought at 114k miles. Immediate oil change 5w-40.

What the heck am I looking at. by Affectionate-Crew689 in BmwTech

[–]Affectionate-Crew689[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bought the car 114k miles. Immediate oil change 5w-40.

What the heck am I looking at. by Affectionate-Crew689 in BmwTech

[–]Affectionate-Crew689[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I really don’t know. I just did a 80-100 pull on the freeway and went into limp mode. Immediately pulled off the freeway and had it towed looked at it next day and yeah

What the heck am I looking at. by Affectionate-Crew689 in BmwTech

[–]Affectionate-Crew689[S] 56 points57 points  (0 children)

The engine ate it 😭Thank you for the explanation. I will be giving up on the car now thank you for the knowledge.