what is wrong??

[gadaffi]

a month back, my cheapo e90 was running out of coolant, engine lights on and can only accelerate up to 50Km/h. It was a sunday so i call up PML towed my car.

After they checked everything, which i think its the truth, all my gasket, radiator and whatever that links to the coolant is damaged.

No question ask and i told them to procced. I even told them to service the car. Total amount was nearly to S$5,000

TODAY, my engine oil light is up. Did the on board check.... to my suprised, it indicate at the MIN LEVEL!!!!

so guys, i need your help, what could possibly went wrong here??

what i can think of,
- if there is leakage, why i didnt see any oil in my car pouch?
- or why didnt they noticed it when my car was there for 3 days?
- or they did drained it out but forget to top it up?

tomorrow i will bang table early in the morning!!!

 

[Slater]

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how long was it since ur engine oil top up?

your ride was sent in for other fixes rather than regular service. low levels of engine oil will not be monitored.

our rides operate on a higher temperature and its quite common for engine oil top ups

 

[Mockngbrd]

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he told them to service the car liao le.... oil shd be topped up

 

[satinGHOST|r!der]

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a month back, my cheapo e90 was running out of coolant, engine lights on and can only accelerate up to 50Km/h. It was a sunday so i call up PML towed my car.

After they checked everything, which i think its the truth, all my gasket, radiator and whatever that links to the coolant is damaged.

No question ask and i told them to procced. I even told them to service the car. Total amount was nearly to S$5,000

TODAY, my engine oil light is up. Did the on board check.... to my suprised, it indicate at the MIN LEVEL!!!!

so guys, i need your help, what could possibly went wrong here??

what i can think of,
- if there is leakage, why i didnt see any oil in my car pouch?
- or why didnt they noticed it when my car was there for 3 days?
- or they did drained it out but forget to top it up?

tomorrow i will bang table early in the morning!!!

I suspect something was not checked properly. Or the oil level sensor is screwed. If you are consistently losing oil, get those jokers to do a proper leak down test or compression test to ensure that your engine is not losing oil due to piston rings not able to seal the cylinder anymore, bad intake or exhaust valve,etc. Because if your warranty is running out of time, you have to make sure that they check it thoroughly and properly. Be prepared to expect them to tell you the oil loss is normal being BMW engines. They lose oil very gradually and do not go to minimum suddenly.

If you are getting a lot of smoke from your exhaust, chances are your piston rings are gone. It's hard to speculate but you should get R2D to take a look at your car. He's quite good at letting you know the probable causes of what you are going through. Tomorrow when you bang table hard, I hope to be awaken by that.

 

[Slater]

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gadaffi, ask for the itemise billing to see if oil was charged for. ask for top up, cant possibly dry up in a month if there is no leak

 

[gadaffi]

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I suspect something was not checked properly. Or the oil level sensor is screwed. If you are consistently losing oil, get those jokers to do a proper leak down test or compression test to ensure that your engine is not losing oil due to piston rings not able to seal the cylinder anymore, bad intake or exhaust valve,etc. Because if your warranty is running out of time, you have to make sure that they check it thoroughly and properly. Be prepared to expect them to tell you the oil loss is normal being BMW engines. They lose oil very gradually and do not go to minimum suddenly.

If you are getting a lot of smoke from your exhaust, chances are your piston rings are gone. It's hard to speculate but you should get R2D to take a look at your car. He's quite good at letting you know the probable causes of what you are going through. Tomorrow when you bang table hard, I hope to be awaken by that.

bro, my engine is fine, no smoke at the exhaust. This is the first time i sent it to them and co incidently this happened... weird!!

gadaffi, ask for the itemise billing to see if oil was charged for. ask for top up, cant possibly dry up in a month if there is no leak

yes, oil was changed when i checked the bill.

 

[gadaffi]

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went there this morning, met the same person. My first question to him, how long can an engine oil last before it reaches to the MIN level??
to my suprised, sir, we did changed and top up for you but here we are having problems with the engine oil. After 3000km, u need to top up another litre of engine oil. I checked my milleage and yes it passed the 3000km mark. He even told me that everyone face the same problem with the in house engine oil.
He was so honest with his advised and he did gave me other alternative which is to get it somewhere.

No more servicing at ...., waste time n money

 

[zorro]

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This is the most ridiculous comment/allegation from PML...sent this to BMW Asia/AG.. All E90 320i should be recalled immediately starting from mine,

 

[satinGHOST|r!der]

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Send your complaints to [email protected]

 

[tlkchew]

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went there this morning, met the same person. My first question to him, how long can an engine oil last before it reaches to the MIN level??
to my suprised, sir, we did changed and top up for you but here we are having problems with the engine oil. After 3000km, u need to top up another litre of engine oil. I checked my milleage and yes it passed the 3000km mark. He even told me that everyone face the same problem with the in house engine oil.
He was so honest with his advised and he did gave me other alternative which is to get it somewhere.

No more servicing at ...., waste time n money

I wonder how many litres of oil they actually added. i understand that PML uses Castrol? I could be mistaken.

 

[C3P0]

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to my suprised, sir, we did changed and top up for you but here we are having problems with the engine oil. After 3000km, u need to top up another litre of engine oil. I checked my milleage and yes it passed the 3000km mark. He even told me that everyone face the same problem with the in house engine oil.

Either the SE is ignorant and giving stupid answers, or PML is really knowingly pouring engine oil that has problem into our engines.....:|...........

 

[marklee]

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Yesterday was at White Sands taking the lift in the afternoon and overhead someone telling his wife/gf that he needs to call PML to screw them over for something...that person here?

 

[zorro]

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I would have asked the SE, what brand of cooking oil did you pour into the engine that evaporated so fast?

Seriously what viscocity oil is PML using? Their comment on in-house oil being consumed must be related to viscosity but at that rate something ot somewhere is leaking..

Either the SE is ignorant and giving stupid answers, or PML is really knowingly pouring engine oil that has problem into our engines.....:|...........

 

[etan1]

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the honest consultant may be in hot soup / oil for his remarks soon.....

seriously, if there is an issue with the existing engine oil that needs topping up every 3k km, I will want to fix it permanently.....

 

[gadaffi]

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This is the most ridiculous comment/allegation from PML...sent this to BMW Asia/AG.. All E90 320i should be recalled immediately starting from mine,

not only e90, according to him all the series which uses the in house engine oil.

Send your complaints to [email protected]

yes will sent it to them soon. Will keep u update with what they gonna reply.

I wonder how many litres of oil they actually added. i understand that PML uses Castrol? I could be mistaken.

According to the bill, its 4.25 litres... yes you are right.

Either the SE is ignorant and giving stupid answers, or PML is really knowingly pouring engine oil that has problem into our engines.....:|...........

The SE did his job, he did ask me to refer to the manual which stated that after 3000KM, there is a need to top up but why only now i face this problem??

Yesterday was at White Sands taking the lift in the afternoon and overhead someone telling his wife/gf that he needs to call PML to screw them over for something...that person here?

not me, if she were to know......... change car lor

I would have asked the SE, what brand of cooking oil did you pour into the engine that evaporated so fast?

Seriously what viscocity oil is PML using? Their comment on in-house oil being consumed must be related to viscosity but at that rate something ot somewhere is leaking..

we all know what cooking oil they uses. As for the Viscosity, i didnt check with them but the SE ask me to get the 0-40.

 

[gadaffi]

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the honest consultant may be in hot soup / oil for his remarks soon.....

seriously, if there is an issue with the existing engine oil that needs topping up every 3k km, I will want to fix it permanently.....

i agree and i will never mention his name in here.

 

[gadaffi]

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things that they did when my coolant light is on....

replacing actuator for electric shaft
removing and installing sealing cylinder head cover
replacing full flow oil filter
replacing oil pan gasket
replacing vacum pump o ring
replacing engine vent pipe
replacing oil strainer for engine vent
WT servomotor
profile gasket
seal flange
gasket
profile gasket
o ring
engine oil pan gasket
o ring
gasket oil pan
engine oil seperator
engine oil seperator vent hose
engine oil seperator connecting line

checking cooling system for leaks
replacing all coolant hoses
connection piece
replaced rear end cover leaking
radiator top coolant hose
coolant water hose connector
cover plate
mitrit free coolant
radiator
return pipe
replacing radiator leaking
replacing sealing sleeve for gearbox casing
replacing transmission oil slump
sealing sleeve
screw plug
control screw

engine oil service
service standard scope
washer addictives
set oil filter element
spark plug service
brake cleaner
spark plug, high power.

Total near S$5,000.00

 

[Slater]

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I wonder how many litres of oil they actually added. i understand that PML uses Castrol? I could be mistaken.

about 4.5L i believe for 3 series. yes its castrol.

 

[wt_know]

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another way to say what's wrong with my car .....

Honda Malaysia faces the wrath of a very unsatisfied customer | MyAutoBlog

 

[Slater]

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