E60 Discussion Anything and everything to do with the E60 5 Series. All are welcome!

Seized Engine? Worst case senario?

Old Mar 3, 2010 | 02:20 PM
  #21  
hamz98's Avatar
Thread Starter
Members
 
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 61
Likes: 0
From: Alberta Canada
Default

Update on my situation-

Got a call from my mechanic the day after he told my engine is seized. He said it didnt make sense that an engine this age would fail like it did, so he took a another look. Turns out there was an issue with one of the valves, which caused oil to leak everyhere.

I guess there was a ton of gunk in the engine, and it all froze and sat at the bottom while i went to china, when i got back, i guess something happend. (As you can tell im not car technical at all, but im glad to say i got it all fixed for $950 + $490 for a new starter)

No new engine req'd! woohooo!
Reply
Old Mar 3, 2010 | 03:53 PM
  #22  
xyzbird's Avatar
Members
 
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 123
Likes: 0
From: UK
My Ride: E61 545i Sport Touring
Default

That's a relief! And interesting diagnosis. Probably the valve seized. Lucky you weren't going very fast.
Reply
Old Mar 7, 2010 | 08:37 AM
  #23  
nikko64's Avatar
Contributors
 
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 252
Likes: 0
From: St Pete, FL
My Ride: 2011 550i M sport
Default

Originally Posted by hamz98
Update on my situation-

Got a call from my mechanic the day after he told my engine is seized. He said it didnt make sense that an engine this age would fail like it did, so he took a another look. Turns out there was an issue with one of the valves, which caused oil to leak everyhere.

I guess there was a ton of gunk in the engine, and it all froze and sat at the bottom while i went to china, when i got back, i guess something happend. (As you can tell im not car technical at all, but im glad to say i got it all fixed for $950 + $490 for a new starter)

No new engine req'd! woohooo!

WOW!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats. Thank goodness your mechanic was that diligent.
That could have been one expensive miss!!!
Reply
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
gergnang
E60 Discussion
14
Feb 2, 2021 07:29 AM
Lboy
F10 Discussion
3
Aug 8, 2015 08:39 PM
cakes
E60 Discussion
0
Apr 14, 2015 04:50 PM
Litster
Dealer Purchasing & Service Forum
2
Aug 12, 2003 11:41 AM


Thread Tools
Search this Thread

All times are GMT -8. The time now is 03:19 PM.