2006 Bmw 550i oil leaking pretty bad
11-15-2018, 05:03 AM
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2006 Bmw 550i oil leaking pretty bad
Hey I have a oil leak and trying to pin point where it’s coming from. I started my car this morning and the yellow low oil lights came on then 20 second later the red low oil light came on so I turned the car off open the door and seen oil pouring out. Do anyone know what this could be.
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11-15-2018, 05:23 AM
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Hey I have a oil leak and trying to pin point where it’s coming from. I started my car this morning and the yellow low oil lights came on then 20 second later the red low oil light came on so I turned the car off open the door and seen oil pouring out. Do anyone know what this could be.
11-15-2018, 06:17 AM
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Did your oil filter fall out? Did this happen when you started it? Or was it already on the ground? The first picture looks like you have water in the oil.
JSYK, when the oil light is yellow it means the oil level is low. When it's red it means you have no oil pressure. I'd bet the filter cap is broken.
Time to get that bird in the air and look under the engine. Do not drive it.
JSYK, when the oil light is yellow it means the oil level is low. When it's red it means you have no oil pressure. I'd bet the filter cap is broken.
Time to get that bird in the air and look under the engine. Do not drive it.
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11-15-2018, 06:39 AM
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I checked the oil filter and it was tight. Yes the oil started leaking out when I started the car up, I didn’t see any oil on ground when I was getting into my car.
11-15-2018, 10:04 AM
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Well that puddle looks like all your oil. When you started it and the yellow light came on, the car was telling you it was low on oil. While yellow, the engine was busy pumping your oil out through whatever has broken. When the red light came on (no pressure), it had finished pumping out the oil.
Have you looked under the hood? There's a pair of flex lines for the oil cooler that come from behind the alternator and run off to a cooler. You need to be the eyes on this one.
Have you looked under the hood? There's a pair of flex lines for the oil cooler that come from behind the alternator and run off to a cooler. You need to be the eyes on this one.
11-15-2018, 01:06 PM
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Yes there are o-rings on the pipes, but those would never fail like that. There's also a profile gasket under the alternator bracket that I belive has oil and coolant passages. My money's on a blown hose or maybe a split oil cooler.
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11-16-2018, 02:42 AM
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I have seem sn oil leak like this before. If its not your sump plug thst has fallen out. It could be the alternator bracket oring
as there is a while in the side of the block an tge alternator bracket seals it
as there is a while in the side of the block an tge alternator bracket seals it
