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N20 timing chain rail coming apart

 Here’s a hot topic with a lot of BMW owners,,,,this car came in with check engine light on and engine whine and rattle noise,,,,check engine light was low oil pressure and jammed oil pressure ,,,,,I noticed the timing chain whine … Continue reading

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M5 clutch issue

 What a beautiful pressure plate on a M5,,,,well what left of it,,,,if you look close enough you will see me of the big metal rivets are missing on the pressure plate fingers,,,,also missing is a metal ring which gets locked … Continue reading

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M3 rear suspension damage

 I know nothing special here,,,this is what your rear suspension should look like on a 2016 M3,,,everything looks good and straight. You have big problems is your rear suspension arms look like this,,,,,lol,,,,this is not a good sign,,,,I am impressed with … Continue reading

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X3 snow chains damage

 This is what not to do when putting on snow chains,,,this is a X3 rear parking brake harness to the right rear brake actuators,,,,which is bolted on the rear brake caliper on the newer cars,,,,,I guess the customer went to … Continue reading

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Pot hole damaged

 This is interesting 2015 428 gran touring,,,,the right rear upper support arm bolt broken,,,,just the head of the bolt broke,,,,the customer said he hit a pot hole,,,,,the right rear rim is slightly bent,,,,but not to bad. Here the big problem the … Continue reading

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M4 S55 front pulley

 Ok this is a new M4 with the S55 engine and about 2k miles,,,as you can see the front pulley came loose and started to wobble,,,,and it a nice groove into the front of the engine block.,,,,we thought the big … Continue reading

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N20 head gasket damage

 Ok we don’t see this to often,,,,,BMW doesn’t make us take the cylinder head off to much,,,,this is a N20 engine,,,,the engine was overheating and also had funny misfire between cylinders 1 and 2 Here’s a closer picture of the cylinder … Continue reading

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