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Originally Posted by 02Pilot
Concur. How specialized was the PPI shop? From the initial video you can see the area under the valve cover is nasty; if that area is visibly dirty, there are often ugly surprises elsewhere. Did it come with any service history?
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Car appeared to be 1 owner lease buyout. I think the guy just drove the piss out of it, but followed oil change intervals and I believe this kind of sludging is a testament to the manufacturer's ill advised maintenance protocol.
I checked the history with a dealer in Miami and there was nothing out of the ordinary. 122k miles, some minor paintwork and a leaking valve cover, but the price was too good to pass up, or so it seemed!
I saw the sludge when my indy did the valve cover gasket and at the time they advised me to trade it. My wife insisted it I keep it as a commuter when we bought her new 320i rather than trade it in, so here we are.
I've been through a lot of German cars, this one so far has been the biggest headache.
PPI was a shade tree shop, so that's on me...