Soldier
On her way from work, my wife had the oil light come on today, by the time she got the car stopped, the engine had quit.
I got her to have it towed home.
I found lots of oil on the dipstick, and some strange noises when it turn the motor over.
I'll pull the valvetrain covers off in the next day or 2, wonder what I'll find??????
Oil pump? Cam issues?
hate the thoughts of it!!!!
Rick
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Boss
Is she sure it was the oil light and not the coolant light?
I'd have a look in the expansion tank.
What color was the light?
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+1
Any engine codes?
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Soldier
The coolant looks fine ( view from top of rad cap) I pulled the oil filter, well that looks not so good.
The Oil looks like chocolate milk. ( it was changed a week ago, about 100 miles ago)
Does not seem good.
more later in the week.
wish me luck
Rick
'05 330i ZHP
Safire Black Metallic
Soldier
No codes, I thought that was a bit strange.
Rick
'05 330i ZHP
Safire Black Metallic
Campieri
You're gonna need some compression numbers. It sounds like the Head Gasket went from your Chocolate Milk comment.
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Boss
Hmm. Did she get the red oil light, or yellow?
What oil was in there?
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Soldier
BMW brand oil.
I have no idea if the light was red or yellow. " I think it was red, but it could have been yellow" so who knows.
With the oil looking like it does, the color of the light likely does not matter much, I'll have to pull the motor either way.
thanks for the replies guys !
Rick
'05 330i ZHP
Safire Black Metallic
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Weird. Definitely not a common failure or symptom.
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+1, sounds bad.Originally Posted by Hornung418
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