It has a little leak...

[mcjhr]

Throw some duct tape on it.

[jerrymrc]

Wow. That sounds like an amazingly bad idea. What happened to those amazing engineers over in Bavaria?

They actually have been at it a long time. Rocker arm shafts that wear like brake pads, heads that crack if you look at them wrong and many other things I remember from the old 3.0.

[tmleadr03]

They actually have been at it a long time. Rocker arm shafts that wear like brake pads, heads that crack if you look at them wrong and many other things I remember from the old 3.0.

The high dollar repairs all come from the v engines. Their straight 6 is stout. Though my experiance is from 1997 on for repairing them.

[tmleadr03]

Wow. That sounds like an amazingly bad idea. What happened to those amazing engineers over in Bavaria?

Ok, so after getting it all the way apart I know why they did this. They ran out of room for oil cooler lines to bolt to the engine block. So on vehicles like this one with an oil cooler they pass the lines through the alternator bracket. If the vehicle doesn't have an oil cooler it just blocks the hole.

Still stupid hard to get out. Especially for what it pays. Motor mount and bracket bolted through the alternator bracket. Have to support the engine, drop the sub frame to get that out. Some of the bolts you can only touch with your fingers after you break them free no matter what combination of universals and extensions you use.

[Gman]

I was thinking that the port in the block would likely be for an oil cooler line. The idea that when the cooler isn't used, an O-ring on the bracket doesn't strike me as the best idea, particularly when the oil is under pressure. Putting a bolt in the hole with a copper or aluminum crush washer sounds better to me.

...but then I would never think that a plastic oil pan was a good idea.

[tmleadr03]

I was thinking that the port in the block would likely be for an oil cooler line. The idea that when the cooler isn't used, an O-ring on the bracket doesn't strike me as the best idea, particularly when the oil is under pressure. Putting a bolt in the hole with a copper or aluminum crush washer sounds better to me.

...but then I would never think that a plastic oil pan was a good idea.

The "O-Ring" in question.

[Gman]

What could possibly go wrong with that?

[Irving]

Is that something you can pick up at Ace Hardware?

[J]

This is went you never go with the base engine. Ever.

Had they gotten the better go plant, they would have had the oil cooler, Anne not a stupid gasket.

[ben4372]

Sheesh, my Jeep leaks like that and runs fine. BMW is a pussy car if it gets all whining about that little drip.

thats the power of a straight six.