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    More Abrasive Than Sand In Your Crotch tmleadr03's Avatar
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    Default It has a little leak...

    Sorry for the low res and shaky camera, didn't want to let it run very long this way.

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    Takes a good mechanic to spot a leak like that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bailey Guns View Post
    Takes a good mechanic to spot a leak like that.

    With years of training...

    The hard part is getting to the leak...
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    oops! I'm no mechanic, but something about that doesn't quite seem right.
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    If it doesn't show up on the dipstick don't worry about it. Are you sure he doesn't have the oil slick system activated?
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    Quote Originally Posted by SAnd View Post
    Are you sure he doesn't have the oil slick system activated?
    Ohhhhhh good point!
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    Quote Originally Posted by SAnd View Post
    If it doesn't show up on the dipstick don't worry about it. Are you sure he doesn't have the oil slick system activated?
    Nope. Reasonably common on the newer V8s from BMW. The alternator bracket has an Oring on it that plugs a useless hole in the side of the engine block. And it leaks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tmleadr03 View Post
    Nope. Reasonably common on the newer V8s from BMW. The alternator bracket has an Oring on it that plugs a useless hole in the side of the engine block. And it leaks.
    Wow. That sounds like an amazingly bad idea. What happened to those amazing engineers over in Bavaria?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gman View Post
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gman View Post
    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.
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