As some of you may know, I bought my 318is a year ago with some pretty major issues - worst thing was overheating slightly. Those issues have since been fixed, but today during the oil change something gave me cause for concern again.
There were 1mm long shavings all over the oil filter, they looked like hairs, about 1-2 mm long, some silver, some copper. On top of that, when I first got the car I had an oil analysis on it and they found high lead and copper, indicating bearing wear. At this point it just seems like a matter of time before the engine blows.
Does anybody know of a way to halt the damage? What would cause accelerated bearing wear like this? The car was neglected for some time before I got it, but it has been running fine lately.
There were 1mm long shavings all over the oil filter, they looked like hairs, about 1-2 mm long, some silver, some copper. On top of that, when I first got the car I had an oil analysis on it and they found high lead and copper, indicating bearing wear. At this point it just seems like a matter of time before the engine blows.
Does anybody know of a way to halt the damage? What would cause accelerated bearing wear like this? The car was neglected for some time before I got it, but it has been running fine lately.
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