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      02-16-2017, 05:26 PM   #23
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Thanks for the replies guys. I know that you definitely have to pay to play when it comes to BMW, it's just hard to bite the bullet when my most expensive repair ever, comes only 2 months after purchasing the vehicle. And it's the newest/lowest mileage vehicle I have owned before. Then that doesn't even guarantee a trouble-free future.

I am going to stop by the mechanic tomorrow and talk to him and see what he recommends. It would be great if I could fix these oil leaks and have a mechanically sound vehicle that won't keep costing me money... but I doubt that will be the case haha. The valve stem issue definitely worries me. I would prefer to not have to deal with that as well. And on top of that, I have heard horror stories of people's transmissions going out around at this mileage, which seems pretty ridiculous to me.

This car is definitely worth maintaining though. It has a great set of options, no accidents, pretty much mint condition inside and out. It's just too bad that the production date was 3 months before they changed to the CIC system. But oh well, I tend to use my phone for navigation and music anyways.

Out of the timing cover leak and the alternator bracket leak, which is usually a bigger issue? Which one has the risk of completely letting go and leaving me on the side of the road? Or do they both?
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I finally got the alternator bracket repaired at an independent shop for $850. Unfortunately, they have advised that I really should get the upper timing covers done as well as they are leaking quite a bit. Ugh..

I am going to monitor them for the next few weeks and see how bad it really is.
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Should've kept the Lexus IS, those things last forever on just regular maintenance. I hope you fixed your oil leak issue. I had the same problem with my wife's X5. Ended up selling it as it was a money pit.
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