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Hello everyone, I have my BMW E46 316i 115hp N42 motor LPG STAG installed. Now the car is 110 000km I dont know if they are original. Bought it in Germany 1 year ago 90 000 km. It consume 1L oil for 2500km. The motor works great the same as petrol no problems. About the oil consumption is it...

Hi I am new to being a mechanic and trying to diagnose and fix my 320ci on my own but I'm having trubble figuring out what's up with my engine. I am burning a lot of oil and have an on and off missfire on cylinders 1&2. I have done a full oil change and coolant flush along with cang8ng the oil...

Someone posted a while ago something about this product: EPR Engine Performance Restoration, an engine flush and carbon deposit remover and I decided to give it a try. Amazingly it reduced or controlled my engine oil consumption. Here are the details: My car is close to 300K miles and I was...

My car has gradually gone from 1 qt/1000 miles to 1 qt 300 miles. I got so tired of this I finally got the CCV redone, and topped the oil off (to the top line). My car is now burning 1 qt/250 miles which is ridiculous. I know some people are fine with topping off oil every now and then, but I am...

Hi there, Curious to know if valve stem seals are a known problem on the M54 engine and how often do they fail ? I know there more of a problem on the n62 v8 and the 4 cylinder models. I haven't seen many threads about these failing on the M54 engine. I'm already aware of this engine having...

I recently purchased a 2005 330i (my first car) and am aware a few issues with it (such as a coolant leak, of course) as I took my mechanic with me and had him hook his scanner up to the car to check everything out. Now, neither the seller nor my mechanic mentioned anything regarding the...

First post Car 2002 330ci convertible 130k miles After having trouble with my car loosing lots of oil I went through an omnibus fixing spree spree to try to fix just about anywhere oil could be leaking as well as do some suggested replacement of parts. After fixing I ran into a new problem that...

So I get it. Every variation of bmws straight 6 burns a bit of oil, meaning, enough that oil has to be added inbetween oil change intervals. Well, why? What is the oil getting past in the engine to be burned. I've read about pcv valves failing and causing oil burning, but what is the cause...