[Rather Dashing]

Anyone have a place they can recommend I send my e90 to replace a leaky gasket? Prestige BMW was $964 + tax and it's only a ~$100 part...

[Starscream]

What gasket?

[Rather Dashing]

That's all they said, that "valve gasket" was leaking oil. I was bringing it in for regular service.

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

That's all they said, that "valve gasket" was leaking oil. I was bringing it in for regular service.

I don't understand how a valve cover gasket can cost $1k to fix,
Unless they mean head gasket and thats about right.

I'm going out of town this week but show up to next week's Park Ridge meet on Wed night's and I'll take a look at it for ya

[Starscream]

also this isn't covered under warranty?

[Rather Dashing]

I'm at 65K miles. How long u think I can drive on it? I wouldn't want to bother you, do you know of any good service places I could use?

[JayKay335i]

Ask them which gasket they're talking about and the breakdown of parts/labor. Most parts are cheap and labor tends to be ridiculous.

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by JayKay335i

Ask them which gasket they're talking about and the breakdown of parts/labor. Most parts are cheap and labor tends to be ridiculous.

I did ask her, she said the part was around $100 but it took 4 hours to take everything off to fix it. That's why I was wondering if there was another service place I could use that would have cheaper labor.

[Starscream]

well it depends what it is,
valve cover gasket and head gasket are 2 hugely different things,

I couldn't recommend anyone local as I only do my own mechanical work

As far as how long you could drive on that isn't really anything you could put a time frame on,

Can you physically see your oil leak when you pop the hood?

[Donald-335i]

Bmw Of Bloomfield *Mad Chill About Mods And Such* Talk to rich

JMK Bmw *Also Mad Chill* talk to Tino

[Starscream]

Ok by the sounds of the cost list Id say head gasket,

here is a diagram of the valve cover gasket,
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...37&hg=11&fg=15

Its shown as #2,

This is the head gasket,

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...35&hg=11&fg=15

its listed as #5,

Thing is its shown as costing over $200,
The oil passageways are the 5 square holes that you see to the side of the gasket, Pretty mush where the line above the "5" is pointing to,
This (and the other side) are the only oil passageways through the head,
But the costs of these parts conflict your quote,

The valve cover is listed at $40, and the head gasket is $200,

Id need to see it to advise you further, Or you could ask prestige exactly what gasket it was, I'm sure they have it on record from your VIN

[DR_E92]

Originally Posted by Donald-335i

Bmw Of Bloomfield *Mad Chill About Mods And Such* Talk to rich

JMK Bmw *Also Mad Chill* talk to Tino

since when?! I go to carlos and he's like if you put an intake in it... we will void your warranty

[Kevin@AKMotorwerk]

if its the valve cover gasket i can do it for you, if they said valve gasket maybe the meant valve seals in the actual head itself, what is the car doing? just leaking oil down the side of the engine or is it burning oil thru the exhaust

[Sal@AUTOcouture]

get a print out of the job from them

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by sexye92

if its the valve cover gasket i can do it for you, if they said valve gasket maybe the meant valve seals in the actual head itself, what is the car doing? just leaking oil down the side of the engine or is it burning oil thru the exhaust

It's the valve cover gasket they said. They said the parts were $97 and the labor was 7.2 hours.