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I'm here with Bernie Pawlik, Pawlik Automotive in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Vancouver's best auto service experience.
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And we're talking cars.
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How are you doing, Bernie?
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So today's guest, we have a 2015 BMW 428i.
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What was going on with this vehicle?
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Yeah, this is a 428i hardtop convertible, too.
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So it's an extra nice model.
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So this vehicle came to our shop with the horrific noises coming from the engine.
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It just happened suddenly.
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It was kind of surprising, too, because the vehicle had been in for service a couple
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of weeks before we did an oil change, did everything.
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But something in the engine let go and was making just horrific noises.
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But it was like screeching, rattling, banging.
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And it was the kind of thing where we didn't run it for more than a few
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seconds just to get it into the shop and back out the door.
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And customer made up their mind they wanted to fix the car.
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So we carefully drove it back in before it blew up.
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So it was that bad, horrible noises.
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And so where did you begin the diagnosis?
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Well, obviously with noises like that, we checked the externals,
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like the belts, the accessories, make sure there's nothing like that.
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But it was pretty clear by the sound of it.
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There was something in the engine inside internally that had gone wrong.
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We did pull the engine oil filter out.
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This is a canister filter.
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So you can actually take the filter out and look at it.
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So we looked at it and you can see metal filings in there.
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So it's like, OK, this thing's done.
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Timing chain failures happen on these vehicles,
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especially the timing chain guides will let go and cause all sorts of clattering
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We figured that was probably the case with this engine,
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that something like that had happened.
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And the best option cost-wise was to get a good used engine,
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which is what we did.
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So that seems kind of drastic.
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Like, couldn't you just change the timing chain if that was the issue?
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Well, the interesting thing is at the end of the day, it wasn't the issue.
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I mean, we didn't completely disassemble the engine,
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but we had to change the oil pan from our existing engine to the used engine.
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The used engine was actually from an all-wheel drive model.
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And this vehicle is a rear-wheel drive model.
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So the oil pan is different.
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We took the oil pan off.
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I expect to see a bunch of bits of plastic and all sorts of things in there,
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which we've seen on other BMW engine failures.
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None. It was actually fine.
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So our theory of being the timing chain and guides was not correct.
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But it doesn't really matter because the oil pan was filled full of metal filings.
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We didn't disassemble the engine any further because the auto wrecker wanted back.
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So we'll just send it back like it is.
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But clearly, something inside the engine major failure,
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maybe engine bearings or something along that line went.
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All right. Here's our 428i.
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Beautiful looking vehicle, still in great shape, but not so healthy on the inside.
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No. Well, it is now because it's been fixed.
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So this is the engine oil pan removed.
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The oil has been drained out, but there's always some residual oil.
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And what you would see on a good healthy engine
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is that sort of maybe darker brown color.
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This more like just like that.
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That's what you expect to see.
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But all that other shiny stuff.
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It's gold. It actually looks like you're panning for gold.
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But in this case, it's not.
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It's gold panning out of your bank account.
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Keep gold, but it's actually very expensive.
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So there's something seriously that's gone wrong with this engine.
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And you know, interesting, I think it failed kind of in a hurry.
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And who knows, you know, sometimes this happens and you can't predict it
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even with good maintenance.
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But what I will say is the owner of this car was not the original owner.
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And BMW has these ridiculously long service intervals
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where somewhere like 24,000 kilometers between oil changes.
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Well, when you go that long, you can often be doing slow, subtle damage to an engine.
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And then at some point, you know, the chickens come home to roost.
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Is that the right word?
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And do you remember the kilometer?
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It's actually low. It's only just over a hundred.
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So, you know, it's the thing with the used cars.
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You never know what you're buying.
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And, you know, it may have had really good maintenance and something just happened to.
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Sometimes you just never know.
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Yeah, bearing decides it's done and that's it.
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Yeah. Now, I know someone who bought a new GMC truck recently and, you know,
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Duramax, they're the most bulletproof engines, you know,
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500,000 kilometers still keep going.
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The thing at 1,000 kilometers, driving down the road of an engine
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start knocking was done.
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So sometimes stuff happens.
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Fortunately, that one was under warranty.
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So how was the new engine or the used new engine to this vehicle?
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How did everything run after that?
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Yeah, it was great, ran really well.
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And the actual auto record, the supplier, we get these used engines from.
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They actually put new timing chains and guides in them.
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So they do that whole job to make sure it's all good
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because that is a failure item on BMW four cylinders, especially specifically.
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So it's good to make sure the timing chain is done.
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Otherwise, you know, you might be putting in a used
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engine and something else will happen.
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And that's kind of the most common failure.
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Otherwise, they're generally pretty good.
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Not sure what happened with this one.
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Not an inexpensive repair.
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Now, if you went with a new engine,
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it'd be way more money than what this one would be.
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Almost up there with a new car.
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This car still got a lot of value for the age.
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It's still worth a lot of money.
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So, you know, sometimes the engine fails in a car.
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You go, OK, it's done. It's not worth the money.
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But this car, absolutely.
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If you're looking for service for your BMW in Vancouver, BC, Canada,
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the people to see are at Pawlik Automotive.
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repairs on all makes of models over the last 13 years.
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Thanks so much for watching and listening.
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Thank you, Mark. Thanks for watching and listening.
