[satinghostrider]

As you all know, my warranty has been voided late last year because I sent the car in suspecting that something is wrong with the engine. BMW Asia inspected the car and informed me multiple times nothing is wrong with the engine BUT they had to void my warranty which was unusually weird.

They claimed that they checked the car thoroughly and my suspicions about something being wrong with the engine was unfounded. I absolutely am certain there was something wrong because the engine was very rough when revving above 4k rpm and I was losing oil like crazy every 2-3 weeks. They offered to tear down the engine to check and put it back at an astronomically high price and there was absolutely no guarantee that they will be able to fix it if there was something wrong with it especially if the cylinder walls has been damaged already. And I did not want to be caught with a fat bill for everything they change which could end up costing even more than a new engine itself. It just did not make sense at all.

Finally with much considertation, I sent it to a private garage in Germany for them to tear down the block and to rebuild it with better parts. Better parts like Forged Pistons, Carillo H-Beam Rods, after-market rod and crank bearings (Damage in the engine at 20,000KM which is very questionable), etc. I also decided to sleeve the motor with steel liners because the cylinder walls have some damage and it would cost too much to get a new block. Also, the coating on the cylinder walls doest seem to last very long.

I am uploading pictures up here for you guys to take a look at and comment.

While I accept the responsibility of the consequences of this whole incident, I also personally feel that there is another side to the whole story which was withheld from me. What was most interesting is that the warranty was void in less than 3 days and yet a letter in black and white was given to me by BMW Asia stating that my engine is perfectly fine and that the sound was something to do with the air-conditioner having over pressured gas???? I will post the letter here once I am able to capture it as an image file.