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Originally Posted by aus
Good luck with the build, but I don't know how one could blame BMW if the reason for this is detonation and you had a tune on your car?
Don't et me wrong that they treated you piss poor, particularly about the DCT oil change, but what if they opened your engine and found what you found? They would tell you it's detonation and give you a huge bill. Though I don't know which way would be cheaper, have the local dealer do it, or ship your engine to Germany?
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I am not blaming BMW for the whatever happened to my car. I am pissed off because they did the wrong diagnostic on the car and lied to me. They told me the car was fine when it was not. Then they voided warranty and still told me the car was fine when I knew it was not.Then they took a piss at the DCT gearbox by voiding the warranty on that as well because they knew they fucked up the oil change and it could come back to them later. And even if they opened up the engine here, I think none of the people here even know what detonation is or what damage it does. For Gods sake, they cant even do a damn compression test properly. Moreover, they wanted to attempt to repair the engine which I thought was over-ambitious. Very infact. Those were the reasons that made me decide with rebuilding it outside as I knew that my car would be destined to visit the dealership very often if things are not done properly. And here in Singapore, we dont have any lemon law or anything like that like you guys so it puts us shit out of luck. Also, we cant depend on the Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act because there isnt such a thing here.
I am not here to beg BMW or attain any claim. I am only posting here because I feel to an extent that there are weak links in this engine that perhaps was accelerated by my tune no doubt. Even without it, I am confident it would have happened sooner or later. Also, at least by 1 forummer, it has been identified that some of the 2008 models have issues with the main bearings which was resolved in 2009 MY cars. Look here. Remember the ticking noises?
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthr...=main+bearings
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthr...ghlight=snowm3
To summise, knifegun posted the following :
"My 2009 does not make the noise. I heard it was an issue with the main bearing on the 2008 models. The solution? Replace it which is very involved. This was resolved in 2009 with an updated design."
Regarding writing to Germany, I think they cant do much because BMW Asia is the operative in my country. Also, from some people in the industry whom I have good contact with have told me certain things which I am not sure is the truth but it sounds logical. BMW Asia buys most of the cars, at least for the Singapore market, WITHOUT warranty from factory. Only those selected "bread and butter" cars are bought with warranty as they make up the most volume. They float this warranty across the board and BMW Asia takes over the warranty. Cut costs, maximise profits. Quite sucky especially when you paid USD250k for a normal M3! Thats maybe why BMW Germany cant do anything the way I see it.
Also, when my problem came in last year around September, my dealer, has been stripped from selling anymore ///M cars. It went to a new dealer dedicated selling only M cars. Since they were still in the process of setting up, I had to bring my car back to the old dealer. I figured they didnt give a fuck cause they arent selling the M cars anyway and didnt want any burden to warrant or repair the car. Sounds logical innit from a corporate view?