S65 engine sabotaged!!!!

[Vandalle]

Hey folks, I need some expert advise on what happened to my precious E92. Bought it from the dealership in 2014, and drove it lightly, never tracked it, and it barely has 20,000 Kms on it. Every service was done at the dealership and that has been mostly oil changes and new tires every now and then.

All of a sudden, a month ago, my brother took it for a spin and it stalled on him on the highway. He pulled over and the car had to be towed to the dealership.

Long story short, the dealership said the engine won't crank and asked me to pay roughly 2k to open it up. They sent me pictures of what they found. Please see attached pics. Crank and piston bores shot, and they found a key and a lozenge wrapper inside the oil pump or pan; I can't figure it out because I don't know the parts exactly.

Question is: So in the picture, the key is sitting in an oil return passage? Can you describe or point me to a picture that shows the different components, chambers, and pipes oil flows through in this engine? And isn't there a mesh to trap objects pouring into the S65 engine oil intake?
Could someone sabotage me by opening the oil cap under the hood and throw a key and a wrapper in there? And if they did, would it make it's way into what you see in the pictures? I'm devastated to say the least and don't know if I should get the police involved to do a criminal investigation. But first I'd like some expert opinion on how that thing found it's way in there if you guys know engine and oil parts and how they work. Appreciate your help folks.
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[kimiraikkonen]

Sorry to hear, but have to ask. Does your brother like Fisherman Friend's menthols?

[///M Power-Belgium]

HOLY 5H1T !!! WOW !!!

[ItsGary]

Fuck that's an L right there.

[Wally1552]

Wow that's such a random and quite odd way to fuck with a car. Best of luck with the whole situation.

[roastbeef]

i suppose you could file a vandalism report to try to get your insurance to help out with the cost.

i'm also suspicious of the key in the pickup... a metal key laying flat on the pan is going to take a ridiculous amount of sucking to pick a key up off the bottom of the pan.

[SoCalRPM]

Yikes. Here for the feedback on how that junk got in there. Such a weird situation?

[LuckiSevens]

Was the car kept in a secure location when not in use? sorry for your loss Vandal

[Dpc2u]

To answer your question about the oiling system and routing, they are lodged in the oil return pump pickup which pumps oil from the front of the pan to the back where the main pump pickup is. It is designed to always provide oil to the main pickup even under high speed hard braking.

[Siajoon]

This is some absolute fuckery!!! And to think I was worried about a spun rod bearing. I'll never ever look at keys or wrappers the same now.

No but really. You got screwed by someone extremely envious of you ... or someone on your not so nice list.. I would get the police involved

Also, a key thrown into the oil fill spout would seriously make some noise with those gears rotating in there... I don't understand how it was driven for even a minute with the key and wrapper in there...

[bvrider1]

What a terrible situation! Do you happen to do car shows and leave your hood open?

[InnerBlueSkies]

Wow, I've seen everything.

[cmyE93M3]

Strange, you are from Toronto, yet the wrapper is in German if you look close, like the picture posted by kimiraikkonen.

I live in Oakville, no chance you can buy Fisherman Friend in German @ any convenience store. The door key thing is just so far out there to consider how it got in there, but the wrapper...

[InnerBlueSkies]

Originally Posted by cmyE93M3

Strange, you are from Toronto, yet the wrapper is in German if you look close, like the picture posted by kimiraikkonen.

I live in Oakville, no chance you can buy Fisherman Friend in German @ any convenience store. The door key thing is just so far out there to consider how it got in there, but the wrapper...

You're good man, you are good.

[mapster37]

wow, crazy! i would also contact insurance, vandalism

[Vandalle]

Originally Posted by cmyE93M3

Strange, you are from Toronto, yet the wrapper is in German if you look close, like the picture posted by kimiraikkonen.

I live in Oakville, no chance you can buy Fisherman Friend in German @ any convenience store. The door key thing is just so far out there to consider how it got in there, but the wrapper...

The car is in the Middle East. And the wrapper has English and French. The image the other guy posted is off the internet. Hence why it's German

[Vandalle]

Originally Posted by mapster37

wow, crazy! i would also contact insurance, vandalism

I will. But something tells me insurance policy fine print may not cover this type of vandalism. I will try for sure. A new S65 engine would go for a lot of $$$

[InnerBlueSkies]

Originally Posted by cmyE93M3

Strange, you are from Toronto, yet the wrapper is in German if you look close, like the picture posted by kimiraikkonen.

I live in Oakville, no chance you can buy Fisherman Friend in German @ any convenience store. The door key thing is just so far out there to consider how it got in there, but the wrapper...

Working on a key lead

[chief]

Wow, sorry to see this

[LuckiSevens]

Originally Posted by Vandalle

I will. But something tells me insurance policy fine print may not cover this type of vandalism. I will try for sure. A new S65 engine would go for a lot of $$$

Do you think it's vandalism, vandalle? Or could it have just been fished in there by your friend that was driving?

[cmyE93M3]

Originally Posted by Vandalle

The car is in the Middle East. And the wrapper has English and French. The image the other guy posted is off the internet. Hence why it's German

The image posted from the net is the same as the wrapper pulled from your engine. I went with German because I don't speak French, English is debatable also

Why does your location say Toronto? Your brother is in the middle East with the car? Recap is, you own a car, it was mint, your brother drove it, it stalled, you paid only $2K to pull a whole engine from the bay and have it torn down, only to find a European printed wrapper and a key in the engine?

[Richbot]

hurr