Hey everyone first post.
Getting blue/white smoke after driving car for a while. Only on acceleration. While driving with my wife following she says it smells like fireworks but no smoke. Took to BMW their pretty sure that it is the valve stem seals. They also think the guides as well. Now the kicker. Extended warranty from third party will pay for seal replacement but not the guides. Bmw is saying they would need to tear the engine down to tell for sure. If it's only valve guides I would have to pay for everything. Seals, warranty pays everything else I would have to pay for the guides 500 bucks. That's the background. Question is. . I'm burning oil, can the guides be bad without the seals being bad. Overall is about 7 Grand.
Car has 90000 miles on it. Love the car just wondering if I should chance it.
Getting blue/white smoke after driving car for a while. Only on acceleration. While driving with my wife following she says it smells like fireworks but no smoke. Took to BMW their pretty sure that it is the valve stem seals. They also think the guides as well. Now the kicker. Extended warranty from third party will pay for seal replacement but not the guides. Bmw is saying they would need to tear the engine down to tell for sure. If it's only valve guides I would have to pay for everything. Seals, warranty pays everything else I would have to pay for the guides 500 bucks. That's the background. Question is. . I'm burning oil, can the guides be bad without the seals being bad. Overall is about 7 Grand.
Car has 90000 miles on it. Love the car just wondering if I should chance it.