Recent content by Samsonite79

Do you think BMW was using niksil/nickel in the VANOS hubs (known issue where the exhaust hub tabs break off? maybe that's the source? or is this mineral specific in the engine design world?. I highly doubt the previous owner gave this car any love, I think the BMW was owned by a female with...

yea, :-) at least the body is clean and frame is straight. I'm planning to rebuild the M3 into a nice weekend street/track car, I was hoping to get a general health of this engine and build accordingly. I'm hoping the nickel is just accumulation of cylinder wall wear from over extended oil usage...

Oh geez your right its mistake I guess copy and paste screw that up. It is blank on my report. I dont think I paid for that option. Thanks for catching that. I don't think I have a background on this 2003 m3, other than it started its life out in Arizona, amd moved to California, I dont know...

Thank you both trav and m6pwr, that puts my mind at ease, I used blackstone labs for the anaylsis, and i drained the oil on stone cold engine, hopefully it's just from cold starts and running rich too many times because the t-stat was stuck open. -Samson

Hi, I wanted to get some input on my used oil report, bought a 2003 M3 three weeks ago with 110k miles, thought I change the oil and have it analysis. I know the copper is high and might need to have the rod bearings replaced but do I need to be concerned about the higher than normal nickle...