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Cat H

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My husband bought me a 2012 Z4 in Sept 2015. It had had a new wing as a Cat C insurance. I have driven it with no problems for 15 months and it has done 23000 miles. At the weekend I was on the M6 and I lost power, the engine started making a serious rattling noise and as I pulled on to the hard shoulder the engine cut out. It has completely seized. I got it to Rylands in Warwick where they emptied the oil out, very black and tracly apparently. They won't apply to BMW on my behalf because the suspension has had a non BMW replacement part- presumably during the repair and they say the sump looked as if it had been glued on! The last service was done by our local garage NOT BMW and they tried to accuse him of using the wrong oil. He was pretty upset by this and showed us his invoice for the correct oil. They've quoted £11000, for an engine rebuild. I love my car and I'm devastated. Whether the suspension part is wrong has no bearing on the engine and the sump didn't either according to their service manager! 23000 miles and it's died, my husband thinks it was probably the timing chain, do they often have problems with this? :x
 
Hi, what engine has your car got & is it under warranty? Don't pay 11k, you could get a used engine for a fraction of that.
Rob
 
Why would you expect BMW to pay for the engine to be repaired or replaced.From what you say,you bought a write off and had it serviced by an independent .Time to look for a motor from a breaker.
 
Plenty of engines around to replace it, breakers breakers breakers, check for mileage on it if possible.
Try 07544752115 in Bognor, good service from them and have been used by several on here
 
That's a terrible thing to happen, regardless of the cause. Does you car have any other service history beyond the last service done by your garage? Just wondering if there were any hints of engine problems in the past?
As mentioned, you may not have any recourse with BMW if they have not been the principal carer for it.
Good luck with getting it resolved - there are a lot of helpful people on this forum who can probably point you in the right direction for parts etc.
 
which engine - theres a 2013 20k mile 2.0 turbo on eBay for 3k.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2013-BMW-Z4-E89-3-4-SERIES-20i-Engine-2-0-Twin-Turbo-N20B20U0-19-960-MILES-/112270923245?fits=Plat_Gen%3AE89&hash=item1a23de55ed:g:U4kAAOSwLEtYfI5q
 
Hi Cat! Welcome to the forum and sorry to hear about the car trouble!
Any pictures of the car? You can get a load of details from the reg which would help us, to help you :D

Cat H said:
I got it to Rylands in Warwick
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You say you went to Rylands, have you shopped around? Be worth getting a second opinion or two! £11k isn't cheap!
 
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