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      12-13-2018, 02:50 PM   #3
Manny G
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Drives: 2003 540i/6 M-Sport, 2013 M5
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Originally Posted by Lmaiuri View Post
EDIT: Are you familiar with a walnut blast? Carbon coated valves can cause rough idle (and the elusive intermittent CEL that comes along with it) and are very common among turbo-charged direct-injected BMW's**

Aside from that.. Do you have a modified intake? Possible rabbit hole to jump down might be MAF sensor type error?


As for chasing NA for some coin. That depends on what your time is worth to you, how much is emotional fester vs. the reality that swift and just recompense will occur.

IMO we all have bad luck with some cars and some cars are a dream to own. My 135i cost me nothing outside of a water pump, my Range Rover cost me 3,900$ in the first three months of ownership and my M5 has cost me nothing over six months and counting (knock on wood).

Land Rover cracked my timing plate and then glued it back together thinking I wouldn't know. I proved it to them and got told to fuck off by Land Rover NA(whole thing was a waste of time and sanity). HQ case incidents that are handled by these companies assign an individual(s) who is(are) arm-chair quarterbacking issues that take place in machine-shops and require more analog customer relations practices (even in this increasingly digital world).

Case managers in New Jersey who know fuck-all about how cars work reviewing a bunch of documents compiled by 3 different sources without context is a nightmare. The system is designed to be mediocre, drawn-out, and flawed.


We get emotional with our cars (way more so that I care to admit). Let your brain to the steering on this one bud.


P.S. Finding a mechanic who is knowledgeable about your platform, who you TRUST, and who won't waste your time is worth your sanity.
The CBU on the valves along with the MAFs were two possible things I had in mind. The dealership did troubleshooting on the MAFs during the 2nd or 3rd visit... the one that they replaced the cats... they said they found no faults. I was thinking of installing a meth kit to combat the CBU.

I do have an indy shop near by, BMW specialists... now that my warranty is up I'm going to have to depend on them as I've had to with my E39.

As for the case manager, you're 100% right with your assessment. I couldn't believe the passive way they were handling this with little to no regard for my satisfaction as a customer. During one conversation, he had the balls to start the sentence with something like "Well since your car is a 2013 I dont think.." blah blah basically saying that my car was too old for BMW to give a shit to satisfy me as a customer. I asked him, had my car been a 2018 or 2019, would BMW care more about my satisfaction.. all he could reply is that "things are decided on a case by case basis".
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