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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pantyhoesthief" data-source="post: 30032" data-attributes="member: 24773"><p>Hi, i'm Tim and bought my e46 318i 2003 last november. so far spent money to replace the belt and tensioner and normal service, except this 3 months i seldom drive it. so, i din on/use the car for a week, then ytd night start everything ok. just now thought want go buy makan, suddenly cannot start. check the batt voltage it shows 12, tried to start it shows lower 11.1.-11.6.  wonder if any of u experienced it , please advice whether the alternator is dying or the batt kong coz din start for long. how much for battery and what brand to buy?2nd problem, leaking is suddenly becoming bad, i can see oil leaking on the front right of engine, on the left side of engine and of course i tunduk bawah can see some oil leaking towards a pipe (maybe exhaust pipe), what i need to know is, i want to change all the seal and gasket that is leaking or might leak in the future. please can someone roughly qoute me the price and which parts to change so that i dont get cheated.??well all the while the workshop i visit everytime is top speed glenmarie, they charge a bomb for all my previous car but never had a problem for 4-5 years with them, but well if theres a cheaper one with good reputation please recommend them to me.ty to all sifus who reply.</p></blockquote><p></p>