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<blockquote data-quote="anxious" data-source="post: 209905" data-attributes="member: 193"><p>Well the lesson to be learnt from my experience is never buy a second hand bimmer without proper service history notwithstanding the low mileage.</p><p> </p><p>I found an unbelievable 12 year old car with 80000km and lost my senses.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the body is accident free and condition is very good the owner had neglected its maintainance.</p><p> </p><p>He didnt seemed to have address the problems with the cooling system which in turn caused overheating. When he solved the overheating(or at least thats what he thought he had done) he didnt realise that the overheating had caused damage to the engine. Well the damage was even undetected by my regular workshop when I serviced the car but the sign of problems with the cooling system was evident from the repair work itself(i just wasnt experienced enough to realise it).</p><p> </p><p>Whilst most people would have continued driving until the car broke down , my expectation of the car was higher and i wanted to know why my car had a slight vibration at D when stationary.</p><p> </p><p>When my mech checked the car again, he noted the exhaust going pom pom pom and did the compression test.</p><p> </p><p>Now after opening the car up it shows that the compression test results of low compression in Cylinder No.3 was as a result of the cracked valve due to previous overheating.</p><p> </p><p>The cracked cylinder head was noticable over Cylinder No 3 also probably due to the overheating.</p><p> </p><p>Moral of the story, there are no guarantees when you buy a second hand car esp one that is more than 10 years old but if you do decide going that way pls be careful. I am lucky that I can afford the repair bills(at lest so far) but if u r just starting out in life my advise is be very careful b4 u take the plunge.</p><p> </p><p>You must insist on the service records for at the last 3 years. If the owner doesnt have them then walk away regardless of the mileage of the car and how good it looks. </p><p> </p><p>Cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="anxious, post: 209905, member: 193"] Well the lesson to be learnt from my experience is never buy a second hand bimmer without proper service history notwithstanding the low mileage. I found an unbelievable 12 year old car with 80000km and lost my senses. Whilst the body is accident free and condition is very good the owner had neglected its maintainance. He didnt seemed to have address the problems with the cooling system which in turn caused overheating. When he solved the overheating(or at least thats what he thought he had done) he didnt realise that the overheating had caused damage to the engine. Well the damage was even undetected by my regular workshop when I serviced the car but the sign of problems with the cooling system was evident from the repair work itself(i just wasnt experienced enough to realise it). Whilst most people would have continued driving until the car broke down , my expectation of the car was higher and i wanted to know why my car had a slight vibration at D when stationary. When my mech checked the car again, he noted the exhaust going pom pom pom and did the compression test. Now after opening the car up it shows that the compression test results of low compression in Cylinder No.3 was as a result of the cracked valve due to previous overheating. The cracked cylinder head was noticable over Cylinder No 3 also probably due to the overheating. Moral of the story, there are no guarantees when you buy a second hand car esp one that is more than 10 years old but if you do decide going that way pls be careful. I am lucky that I can afford the repair bills(at lest so far) but if u r just starting out in life my advise is be very careful b4 u take the plunge. You must insist on the service records for at the last 3 years. If the owner doesnt have them then walk away regardless of the mileage of the car and how good it looks. Cheers [/QUOTE]
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