Really happy to have learned exactly what a flashlight is used for. Ive been using it all wrong this whole time. Haha. In all honesty. Tons of good information here. I guess its better to have too much info rather than not enough.
Excellent video. I would recommend checking the coolant first while the car is cold. Start the car up, and if it bubbles up, you have a problem. Or if there’s any white corrosion around the cap.
Good advice. However, I wouldn't be inspecting a used BMW. I wouldn't waste my money on a BMW. They are nothing but a money pit! Not a reliable vehicle either!
Oh, they are, people(WOMEN) neglect them and the problems get bigger, hard to buy used BMW's as most people don't maintain them, but bmw just like any other car has it's problems, their cheap materials get annoying.
You should be more concerned if an old BMW isnt leaking oil...... that usually means the engine was just cleaned to give the illusion its taken care of
What owner selling a car will allow you to do all of this ? I never get much cooperation from sellers. They want you to decide rather quickly,and almost all will make excuses when you wanna take it to a mechanic to have it inspected.
thanks for the video. Wish it was a different car for this video as almost everything in the engine bay is black and oil is almost black so it is hard to see stuff!
I would add a compression test . I am a disabled vet and used to work on all of my cars. Now not so much. I was going to buy a used 91 toyota camry back in 1996 and it had just over 110k miles on it. The guy wanted 4k for it . I check out every thing but the compression check . I bought it for 3500.00 and just 1 week later when I was replacing the plugs I found the compression was 110 112 94 114. It had a bad ring. I got burned as I had to buy a used engine to replace it with. When I tore the old engine down it had a ton of sludge in it. So I say do the compression test
