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Message: <blockquote data-quote="anxious" data-source="post: 206992" data-attributes="member: 193">I am a bit calmer now.  The saddest part of the whole episode is the attitude of my mechanic.(who also is the owner of the workshop which specialises in BMWs)  I have known him for the past 4 years and have spent over RM16k on my E30 at his shop. His prices were a bit high but I never complained as the work was satisfactory. Before I bought the E36, I took the car to him for his opinion. He test drove the car and said it seemed ok. I then requested for a modic which turned out no faults except the vanos solenoid valve(which I hv replaced since) Had I known what a compression test was and that it only took 15mins, I would hv requested one. Anyway I chose the car so I accept the responsibilty. What upsets me is that right after getting the car I sent it to him for a full service and told him to list out all the parts that needed changing. I specifically asked him whether the engine was ok and he said it was. He did work on the cooling system and fixed some leaks. He did tell me he suspected the car had some overheating before. The car was in his shop for four days( my bill was over RM5k)and when I picked up the car I still heard felt a slight engine vibration at idle. He told me it could be looked into later, giving me the impression that it wasnt serious. I drove the car for 3 days and sent the car for respraying. After getting the car back from respraying I still wasnt happy with the slight engine vibration, so I sent the car back to his shop overnight. He however had not looked into the vibration issue until I went to pick up the car. I insisted in anor modic test and the vanos solenoid valve fault reappeared. He told me that it may be wiring problem and he needed time to look into it and told me it would take 2 hours. I couldnt sleep that night and next morning I was in his shop. He then started my car engine and I told that he noticed a slight rattle from the exhaust which may have been caused by the engine. It was only then did he remove the plugs and checked the compression which revealed one cylinder had low compression. He then told me that he had to open up the engine to checked whether the previous overheating had affected the gasketr or valves. He said worst case scenario that my cylinder head could be cracked! I was so shocked!  Shouldnt he have discovered this when he did a full service on my car and I asked him to check everything! I then did anor compression test at a different wshop which confirmed low compression @ cylinder 3. A wet compression test showed some improvement. My mechanic is overseas now but I really have lost confidence in him. The worst part is that I thought my 4 years of loyalty meant something. Now I probably got to get someonelse to fix my car. Anyway despite this bitter experience, I still have no regrets about getting the car as it drives great (even if one cylinder isnt running optimumly).</blockquote>

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