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Sure seems like it, but it's almost not worth it to find out any more right? Either way I've got bad options- bent valves? from a timing chain misalignment or the rest of the engines been starved for oil and it's screwed, apparently you can't hone the N20 cyl walls because they are coated. The engine probably has to be replaced either way.
Spending another 5 hours figuring out how to drop the axle/diff to get to the oil pan from below without a lift seems like a pretty difficult way to satisfy my curiosity.
My brother's mailed me his borescope, maybe I'll peep through to see what's going on through a plug...
I wonder if BMW will give me shit or if they will reimburse for the engine with just pictures. In that case, if I take this seized engine out I'd be happy to drop it off at the service center.
The settlement looming over me makes it a tough choice...
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