European Auto Repair Blog

BMW 3 series E46 Cylinder Head Gasket and Pulled Head Studs

A failed cylinder head gasket is fairly common for E46 3 series BMW’s.  The root cause is usually a problem with the cooling system.  Faulty thermostats, bad radiators, bad cooling fans and leaking cooling systems must be address immediately with these...

BMW 528i water pump replacement

This 5 series BMW came in with a leaking water pump.  Luckily the owner was attentive and brought it in before more serious problems developed (see previous post).  These pumps usually start leaking from the drive shaft but can also leak at the seal to the...

Porsche Cayenne Turbo Replacement

This Cayenne came in to us with a customer concern about smoke coming out of the tailpipes at about 100,000 miles.  An inspection of the tailpipes confirmed oily residue,  further inspection of the turbo boost pipes showed liquid oil in the turbo pipes, a...

Porsche 911 Turbo S Ceramic Brake Replacement

The Porsche 911 turbo can be optioned with awesome ceramic brakes.  Saving several pounds each and offering exceptional stopping ability they are really an engineering achievement.  They do have some drawback though.  In this case the customer had taken...
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