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Original Comment Hello I have a 2004 745li with 50k miles on it I had major blue smoke coming from the tail pipe when the car idled for over 10min opon taking it to the BMW dealer I was told perhaps the valve stem seals were going and the job would be between 65 and 75 hundred dollars I took the car to a BMW specialist for a second opion due to the fact that the car had such low miles upon further review it was declared that this is a common problem which is known and posted on the BMW service notification board where all new service updates and recalls are posted .The ansew was a quick fix which could be corrected by replacing several hoses which dealt with intake cold crank valves and air flow and the total cost to correct this issue was no more than $1000 dollars.my question was when I went to BMW 2 dealers as a matter a fact how come they didn't catch this? Infact they just tries too sell me another car.the moral of the story is I love the car and had it fixed for $1000 blue smoke issue gone all I could think was how could such an expensive car have such a minor problem which BMW knows about and won't even do a recall on and allow all these cars to be driving around smoking in traffic I was rather embarrassed to have people staring at my ultimate driving machine blue smoking away at the trafic lights.I own a Ford F 150 and a Lexus as well both with way more miles and less expensive and still don't smoke don't get me wrong the BMW is still the best car I ever had I'm just a little disappointed that they never stood behind this issue .so if your BMW is smoking the blues don't panic and go for the valve stem job look into it 9 times out of 10 it's a minor issue.and if you need some suggestions just hit me at [email protected] to the best of my knowledge I'll help steer you in the right direction if I can.I'm just an average guy try to help those dealing with this blue smoke. nightmare .

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