Date:         Wed, 26 Apr 2000 21:33:11 -0500
Reply-To:     Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
Subject:      No Vanagon content: BMW 740 with cracked oil pan
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Hi Volks:

Sorry for the intrusion - but you guys may know about this.

There's a rebuildable 1994 BMW 740i here, that is so lightly damaged - there
must be something seriously wrong mechanically.

It has the front fascia busted, the airbags blown, and the windshield
smashed. And a cracked oil pan. It's for sale for $11,400. The headlights
aren't even cracked.

This is a prime car - totally flawless otherwise, full leather, CD, BMW
carphone etc. Fat alloys, great tires. An $80,000 CDN car (new).

I am assuming that the engine has a major problem, due to the oil pan being
cracked - maybe seized up?

We are not to try starting it to find out for sure - their orders.

Under the hood, it looks like it just came from the factory, naturally clean
as a whistle. Nothing bent or dirty.

Here's the question: if it has seized, does that mean it cannot be fixed -
or that it is "way expensive" to fix it? Basically, what are the
consequences of a seized motor?

I apologize for the newbie questions - but I was really impressed with this
car.

Marshall Ruskin
84 Westy "Iron Igloo"
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"