Patchy Service History, Is it worth picking up again?

GregorFuk · 16-01-2015, 02:18 PM

The refresh of my recently acquired CSL continues, it's currently being prepped for a respray. In the mean time I'm turning my attention to the paper work.

For a bit of background the car used to belong to one time register member Nigelonich, and is on it's third engine. You can read the car's tale of woe here.

http://www.cslregister.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8668

If you can be fussed to read through the post I am the friend who helped Nigel put the third and current engine in the car.

The car has a bit of a patchy service history. It's all present and correct till the mid 50,000 miles but then goes blank. Surprise surprise, 15K miles later it was bought by Nigelonich with a dropped valve and holed piston

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The car left Nigelonich's care with a 18K mile CSL motor fitted by myself and him. It was acquired by a Texan ex-pat living locally and I have lots of local dealer invoices for various work carried out during it's 18 month / 15K mile time with him. Oil changes, new suspension springs, bushes, and an all important valve clearance check. It's all odds and sods though and the service book lacks pukka sequenced Oil Service / Inspection 1 / Inspection 2 stamps.

So now the car sits with me, on the cusp of 80K miles, undergoing a bit of a tidy up before the summer. I plan to keep the car standard (Bar the Alcons it came with), drive it, and do a couple of track days. There is no point sticking a car with this history and mileage in a carcoon.

My question, and the main point of this post is given the car's history, and patchy service book, is it worth me putting the car to BMW for an Inspection 2 and then getting back on the Inspection / Oil Service band wagon? Or, is the service history now next to worthless and should I just service the car myself and keep receipts?

Thoughts?

16-01-2015, 02:18 PM	#1
GregorFuk S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 318 Casino cash: $11097	Patchy Service History, Is it worth picking up again? The refresh of my recently acquired CSL continues, it's currently being prepped for a respray. In the mean time I'm turning my attention to the paper work. For a bit of background the car used to belong to one time register member Nigelonich, and is on it's third engine. You can read the car's tale of woe here. http://www.cslregister.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8668 If you can be fussed to read through the post I am the friend who helped Nigel put the third and current engine in the car. The car has a bit of a patchy service history. It's all present and correct till the mid 50,000 miles but then goes blank. Surprise surprise, 15K miles later it was bought by Nigelonich with a dropped valve and holed piston . The car left Nigelonich's care with a 18K mile CSL motor fitted by myself and him. It was acquired by a Texan ex-pat living locally and I have lots of local dealer invoices for various work carried out during it's 18 month / 15K mile time with him. Oil changes, new suspension springs, bushes, and an all important valve clearance check. It's all odds and sods though and the service book lacks pukka sequenced Oil Service / Inspection 1 / Inspection 2 stamps. So now the car sits with me, on the cusp of 80K miles, undergoing a bit of a tidy up before the summer. I plan to keep the car standard (Bar the Alcons it came with), drive it, and do a couple of track days. There is no point sticking a car with this history and mileage in a carcoon. My question, and the main point of this post is given the car's history, and patchy service book, is it worth me putting the car to BMW for an Inspection 2 and then getting back on the Inspection / Oil Service band wagon? Or, is the service history now next to worthless and should I just service the car myself and keep receipts? Thoughts?