Q: Advice on getting oil leaks fixed.

asked by on January 13, 2016

I took my car to a BMW mechanic for a full inspection. He gave me a list of items to fix. One of them was the Oil Level Sender, and he noted something about little bits of oil leaking. I was just wonder how I should approach getting this fixed.

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