Ok so my car was idling rough and I had a misfire (3rd cylinder), So I took it to the stealer and had them look over my car and see what wrong with it.(96 328i) I was told that I have no compression what so ever in my 3rd cylinder, which was obviously causing the misfire. I have already changed the coil pack and have put new spark plugs in.
Bottom line I need help ASAP...Where do I start? Worse case senario, how much is this going to cost me? Best case senario? Im very worried that this is going to cost me a fortune....:(
Any and all input is much appreciated

If anyone can give me the number to a shop in the area that can help me or anyone that can do this work themselves, please let me know...
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do yourself a favor and go to advance auto parts, pep boy or any other in your area. buy a compression tester and do a compression check. se what the car is doing before you start to worry.

do yourself a favor and go to advance auto parts, pep boy or any other in your area. buy a compression tester and do a compression check. se what the car is doing before you start to worry.

I most defintely will do that, but you think the dealer was wrong when they told me that???

bottom line is if there right your talking big money. either rebuild the motor or get a new one.it does make sense what there saying but try it out yourself before you go spending thousands.

I have a snap-on scanner, i can try to help you for free to scan most of the problem...but the bad part is! i lost the adaptor :( and it might cost me $95 to get a new 1...

Could be a bunch of things. If the dealer wasn't "BS'ing" you and you really have low compression in cylinder 3 its not going to be a cheap easy fix. Could be a valve or head gasket. The worst case is the $$$ best case you get some new parts and the car running again. If you are not far from 07065 I could help you out.

I have a snap-on scanner, i can try to help you for free to scan most of the problem...but the bad part is! i lost the adaptor :( and it might cost me $95 to get a new 1...

I really appreciate it, just let me know if you happen to find the adapter.

Could be a bunch of things. If the dealer wasn't "BS'ing" you and you really have low compression in cylinder 3 its not going to be a cheap easy fix. Could be a valve or head gasket. The worst case is the $$$ best case you get some new parts and the car running again. If you are not far from 07065 I could help you out.

Thank you very much for the offer, I'm going to take apart the head this comming weekend with my uncle. Im going to buy the head gasket. What else should I buy just incase its not that. Im also going to take digi photos and maybe you guys could diagnose the problem via photos.
Thanks again for all your imput guys...