A hot tip off and a deal was done..... E34 M5 3.6

[maxfield]

The advantages of being a tech
- new Genuine BMW parts at cost price
- own and drive plenty of cool cars
- work on cars

They don't outweigh the rest of the shit that comes with the trade.

Looks a nice buy Barry

[pony]

The advantages of being a tech
- new Genuine BMW parts at cost price
- own and drive plenty of cool cars
- work on cars

They don't outweigh the rest of the shit that comes with the trade.

Looks a nice buy Barry

What shit comes with the trade ?

[Jon_Bmw]

The advantages of being a tech
- new Genuine BMW parts at cost price
- own and drive plenty of cool cars
- work on cars

They don't outweigh the rest of the shit that comes with the trade.

Looks a nice buy Barry

What shit comes with the trade ?

Customers off car forums!!

[Nobby_N]

The advantages of being a tech
- new Genuine BMW parts at cost price
- own and drive plenty of cool cars
- work on cars

and have a fan club........

Haha i bet it's a warm place up there!

[bss325i]

It's certainly no bed of roses in the motor trade but its pretty good for me at the moment tbh!

While we are on be subject, ML are looking for another two technicians which obviously must have BMW experience.

[CaesarBob]

Give me a chance lads, it won't even be landing at work till next week.

Any updates yet Barry?

[bss325i]

No not yet. It's scheduled to land at ML on the 1st.

[pony]

Who says there be rust ?
This is low mileage cream puff
Ex-BMW Hexagon of Highgate bruv

[Splondike]

Very nice find Barry. I was was passing ML on Saturday and saw what I thought was your motor outside, I parked up for a gander

[bss325i]

Yes my sport was parked out front Mark. Should have popped in for a brew!

[Simon13]

you would of recognised more cars Mark if you had gone in!

[Splondike]

I had the family with me, my daughter wanted to go to the national cat centre down the road. So me and my lad just jumped out and had a quick look...some nice tin there

[bss325i]

So the car arrived yesterday at ML filthy dirty and looking very sorry for itself. Note the offensive scorpion DTM pipes!

So a quick scout round it revealed a couple of pleasant surprises

An unused spare complete with period Michelin MXX 2 tyre.



And popping the tool kit open revealed the holy grail of BMW tool box items!



Still some bits missing though but easily enough to source.



And the mill itself! I'm gagging to strip this down to find out the extent of the damage but it may not be for a couple of weeks due to a heavy work load.

[B7]

Shame about the colour!

Looking forward to this one.

[Simon13]

wiper linkage ok?

[bss325i]

It is!

[bss325i]

Curiosity is getting the better of me so i started to strip the engine to remove the head and see what i'm up against and if i'm going to need a head or not. Unfortunately we don't have a head in our parts dept at ML as first thought, just the rest of the engine such as the block, crank, cam carrier, inlet etc.

On closer inspection it appears to be very original and in good shape which is indicative of the mileage and at a guess, has been garaged most of its life as the block is still black'ish, the core plugs aren't rusty, most of the fittings still showing their passivated finish and all the fittings are original. Plenty of the cosmoline type wax coating everywhere.







On closer inspection it looks like coolant has breached the head gasket line so i'm not holding out much hope for the head itself.





The possible culprit?





Removal of the cam cover was pleasing to say the least but then it's what i would expect with a car of this mileage and regular oil changes.

[jimbom30cab]

Fingers crossed the head is OK

[jonnie]

Thats lovely Barry.

Just needs some turbines and it would be perfect. And a running engine of course!

[e30topless]

Looks nicely un molested?
Macau with Champers ! that's an awesome find Bazz proper Hero chariot

[Andyboy]

I bet that head will go again with a cut'n'blow dry. These were made from proper materials unlike modern rubbish. You doing a full rebuild or just a top end? May as well go the whole way really.

Been doing a Mercedes C180 K timing chain today - the air still has a blue tint three hours after I locked the doors! What a bastard of a job they are.

[bss325i]

Thanks guys!

Andy, we will have to see how bad it really is but if it will go again i will be most happy but i'm not holding my breath.

So i had a bit of spare time and got the throttle bodies off and loom out of the way.



And while doing this i found this,



Which is part number 16



Which goes here, from the radiator top hose onto the cylinder head.



Again this may be part of or the sole reason for the coolant loss. The pipe not only appears to have this odd hole in it but is also distorted from heat.

[Demlotcrew]

Looking good Bazza,

Hope you have a nice array of 9mm snap on tools! The manifold is by far the worst part of the job.

[bss325i]

Looking good Bazza,

Hope you have a nice array of 9mm snap on tools! The manifold is by far the worst part of the job.

Yes!

[Simon13]

i reckon spanners and maybe a half moon one will be helpful.

Crouch reckons it can take a day to get the exhaust manifolds off these cars!!

[bss325i]

A day?! Is that with one hand?!

Admittedly it's not nice down there but it's not that bad.

[sweep]

Snap-on...

[bss325i]

One of them isn't lol!

[Simon13]

you crack on and let us know how long it takes bert!

[bss325i]

Don't worry i will pal. It will be a walk in the park compared to say a pair of turbo's on an E9x 335i and that's doable in a day, just.

I doubt Crouch meant literally a whole day to remove it an S38 exhaust manifold.

[Andyboy]

It took me over half a day to get an M42 318iS E36 manifold off recently. Four rusted nuts that would not play ball, ended up removing the steering column coupling/shaft to gain access for hammer and chisel to split the nuts. Normally, it's an hours work to get one off.
So a day to get a grim S38 manifold off = entirely possible.