what happens if oil filter shatters to pieces in a e30s50b30

Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:38 pm

exactly coz even i know you cant use clean oil with a dirty filter !

Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:40 pm

You are not the first to be burnt by this type of conversion mate, and you wont be the last!! I would want it out of there ASAP! But i would not want to give them anymore money, If that engine is still good, There is probably £3k more to be spent to make it right.

Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:41 pm

was the M3 engine in a car that was driven to the garage or was it already removed?

Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:42 pm

what do you mean the route they will go on ?

Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:42 pm

maybe best to step back tonight bud and work through all thats gone on and then post it all in one post. too many questions still need answering first.

Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:44 pm

i should have been satisfied with the engine staying in the e36 as it was meant to be ! this is a garage , found it via a dude i bought stuff off in ebay and i thought well im lucky but hey !

Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:46 pm

Have the garage said 'why' the filter broke up?

Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:47 pm

Name and shame

Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:47 pm

the car was my m3 that i decided to use for the conversion and it drove down as a complete m3 now its frankenstein !

Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:48 pm

will do soon fellas just need to get it out of dodge first

Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:51 pm

e30s50b30 wrote:the car was my m3 that i decided to use for the conversion and it drove down as a complete m3 now its frankenstein !

So your exhaust manifolds have gone walkies, along with your radiator and the engine might be fried even though you gave them a working, tested engine. THIS SUCKS!!

Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:52 pm

they say it broke ( filter) coz it was cheap or old ! that car i had it since 2008 serviced and never missed a beat it must be oil pick up or oil pump as penton says

Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:54 pm

so the rad is not m3 too ?

Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:54 pm

e30s50b30 wrote:they say it broke ( filter) coz it was cheap or old !

so there admitting not changing the filter... even though they changed the oil? I would be looking at engine numbers and make sure this is your engine..

Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:56 pm

e30s50b30 wrote:so the rad is not m3 too ?

Nope

Probably came from the same car as the manifolds!

Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:57 pm

I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT I MAY WELL HAVE TO LOOK AT ENGINE NUMBERS NOW !

Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:00 am

so they have no leg to stand on, the engine was fine before the garage got there hands on it.
Can't see how they can get out of that one.
You have paid for a service (fitting the engine into an E30) that they have failed to do.
The onus is on them.
explain to them about the advice from here. I wouldn't except anything less than a full refund.

Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:02 am

I WILL TAKE MY LAPTOP AND SHOW THEM WHAT GUYS HERE SAY THEN SUE THEM !

Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:06 am

I RUINED MY M3 I GUESS !

Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:06 am

what happened to the rest of the donor car and the radiator,manifolds etc?

Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:10 am

ITS THERE BY THE GUYS GARAGE OBVIOUSLY NOW NOT SURE ABOUT MY RAD AND MANIFOLDS !

Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:11 am

good luck in sorting it out.

Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:13 am

This is what your manifolds should look like.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E36-M3-3- ... 4ab222793d

Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:17 am

I HAVE BEEN WELL AND TRULY DONE !

Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:21 am

THANKS FOR THE INPUT WILL KEEP YOU GUYS POSTED GOODNIGHT

Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:42 am

Why choose a garage that's so far away from you, based on an Ebay recommendation?
First question I'd be asking is where the hell is my manifold?!

Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:56 am

why ask a question that is now irrelvent and only rubs salt into an already sore wound dimbob?
PM me or start a new thread if you wish so this one can be kept good so as to HELP the poor guy.

Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:03 am

My point being that as a few guys have pointed out it would be difficult to pin much on the garage, however the missing radiator and manifold is pure THEFT and therefore creates an angle to involve police in a much simpler scenario.

Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:27 am

can someone post a pic up showing the engine number location on a S50b30 engine for the OP please.

@Jim not pure theft. Theft, fraud AND deception, more to this than meets the eye.
Police involvment is NEVER a simple scenraio.
Is this a legal or lawful issue?
do you understand who even owns a car? Look at your docs for your car You are NOT the owner.
you/we are just the REGISTERED KEEPERS
do not take my word or that of ANYONE else. do your homework.
I'll start you with regius ex or as the state calls it registration.

Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:39 am

Here. On the lower left side of the engine.

Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:22 am

Thats some cowboy action right there!!!

They have either seen you as a mug and just wanted the cash out if you,
Or
Just haven't got a clue how to work on any sort if car.

I would tell them straight........ The engine was in full working order when it was delivered, so it should be returned in the same condition, regardless of what vehicle it goes into.

So you either want it fixed or the money and the car returned PRONTO.

Fri Dec 30, 2011 9:57 am

On a positive note. Looking at their ebay listings, they have plenty of engines / spares to fix it..........

Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:29 am

ha ha you make me laugh fella

Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:30 am

apparently engine looks ok so far but thats what i been told

Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:45 am

e30s50b30 wrote:apparently engine looks ok so far but thats what i been told

I wouldn't trust a word they say bud. Get up there and do what Craigieeb has said. Take someone who knows there way around cars/engines with you to help confirm that is the engine you gave them.

Alas I'm too far from you to assist and I'm having issues along the same as you so no road worthy car at the moment.