Completely Refreshing a BMW M30B35 to Like New Condition | ITB M30 E28 Ep. 5 

The garage is actually pretty clean...Since I'm comparing it to mine.

You’re doing gods work for us old bmw owners. Bless you my man🙏🙏

Josh great work, I especially appreciate that you leave the missteps in, Lord knows I do plenty, and the idea of taking on a task like a rebuild I can only imagine the number of two-steps back I would have to do. Also great attitude, probably wouldn't have been as cool about needing new head - keep it up!

Dude I can’t wait to see the finish build. This thing is so clean and so sick. 👌🏽

Great seeing someone putting together a good old BMW I6 the right way :D Great work, thanks for sharing it!

I've wanted to build an M30 e28 with ITBs for years now and have never seen anybody else do it, stoked to have found your channel by coincidence.

I finally found the perfect channel please never stop making videos, you may not believe me but I’m form iraq and we love the bmw especially e34 , so you’re videos are very helpful for me im about to buy one and love this channel ❤

Been so keen to see more videos on build. Love the M30 what a beast, can’t wait to see it finished!

Love the M30 engine wanna start working on them....thanks for the video

Love your vids Josh! Learnt so much from you, thanks Man.

Inspiration.. thank you for sharing your knowledge! E34 all day

Nice job! Keep up the good work!

Great work. Can't believe you don't have more views. I know how much work it is to do all the wrenching, recording and editing.

Love the progress soo far my man! Sorry for your setbacks and the head major bummer but it wouldn’t be a built without these type of setbacks! Can’t wait for the next set of uploads and videos!! 1- you should do an e28 hoodie and T shirt man!!!! I will buy by the bulk load! 2- if you don’t mind… to date can you give a ballpark how much $ you’ve invested into the E28 project to date? “ ballpark”

The moment we have all been waiting for🙌

Nice work!

"She's ready to accept the head" 🤪😂😅

Good going Josh!

You’re a weapon Josh! Great watch from down here in Australia, we’ve got a couple of M30B32’s to play with for our 733i here… Hopefully end up with a result half as good as yours 👌🏼

That header is so sick 👌👌👌

Fantastic job bro

Copped the hoodie, One Love bro 🤞🏽

Ive enjoyed the video. You have a nice channel!

looks beautiful!

wow. thank you so much for the videos.. GBU bro! regards from Indonesia! pls visit Indonesia sometimes!

Beautiful M30

The bigger sensor is actually a timed switch for the seventh injector on the early models. You need the brown sensor with only on pin in the 2way connector. That's the the one for your gauge in the intrument cluster....and it's cheap. ;-)

Watching this video is fun given I just did this exact same sequence of things and fuck ups 4 weeks ago - down to the chain tensioner being on the wrong side! Only thing I saw that you didn’t do that might bite you in the ass is adding RTV/Kuril at the gasket joints between pan/ lower timing chain cover and same around the headgasket/upper timing covers (each 90 degree joint). Might develop some premature oil leaks as that’s where they always develop on the m30s M30s are fun. FYI when I ran my M30 for the first time before stage 3 torque it was blowing a bunch of steam/vapor out of the exhaust to the point that I thought my new HG failed. I finished the run in and did the stage 3 torque and it sealed up beautifully - been running for 1200 miles now and I’ve been abusing it. Enjoy!

Good job 👍🏻

Recently heard its beneficial to have the upper timing cover still bolted to the head when they deck it so everything stays in the same plane. Hopefully doesnt become an issue for you.

my man never misses

Cut it in six even slices so you can see the ports from the side and have an idea of how much you can port the head before you can run into a water jacket that would be cool to know

Yup, the 3rd sequence is after operating temp. I just got my head bolts kind of tight, then got the engine as installed as much as possible, then did all the head bolt torqueing sequence so the time between sequence 2 and sequence 3 was only a couple of hours.

I come back to this video often, great walkthrough of many areas on the m30. Just wish it was as easy to work on in the car as it is outside of the car lol. Planning to do my oil pan gasket, timing cover gasket and seals + chain guide and tensioner soon and this helped a lot, thanks! got any tips for breaking the crank nut free while it’s in the car?

Looking good. Although, it would've made sense to pull bottom apart as well. New bearings don't cost much. Quick hone and at re ring would've been cheap insurance. Looking forward seeing how it turns out.

WD40 isn't specifically a lubricant. It's a penetrating solvent that isn't not a lubricant, but if you're looking for a lubricant, a penetrating oil like Liquid Wrench or Sprayway will yield better results.

Looking really nice 🤌

That is really a piece of art. Did you coat the blasted aluminum with anything? I think Sreten from M539 restorations found something to help prevent it from oxidizing again. How are these engines to drive in modern day traffic? When I first started looking at E24s thought it would be cool to swap in a m54b30 - “modernish” power, reasonably reliable, easy to get parts. But you seem to have such a love for these wonder how it is to live with. Wouldn’t be a daily just a cruiser in my case.

This makes me want to strip down the extra m30 I have and rebuild it for my car!!

Sitting here watching you build your M30. When I should just get off my ass and go and finish my own one lol. Looks great though. Mine is built for my turbo E34 race car.

Mannn my hair was looking just like yours waiting for this upload!!

Great job 👍👍👍, but what about crankshaft bearings, you didn't check them?

Hey, what size is the upper timing sprocket nut pls?

nice nice nice i wish its my car

The M30 is amongst the best engines ever built. Absolutely love my M30, it is the “baby” version (M30B25), but it runs so sweet…🙂

another block saved by the wd40 and ebay sharpening stone cant wait to hear it sing at redline 😂

Hey Josh! Great video as always. Regarding the valve adjustment, can i do this while the head is off or is it recommended to do it after installing and timing?

Hell yeah, really clean man well explained cut and short. I Have an m30b34 I would like to rebuild in the near future. How much did the the motor refurbish cost? withought itb.

you're lucky to have a good tensioner rail lol i looked everywhere for one and overpaid... but now i gotta get a new timing chain, and probably rebuild my oil pump to make sure it won't kill my engine after rebuilding it. shit looks good, i'm on the fence about doing por-15 now or just waiting to pull the engine eventually to address other shit in the bay. but clean m30s look fuckin killer

Hi mate. How do you recommend to apply the rtv sealant for the valve cover. I have seen a lot of people install them without. Is it recommended(

piece of art. is this is the exact same block as in a 1989 535i yeah? Curious to see what ITB's will do for it. Fucken meaow!

Very nice job... Where did you get the exhaust headers... And how did it cost?

Да вы зажрались, ну нельзя ж так кайфовать!

Hey josh, im looking to buy an E34 525tds. Any tips and tricks on the diesel engines?

Mine m30b30 has issue that it idles about 1,5k rpm. and when you take oil cap off, it idles normally and after little time the rpm goes up again

Long time listener first time caller…middle of my own 635 project, will the head off an 83 633 work on an 85 635? Both US Spec cars, thanks.

Where did you order the alternator from?

Been watching here from the UK 🇬🇧 enjoying the videos very much 👍 may I ask what compression ratio this engine is ?

Damn. Im tryna rebuild my m90 i got sitting around

Did you use standard head gasket or thicker ones?

Will you ship the old cylinder head to my cousin’s neighbor in Asia?

I just bought my first e34, its a 1990 535i, i had some questions about it and youve been my super hero so far trying to get this thing to work, could i email or dm somewhere?

Where did you buy the alternator and zink plate from?

The quality of you videos would improve greatly with a better camera, a 2K or 4K to be updated. Keep up the good work dude :)

Hi , I’m in the middle of my m30 rebuild. I mounted my engine like you did on this video.I just saw a video on instagram from a guy who is doing S38 rebuild. And he said BMW prohibited S38 engines to be mounted longitudinal and they must be mounted transverse otherwise it cause block distortion due to length and weight! It’s just freaking me out as S38 and M30 are very similar in weight and length. Did you ever had a problem with block distortion?? Or any similar issues?

Hey buddy I’m looking at a 84 733i m30 is it worth it ?

Beauty Eh?

Hey by any chance do you have that part Number to that alternator much appreciated. As far as for your video it's amazing how skilled you are. There is no way jose in your work, you make it happen captain no matter what. 👨‍🔧🤘👨‍🔧

Alcohol wipe those headers before startup to avoid ugly burnt in finger prints and oils.

3 months ago, I get it, but didn't you say that a notorious bad block issue is cracking? Why, or maybe there isn't a product, did you not take this opportunity to fortify? I have little knowledge of BMW engines, when I was a kid building cars BMW was on the top shelf and still exotic here. I only really have experience with the Datsun I6 and the Honda I4s

Question for you Josh, have you ever considered buying a M5?

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Thank you for your great video. I drive 1984 BMW 533 in good condition. My question is: the price will go up by years for those classic BMW?

Nice build! I tried top contact you in Instagram for some Merch for outside the US, but nö luck 😮

Love the M30 engine wanna start working on them....thanks for the video

Love the M30 engine wanna start working on them....thanks for the video