Nice work. Your oil pump looked nasty. We've just stripped a Morris Marina GT engine (not exactly in the same league as an S38) and that had some nasty pitting and wear. New oil pump for us too.
Nice work! Consider since you are in England to go to Vibration Free who balance assemblies as well as sell a much needed upgrade to the dampener. They call it the sterling dampener.... It's they own design, engineered in house. These long inline 6 BMW's need all the vibrational dampening they can get.
I didn’t know about this company, it’s local to me too. However I have taken my components to a race engine builder who has a great track record of dynamic balancing. I will look into this
@@BadE30 They are famous for their F1 and many other motorsports balancing. Most importantly is considering gettin rid of the OEM balancer. As mentioned they have theor own that is far superior. Good Luck
Easy, but very expensive! But yes all new timing kit going on, everything will be new, the timing kit including chains, tensioners and guides is about £800!
@@BadE30 Yeah - not cheap, but totally worth it. The single-row (older M88) stuff is even more! I converted my M635 to dual-row - saved a few $$ and a bit more peace of mind.
This honing was to remove any scoring before measuring. Once honed clean, the bores were way out of spec, currently with a machinist who is reboring for custom over sized pistons
@@ALKUKES if you look in my video there is large scratches on the external bore of the rotor, and pitting on the inner rotor. If you don’t have any of this then you’ll be fine. You can measure the bore of the housing and compare it to the external diameter of the rotor, it should have a clearance of around 0.07mm
@@ALKUKES this is my first ever car restoration, but i am self taught. I’m a mechanical engineer as a day job which has gave me a huge boost, mainly using those skills to do what I do. Happy to help as I’ve learned the hard way at times!
