I Bought A Twin-Turbo V8 BMW With A Mysterious “CRACKED” Engine! It Still Runs So What's Broken? 

You know the old saying about EXPENSIVE CARS . If ya can't afford it , know how to fix it , or ABLE to pay to fix it ? DON'T BUY IT !

You got this for around $3,000!!!??? I need a car 🚗 and was thinking 🤔 of doing an auction. I made my living buying auction cars, tricking them out and reselling them turning 4 to 6 cars a month from 1996 to 2001. I only purchased Volvo 240 Turbo or GT wagons or two doors, 740GLT, 860GLT dual overhead cam versions C70&V70 Turbo R models, Mitsubishi Gallant Turbo, Eclipse Turbo, Lancer EVO and Rally, Nissan 240SX converting front/side skirts and rear to JDM Silvia Q or Skyline R33 or R34 DETT clones with RB34 motor converted for RWD only, high milage 300ZX 1990 and newer modified with RB34 DETT motors, Toyota Supras, Cellica, Starlet turbos all mostly refitted with 2JZ Turbo's, BMWs stuffing V8 motors in them making making M3 clones, Firebirds/Burlanetta and RS Camero beefing up V8 with built lowers/ ported alloy heads, Trans AM and IROC interiors fuel injection with twin screw superchargers, Cutlass Supremes Turbo charged to be GNX clones or 442 big blocks with B&M Lightning rod shifters, some of the Cutlass Supremes, Monte Carlo and 2 door Impala would get Chevy 400 small block bore and stroked to 427 with B&M twin Screw superchargers, pre 1982 Z28, RS and LT Cameros would get the 83 Z28 body treatment including cutting in T tops but pulling stock motors and dropping in TPI IROC or Vett motors, I would invest $1,500 to $6,000 in a car and had a formula for needed max purchase price, exact modifications, investment needed, sale price that would make a hot car sale fast but bring me 30 to 50% margins only possible because roll cages, apolstry and transmission rebuild were the only labor and parts out sourced. An example of my personal car for 15 years: I know what I'm doing as the first auction car was an 1985 Volvo 240 DL wagon in Blue body on Blue interior. The power back passenger and front passenger windows did not roll up, the engine was caked in thick oil top to bottom but only on the valve cover side, it had one Volvo Vergo Turbo alloy wheel and 3 steel, the back windows was cracked, it had green mold starting all over the interior due to the windows, the 285,000 mile motor blew thick black and blue smoke, the headlights were all busted out and one tail light, the vinyl back and drivers seats had horribly worn out springs and cushions as well as being torn every place there was a sewing seam, the rear bumper was missing and the 3rd row backwards facing seat was rusty with chrome falling off of it. Oh all the blue paint was so oxadized the car almost looked white. Within one day after a trip to Pick N Save Auto Salvage I had windows working from new solenoids, I replaced the dash cluster with the old 240 GT Rally group that had Oil Press, H2O Temp, RPM up to 80,000, speedo od 0 to 200KMH, Turbo Boost in bar not just a colored arch, Volt charge and fuel. In addition I added the two pod 52mm vertical Guage and the 3 pod horizontal adapter below the heat vent those had Volvo and aftermarket clock, oil temp by numbers, water pressure, oil temp inside Turbo, lap /1/4 mile/ best lap & drag time/ light reaction time/ shift timer, I also added shift indicator lights for 2nd and 3rd to keep prime torque/rpm, installed the rare Momo GT racing steering wheel, installed rare alloy gas, brake, clutch pedals, broke down all seats and shapped foam to have hip/thigh bolsters with adjustable knee support/ netted head rest/ space for pass through 5 way harnesses front and rear, covered in Blue Alcantara with leather accent on high contact areas, no carpet just shapped black chrome diamond plate, simple U shapped roll bar with x cross bar, 3rd row seat was sand blasted/powder coat black and recovered/shaped to feel like mini race seats for kids under 13yrs, exterior reworked to have custom group buy Volvo Flat style Carbon Fiber hood, race tie downs in addition to stock hardware, replaced steel bodied doors and hatch with rare alloy ones from Bavaria Limited 240 GLT, replaced grill with custom black mesh wire for better intercooler air, one square headlight removed and ducted to intake filter, custom lighting installed to appear all 4 light worked, Painted deep Candy Apple Blue with 2ft wide black strip from bumper to bumper, hatch type R V70 spoiler cut and shapped to fit, ground effects for V70 Type R modified for front under bumper valence, side shirts and under bumper rear, stock NA 240 motor and Trans pulled. 20,000mi White block 5 cyclender Turbo motor from V90R with T-6 transmission and custom alloy drive shaft, Ford 9" rear axle, 18" V70 R 5 spoke wheels installed with Wheelwood brakes 16"F & 15" rear drilled and slotted hallow sodium filled 2pc rotors, steel brake lines booster to caliper all around, 3" Exahust exiting out rectangle chrome tip under drive side passenger door, ecus chipped and programed by Volvo Power Sports of Sweden who linked to the car from Sweden and we did pulles over and over all night (day for them) till they narrowed down 3 tunes to choose from/Drag=high torque under 6000 rpm, track optimal power band at 5000 to 7000rpm and street that gave me 25mpg town and allowed me to do 120mph at only 3000rmp interstate.

I think we should. I'll buy the deep dish pizza! Let's go!

Yesss pleaseeee !!!!!!!!!

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ABSOLUTELY! Two of my favorite youtubers together fixing a broken BMW would be the Holy Grail for me!

@@LegitStreetCarsABSOLUTELY. The n63 combo is a must!!!!

What are you going to do with the car?

Streten is not German!

i just woke up to see this video now i'am up and watching it

Sreten is from Serbia, Alex lol

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Was that a long block that included the heads, cams, timing chain, adjusters, etc?

Yes sir complete long block assembly

That's a great deal. Honestly if you needed adjusters, cams and chains, you might as well just get the new engine. Especially if you had over 100k miles

How about dynamite, sure could move a lot of earth in a hurry

I may need some parts. Be right there.

we all knew you shouldnt have buried it after all LOL

​@@LegitStreetCarsplease go and make a video digging it up for parts, it'd be awesome

I dunno Tyler, after the CL65 fiasco, I don't think he's in a rush for anything from you haha

That's cute, as these will not make any attempt at getting grip, on even the merest dusting of white, on the flattest of hardtop!

Being American I was thinking golf clubs, but for a German car, skis make so much more sense.

The tag translates to: PES-Fabric (PUR) The load of the ski bag must not hinder the driver while driving (Section 23 of the StVO). Follow the operating instructions!"

It literally said skisack. My 1982 320i had that and I'm amazed that it's not common knowledge.

Yep ski bag, my old Audi had the same thing. I actually used it a few times, worked great. I live in New England for context, only an hour-ish away from a few diff mountains

He's great

His restorations are above and beyond!! Cool as to have him on the channel

Same here.

Mine too!

+1 yes, please!

Their styles are definitely not compatible. They'd drive each other crazy. One has incredible attention to detail, and one throws things together and hopes for the best.

Man I hope not!

Might be, we'll know if it is the M engine..

I thought his was buried in his yard

He buried that in his yard

Hoovies is not the same red tone colour, and he still have it 😅

I was just about to comment this.

Money pits...all euro cars are overcomplicated piles of crap after 5 years.

​@@fiily1After 5 years they depreciate to the point where they fall in cheap hands, and those people usually don't do the expensive and very frequent maintenance. That's why most of the euro luxury brands fall apart.

Do you find that the criticisms against BMW are well founded or misplaced hate?

​@@fiily1hey hey dont talk about europe cars that way there are many good european cars but bmw is not one of them 😂

There's the crack!

It's a safe word. He said, massaging not grabbing.

"He touched the butt"

Drop an engine to replace valve stems and plastics, they obviously don't care about service costs or longevity.

@@fiily1 Yeah the N63 definitely costed BMW tens of millions of dollars in recalls and replacements. Its cheaper to get a remaned N63 directly from BMW than parts ( I think )

​@@fiily1 It's a BMW. 😄

hey bmw tech i have a 2021 m440i and its tickin real bad is it common for the timing chain/tensioner to go out lmk

@@elijahlane411 never seen the timing have issues on any B58s, are you sure it’s not the tank vent valve just activating ?

He's the best!

@@LegitStreetCarshe IS the best!

I have an e90, and it has the ski bag in the pass through as well. Apparently the Germans feel it is necessary! 😂

Thanks! That means a lot. He was always an inspiration.

I always loved when it was powerblock time

I remember!

I've maintained my mom's 135i from the day she brought it home. Changed the oil every 5k miles with liquimoly. It's got 190k miles on it now. Still on the original turbos and aside from the waste gate rattle at startup, they make no abnormal noises, no smoke, nothing. Although I'm not much of a fan of anything BMW made after the F10.

@@TheTulerie yep liquimoly for all mine too

How could BMW with their once stellar reputation make an engine with so many problems? They are not the ultimate driving machine anymore. Sad.

Lies. I didn't register the new battery in my 335i and 6 years later, the alternator and battery are still fine. Don't make up facts.

Without updating battery information, the computer controlled alternator can definitely charge incorrectly. Charges at a minimum value often. It's not a guarantee it will fail but it might. ​@@mi16t

@@avioncamper They’ve redeemed themselves considerably since this engine has come out. The B motors are proving to be very reliable even at high mileage. Even the updated version of this motor, the N63TU, fixed a lot of the issues that the non updated engines had

@@mi16t It’s completely dependent on the vehicle. Essentially the vehicle pulls a certain amount of current from a battery depending on its age and voltage. The older the battery is, the more energy it pulls from the battery since older batteries require more current in order to get the same power from them as a new battery. If a car has a new battery but thinks it’s 10 years old it’ll pull too much current and may cause the car to become over voltage and wear the battery out sooner. When you register the battery, the control module is telling the vehicle that it can pull less power from the battery in order to achieve the proper voltage to the vehicle. So in your case it most likely means that your battery wasn’t completely bad so it didn’t need to pull insane amounts of power from it which means your car will more easily adapt to a new battery vs a car like Alex’s. The battery in his car was most likely very dead and probably completely depleted which is why they put a new battery in it, which means it’d be much more important to register the battery in his car vs your car with a battery that most likely wasn’t completely bad yet. I’m not trying to ‘spread lies’, I’m just trying to help.

No way it’s cracked

Engine mount?

not enough Kurbelwinkel

Plastic something

Nothing

Haha, the X6 is definitely not a pretty looking car , but the rear side is definitely the worst view, but it still has a cool engine

they also put it in the proper place too..

@@TheBMWlover-311its very good looking car. Thats why most brands copied its look

@@TheBMWlover-311 The X6 was the first coupe SUV. every other brand copied the x6. the new gen is beautiful and these older ones were hated on for no reason. its not like the x5 was particularly pretty back then either

Thanks Andrew!

Yeah, the guy is a gifted all around entertainer.

Its pretty cool actually. I mean I don't know how to ski but if I did, I'd want the bag!

Not really to protect you from snow but to prevent cold passing through from the back. It works seriously well and prevents windows from fogging up. Without it you pretty much have to blast the defogger full time.

first thing I thought, that this was Tyler's.

Is the thing that hoovie had buried on his ranch? It didn't had an M engine in it

Not to sure Alex but I'm gonna say the block the engine block probably wrong!. 👌✨👌✨👍👍👍

@@tuneskramer69this one is a 50i not and M

Probably a bad coil pack or spark plug. Otherwise, small crack in one of those plastic many plastic hoses

Plugs and coils.

Your Translation is partly correct. It says that as per German Traffic law the loaded Skis should not hinder the Driver in its operability 😁 Though i really enjoyed how he read the Text