I Bought The Cheapest Supercharged Alpina B7 In The World - Project Chicago: Part 1 

"What do you love about your job?" Delivery guy: "Revving cold, broken cars into the limiter and see the owners reaction. That always gets me"

4:20 Delivery Guy: So, you said the car has an engine problem? M539 Restorations: Yep! Delivery Guy: Let's see if I can make things worse for you buddy.

Your reaction to the delivery guy revving it cold is me in a nutshell, I actually burst out laughing because I would have reacted the exact same way🤣 Even when people do it to theirs or others cars it makes me shudder.

"Ten Liters in, for our US viewers, thats 57 gallons" You got yourself a sub you crazy bastard! I am loving this!

I was shouting at the screen when the guy revved the cold engine right along with you, truly unbelievable.. Great to see an Alpina on the show though! Can't wait for all the repairs this car will need and already looking forward to the drive on the Autobahn!

Absolutely love Alpina's, something so cool about them. $4,000 is a heck of a deal, but let's hope it can be fixed! Looking forward to more Sreten!

"Why is he pedaling this early?" - Probably because his BMW broke down.

Hey im a e65 specialist and know your problem by looking at the symptoms. Your eccentric shaft (valvetronic) has been worn out on both sides/engine banks as your throttle input is in fact the valvetronic motor turning this eccentric shaft pushing in or out the intermediate levers onto the valves creating variable valve adjustment. So everytime someone puts its foot on the pedal this eccentric shaft will be adjusted to the gas pedals electric position. These eccentric shafts wear out due to delayed oil service intervals. Replace the eccentric shafts on both sides with new needles from bmw and also the intermediate levers. The engine is starting rough because of a possible misfire due to one of the intermediate levers failing to make contact with the counter part in the valvetronic assembly. You can fix it temporarily by unplugging the mass airflow sensor near the right upper side of the radiator. When its unplugged the engine will run in safety mode and pushing all the valvetronic levers always 100% open/up instead of 0% closed. Then it wont misfire.

“That’s 57 gallons” 😂😂😂

for how ugly the regular E65 is, Alpina did a really great job, it looks so good

Catching up from older videos, I seek more of this immediately. The effort given to content is superb. I believe he is livin the dream, it's a win win. Love the channel.

Hope yours goes better than mine!

Lol'd at the parking sensor at 22:20 Looking foward to this series, was a great episode!

You won't be needing that new fancy lightning in garage with all those check engine lights glowing 😋 Keep it up, this and Misha's E34 will surely be great projects

I was too shy to admit that I appreciate the E65 facelift as well :} glad I'm not the only one. Nice package, be brave, you'll need to be as it seems!

Now you’re talkin Sreten, having spent 16 years with BMW and some of those years as a Master Tech, I’m impressed with your skills and your attitude towards tackling this level of vehicle. Keep up the great content!

4:19 The best moment of this episode xD

Just when you think this awesome channel can't get any better, Sreten goes ahead and buys a monstrous Alpina.

1 day after publication, you have 230k views out of 267k subscribers. If this isn't the mark of excellent content I don't know what is ! Way to go Sreten! You rock

Some helpful E65 pointers! When you are changing the headlights, be sure to change the angel eye LED bulbs at that point if you plan on upgrading them to the more modern white LEDs, as the angel eye bulb is located on the underside of the headlight unit and requires the entire headlight to be removed along with the front bumper. In regards to your interior heat, whilst the blower motors can fail, so can just the resistor pack attached to it which is a seperate part. If you are getting heat but no real fan speed, the other culprit can be the HVAC control panel which requires replacement. As you have the rear sunshade, be sure to choose the HVAC controls with the same part number as what comes out (as there is some bizarre difference). You have the chrome lined door handles, which means you have comfort access. These handles are notorious for failing, which can also result in a battery drain. It's unusual to see them all sticking like that, possibly from lack of use or maybe Texas heat. The door handles come out relatively easily without having to remove the door cards, but you need long tools to unhook the handle latch system through the access port on the side of the door (theres a few videos on it). You may find greasing them up frees them up. In regards to the comfort access, if you find it is not working on any door, you may have frayed cables in each handle which can be soldered back together. If the touch sensitive strips have failed, there is no repairing them. Last time I checked, the comfort accesss handles are upwards of €700 a handle, so you could be better off doing a comfort access delete. In regards to what you mentioned about the exhaust vacuum valve, i would leave it be. The valve reduces noise at lower rpms; sticking that valve open the whole time will induce a drone noise into the cabin which grows tiresome. The CD changers in E65 models fail all the time, pull it out and replace it with a Dension Gateway, it gives USB/Ipod/Bluetooth/AUX. If you press and hold the driver window shade button, all shades activate at the same time. Whilst you saw no blue smoke, be constantly on the lookout for it whilst driving or on longer journeys. It may not have shown in your idle test, but it might show under different driving conditions. Do NOT use BMW stem seals, use Elring. I used the Bimmerpipe valley pipe, 5 years on and still going strong. Good luck!

I physically recoiled when he floored it right after turning it on, I wonder how many cars he has done that to before

The best RU-vid channel that exists, thank you so much for uploading such a great content 👏👏👏👏

I understand that arguing about choises is pointless, but man, for me E65 is just GOAT, love it so much Truly a leap of generations, I'd say this is a last great "old" BMW in terms of design Thank you for working on this car, I feel honored to watch this

Working on cars is no easy task, your sense of humor and optimistic approach is admirable. Thanks for these videos

oh man that truck driver gave me ptsd of a driver who told me he knew how to drive a stick trying to load my m3 on the back of his truck....i can still smell the clutch burning :(

I've nicknamed my neighbor "Loud Audi" because that's what he drives. Even on sub-zero days in the winter he starts his car and revs to 5,000 rpm repeatedly to warm the engine. The lack of mechanical sympathy drives me absolutely crazy, and I feel bad for whoever buys his once great S5 coupe once he's done torturing it. I share that just to say that I too yelled at my computer when that jackass revved your cold supercharged engine like he was trying to keep a balky string trimmer running. Awful! Great show, as always. Keep it up!

A man who even through the challenges or imperfections with a project can still get excited about what can be instead of what is and humble enough to inject humor into a situation. I salute you Sir. It must be why your subscriber list grows.

Calling 7.15am early 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. That’s morning tea time for us Aussies 🇦🇺

Seeing that all the US- RU-vidrs carry these moneypits into the junkyard gets my hopes right up for this one :) That said, it looks like the previous owner looked after the car as much as his wallet could :)

I have a 15 minute conversation with the CEO of a start up I applied to coming up, seeing there was a new episode up greatly reduced my anxiety and got me to smile. Can't wait for the call to be over so I can watch this right after

Despite this one is the millionth video on this channel, happened to be one of the funniest episode so far. I'm more than happy that Sreten's sense of humor has not faded at all. And this B7 is such a beauty, can't wait to see it in its former glory.

I"m watching this again. Even if I hadn't seen the future videos - totally worth it. I would have paid 3x for it.

Streten, in that bulletin they say you have to change ALL FOUR camshaft position sensors and the crank position sensors and reset adaptations. Now there is an update to that bulletin for how you reset the adaptions. In insta, it’s something with resetting the oil life counter on that. But it’s only in the UPDATED version of that bulletin you referenced. The only reason why I cannot stress doing all of those sensors and resetting adaptions is I almost put an engine in a customer car I was trying to diagnose for this EXACT issue. I checked timing, I checked the motors, I did everything. Car ran great too. But it would throw those faults and a fault for timing being a tooth off. I did all four camshaft sensors and the crank, did the adaptions reset and it was perfect. If I had work tomorrow I’d get you the updated bulletin number for that one you were following but follow that before you rip those valve covers off. They are a MAJOR pain in the fucking ass.

I have a story about the E65 Gear Selector: In 2009 I was working as a Technician at a BMW Dealership. Another Technician a few bays down from me had just replaced a Brake Booster/Hydroboost unit on an E65. Something went wrong, and the car had no brakes, or hardly any. He pulled the little dongle-shifter into drive, and the car smashed into his Snap-On tool box. He then accidentally got it into reverse (this is where it gets interesting) and backed over the lift arms, crossed the shop and smashed a Drinking Fountain next to the parts department.

Sreten - why would anyone put a negative on here - Its Great Stuff you do, you even admit you have not come across certain things, and its new - most others would be gun hoo and says they know everything ! - you are genuine and honest in everything you do ! WELL DONE FELLA - theirs a lot like us who look forward watching your journeys progress every week - with new content. We at IDP FILM know it's only a matter of time before you have a TV show aired - we know from Quest TV they seem to be taking an interest in this already - The Skys high Sreten - you keep going Fella - Just Excellent ! .

I don't know much about the platform, but wow what a steal. That's a lot of car for the money. It certainly needs a fair bit of Benjamin's thrown at it, but I can't wait to see it returned to it's former glory. I can't get enough of this channel...

I wish it was the one that Hoovies Garage scrapped months ago, but I know that came from Kansas.

My favourite episode ever!!! I am over the moon excited that you have purchased that amazing ALPINA!!! I will be counting the days until the next episode. To me this is a car you can't overspend on!! Very rare and collectable!!

I came back to watch this series from the beginning. I wish I am able to do the same thing with cars one day.

Those Alpina alloys are timeless, I just luuuuurve em to peices.

"guess who's gonna rock Puff Diddly on the way to work???" definitely up there in the higher rankings regarding the best quotes said by any human ever...

Sretus Maximus, I can't wait for the day when you start building your own motors. People total Alpinas for valve seals because of the labor involved. Doing heads over is pretty straightforward. Many of the tasks you've taken on are as complicated or more so. Most peeps are scared to death of J-K-tronic but you jumped right in. I love it. You set a good example for everyone. Do your homework and go for it

Chicago native here - Glad to hear the car didn’t spend much time here! It would have been a rusty basket case.

Upper timing case gaskets, valve cover gasket set and alternator bracket will all need replacing to cure leaks, as will vacuum pump seals. Replace the oil pressure sensor at the same time as they go bad and leak oil through the wiring sleeve. Coolant transfer pipe can be fixed using 32mm aluminium pipe carefully turned down to fit (which I did by spinning and gently sanding the diameter), then fitted using loads of appropriate sealant on the inside of the valley pipe and outside of the stent pipe. Nice engines to work on, to be honest. Did all this to my 645Ci last year and took me a total of about 20hrs across 5days. You can replace alternator bracket gasket by releasing engine mounts and lifting the engine using a lifting beam across the engine bay, then accessing the alternator and bracket from through the front.

I really like your recent "vintages" cars projects, but I have to admit that, with that Alpina you have all my attention !

oh man when he started revving it a part of me died...

I am not ashamed to say I have watched this video twice. Didn't know I love Alpinas this much

That is one good looking car . I've never given BMWs a second look but with those rims it just looks great . Whenever you drive you have to quote Nothing But Trouble : " You got a beamer mannn - act like it ! " I think that is a law .

You sir, are a total beast. I’m still sorting minor stuff out with my e39 m5 that I finally got back on the road after 5 years, and have an e34 and e32 to completely go through after that. I can’t even imagine taking on anything else right now. I don’t know how you do it, but keep up the good work. I’ve definitely picked up some knowledge from watching your vids.

Man, I want more! What a killer deal for that car. It has definitely made its way to the proper person for saving it from the scrap yard.

that would have to be one of the best exhaust sounds i have EVER heard!!!!!!!!!! i keep going back to it!!!!!!!

I am proud owner of one, mine is fully loaded with 34K miles, black sapphire and tan interior. You will love that car after is fixed.

The humor has always been good, but it's getting better and better. Love it!

Congratulations on saving this magnificent B7, the car is amazing. Hello from Brazil!!!

This car used to be parked at a body shop next to my kid’s Montessori school! Can’t believe it randomly showed up in a video on my YT recommendations!

😀 7:04 I can't believe he actually ate the paint! You had me laughing my ass off at a meeting!

I had the valley cooling pipe replaced on my 2008 650i. The dlr quoted $9,000; I bought a legit collapsable aftermarket pipe for $900+$600 labor by moonlighting Master BMW tech. Prost!

Clogged oil feed lines for the eccentric shafts cause pre-mature wear on the shafts. Best way is to inspect the shafts for "grooving" where the intermediate levers make contact and the most typical spot is when the shafts are in idle position. But you have probably already researched that :P But good luck and love the videos :)

I love that when you make a video its like a whole picture not some parts cut into 10 minutes without anything interesting on its own going on like some RU-vidrs do

Thank you for giving that guy the business for doing that beauty that way...he drives other people's cars like that.

Truck driver: revs a cold engine like a lunatic* Sreten: “Ima bout to end this man’s whole career”

I felt a sudden wave of pure hate towards the lorry driver for what he did 😡🤦🏻‍♂️. Like as if it ever helped.

I have driven 325i compact for 18 jeans……….and still in love on BMW….. my compliments how you handle and repairing these great machines….. thank you for all the uploads…… greetings from Holland

I'v just finished restorations of my E66 B7. Your videos are really dynamic! ^^

Absolutely one of my favorites. In Alpina kit it is a gorgeous understated mile muncher! Glad to see it being saved

Oh my, one of the last good looking beemers. Cannot wait for more on this beast👍👍👍😎

PUFF Diddlyy! God i love you Sreten 🤣... the combo of amazing BMW content and your dry but amazing sense of humor has me happy anytime i hear "commmming up"

That’s the best looking e65 I’ve ever seen

The parking sensor scream cutoff was perfect

Finally found a german with some sense of humor. Love the irony and sarcasm. Keep it going !

I am writing this while watching this video. I had a 2002 745i, still regret selling it. I know people are hating this gen of 7 but I don't. It didn't have blue smoke or coolant problem but it had alternator ( oil cool ) gasket leak and transmission pressure seal broken. Some more other issues here and there but in general I would buy it again! Since this video of yours, I decided I will look for one i near future !

I'm not in a hurry to get old, but from now, to next time, time can only go too slow 🤓 It's always a pleasure watching your videos, because of the tremendous amount of work but also because of your humor. 😎👍🍻

Funniest episode so far. Holy crap thanks for saving the day!

Found your channel 3 days ago and can't stop watching every Project. Wow!

I’ve had the fortunate pleasure of spending 2 weeks with a 2013 B7 that my friend lent me. What a fast cruiser it really is. Other than lots of little assorted problems, it’s main issue was eating wheels like PEZ. He had some wheel insurance warranty, and used it 4 or 5 times. Small bumps=Alpina shrapnel. Beware, and have fun!

26:36 Sreten, I'm impressed thet the guy, with the cleanest cars, and always fixes all things broken on them, then decides to have the dirtiest and most broken laptop in the world! Maybe, it's the evil twins laptop? :D

Best present for a long 4-day weekend! Thanks for the video!

I'm so glad you get such special cars Sreten! The engine sounds truly amazing! Can't wait for it to sing on the autobahn!

As a fellow N62 caretaker (2006 4.8is X5), I look forward to your series on this car. I watch all of them... but as I will be doing the coolant transfer pipe job at some point (as well as valve stem seals, I do have blue smoke) this series will be particularly useful and educational. Thank you for the content. Best of luck with this project.

Ah great to see an Alpina B7 been restored to full health by the genius himself. Every video I watch gives me a lesson or 2 or 3. So keep up the great work and i wonder by how much you cant chop off that 11k estimate. 👍👍👍👍

0:30 made my day!! 😅 And it's actually one cool looking car!

this guy is the ole' vice grip garage of the german variety. A guy loves it !

Had the pleasure of detailing a purple B7 last week, sweet car

Have fun with the valve cover gaskets, really tight job atleast on the 5 and 6 series. I had the integrated power module go bad on my 545i, it had a bad solderings inside. Also noticed when i had the 545i that the n62 is also very picky about oil quality and right viscosity. I had lots of issues with valvetronic and random misfires at first, then changed oil grade and viscosity to manuafacturer specific, fixed all vacuum leaks, pcv diaphrams and set minimum valve lift back to the original with ista. The coolant pipe is quite easy to change just remove wiring and intake and there is lots of space to install the collapsable coolant pipe.

Complexity-wise, that's a pretty steep step-up from the E21! Anxious to see more!!!

I appreciate the dedication and time sunk into the videos :) the cut-aways and cut ins are funny and so it always brightens my day :) so happy i subbed a while back

Great project. Very clear and methodic inspection and evaluations. Look forward to Part 2.

Watching your productions is truly delightful--I eagerly await your next one.

That's a badass car. I truly appreciate you working on this, and I feel this is one you'll keep not sell. I look forward to the next installment!.

4k for any alpina is like getting lottery, good luck with the project. Cent wait for next episode, subscribed with notification on!

That Alpine is a jewel. Im glad you brought her back to life!

There's this thing for people who enjoy early mornings as much as you. It's called Coffee.

Diagnose dan just did a very helpfull video on diagnosis on the valvetronic system might be worth a watch and could help give you some troubleshooting ideas.

I love Alpinas and I love this channel. I especially love how mileage does not scary you! You're a good man.

His videos are getting better and better. And he is gainning followers increasingly fast. So happy for streten, he definitely made it!!!

Great car! Be careful with the CD magazine drawer. Just eject the magazine with the little square button that you will see if you look carefully inside and then remove it fully and then push it back in until it grabs it and pulls it in and then wait for quite a while while it reads all the discs or checks that the magazine is empty and then after all that, the the door/flap will close by itself. Be very patient ...

Awesome video Sreten! Can't wait for the next one! Lovely B7!

Great video, i own two ...yes not one but two 760li's of this era . Appears we both love the pain of making these cars wonderous again. Would love a B7 some day.

That wood trim is extremly beautiful

My god i can imagine the panic the owner must have had when he saw that bill. Owning a BMW is scarier then all of halloween combined sometimes