My Cheap BMW E60 M5 is Worse Than I Thought.. 

The pain of ownership only adds to the pleasure of that insane no exhaust V10 roar!

"Took the car out to make sure it's fine." *Redline pulls in every gear* "For some reason it broke again." LOL :)

It's sad to see the the previous owners fucked up this legend but knowing you you'll give this legend a second life

never have I seen someone so happy and full of fun when working on a car. especially this ticking time bomb. good for you to be able to do this! your videos are awesome.

That's why I'm a Subscriber, to feel your pain and to learn stuff. There's not much to learn from someone doing dyno pulls and burnouts in brand new cars. Loved this series.

M539 Restorations has some great video's on the E60 M5 highly recommend them

99% of the owners I’ve met in my life of e60 m5s bought them knowing the issues and still found it worth it for the experience most of them had. If you buy one just have money to fix it. A rare and special car that will probably never be made again or like it . For a generation for a class for a time that car is iconic. I hate the looks and interior of it but that sound is just the best. I’ve owned e39 m5, e46 m3, e85 z4m, e36 m3 vert, e34 540i and m235i currently still own the m235i and looking at a e92 m3 weekend . Bmws are so interactive and the peoples cars. It’s involved and the feel not much in the price range can compare. Porsche is the goal but bmw is the love still and will always be. A nice gt3 or gt4 Porsche

In all honesty, I couldn't wait for you to post E60 content. I've had two (2006 530xi and a clapped 2007 550i M Sport). I still have my 530xi, but after I bought the 550i with a broken engine, it was a pain to get the transmission issue sorted on it. After two years of ownership and a whole year of it sitting with my mechanic, I decided to sell and it was one of the best car decisions ever! I look forward to seeing more videos on this car.

Never meet your heroes lmfao. I love the idea of this car but I need Elon Musk money to own one of these

The previous owners obviously abused and neglected it. The underneath was a state, all the under trays and heat shielding all loose and rattling around. Give it the love and attention it deserves

Such a great video. Just finished watching the whole thing and I am very satisfied, cannot wait for the next episode!

Using liquid electrical tape on those bare wires is a better option than tape. The headlight bulb wires will crack in the same manner on the e60 so check those too.

Great information so when I do get an e60 m5 myself, I will know what to look for with problems. Thank you!!

Good 👍 Job guys! I hope others with similar issues troubleshoot this similar problem

I knew you guys would get it sorted out. Great content. Keep it coming.

Congrats on sorting out the transmission issues! The struggle is real brother. Long time E36 M3 owner here. While the E36 is much more analog than your E60, it took me years to get it 100% sorted out. I was also chasing down shifting issues but on a manual transmission. I learned a ton from checking & testing and repairing every shift linkage/clutch component. Today the car shifts ultra smooth and runs like a top. Proud owner for 12 years!

My friend owns one. Only seen him driving it twice in 3 years of ownership. Currently parked by the road with the for sale sign on it. Possibly could be the worst car of all time in terms of reliability

this is the best series yet. Love it! keep going!

This is an awesome series. So far, I'm learning a lot

seen this on the road the other day. u got this brotha keep working at it

MLR is overnight shipping me a rebuilt SMG II pump w/ their electric motor tomorrow and I’m having it installed on my e46 M3 Wednesday. Seeing you get the M5 running with their stuff made me so happy 😁

Super helpful video! Did you consider to do a manual transmission swap? That will resolve half of the problem with your car. Unfortunately the connecting rods bearings also happen to fail very often witch is also expensive to fix. Thank you for the efort and info.

Aweome machine, the moment you take it out for a drive after fixing it, all the headaches go down the sink. Super cool car, keep up the good work mate.

I know yall probably went through headache after headache and the video doesnt do as much justice as it should but its definitely a great video/content and was one of my favorites so far! Well worth it on the viewers standpoint and love to see these e60 m5’s saved and not parted out/neglected and disrespected

Yeah that was dope so glad u got it working decently. Sounds insane

Every BMW fan on forums: "Relax, E60 is reliable like a toyota. Just do regular oil changes and it'll last forever. "

As a fellow E60 Owner I always get goosebumps when you insert the BMW Check Engine Sound as a censor 😂

i would recommend that Vehicle Virals gets in concact with "M539 Restorations". the guy has fully serviced an E60 M5 and could give you probably some very good tips around the E60 M5

Really amazing video thank you it’s worth all the work

Hello, I told you that car is worth all efforts to make it run. I saw the smile and the amazing surprise on on face when you rev it. After all it is a v10 👍👍👍. I have one too from 2006 😁😁😁, and I have already got also that issues in the gear box. Great car for those who really love cars. Great video as always. Congratulations 🍾🍾🏎️🏎️

Really apreaciate the content man. Its funny i was just playing cod when watching this vid lol. I got a 08 E60 with just 90k car is mint. And a fbo e82. This just shows that even still a beat up bimmer can still be of use with basic maintenance.

Nice in depth view of owning a V10 M5. Look up vids on here and u jus get high revving and accelerating clips. This is educational. Giving viewers a look at the “not so fun” side of the E60 M5.

Simply the best BMW content on RU-vid!!!

Hi- Brilliant videos on the E60 M5! I have a few questions : Once you changed the Hydraulic pump, seal etc and refitted the unit back and filled the reservoir with Hydraulic fluid, How did you bleed the systems ? Through the software or manually? And did you do this before carrying out adaptation of the gears ? Is the a set procedure to refitting and bleeding? Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks

Got me re-thinking selling mine lol. It's incredible, though, that this car's lasted 170K miles.

I love the new e60 content bro.. keep it going! Idc what anyone else says. I love it

Sreten made a wiring loom repair to a E70 headlight by covering every single wire with heat shrink. It might have worked with that SMG wiring loom also.

My neighbor had one from new when I was growing up. After the first year I remember always seeing a dealer provided loaner in his driveway lol.

Sorry for the uphill battle with this, but to ultimately pull away and all that work not being in vain, 👌🏽 great job

Love your videos my man! Keep up the grind! Also, can you please do me a huge favor and ask Oli what wheels those are that you tried on your widebody F30 before yours arrived? I'm going to widebody my Z4 and absolutely need those wheels!

I'd say the faulty wiring caused a short and cooked/corrupted the SMG module, good to see that V10 roaring away happily, enjoy!!

I'm glad you guys got it together I knew you would

I loved my old e60. I really miss it. But the repairs just for little things was killing me. My transmission did that and it was the smg pump if I remember. Parts were having to come from Germany and it take weeks.

Great video I actually have the same issues with mine m5. How did you refill the smg pump? Do you have to bleed it? Thanks

Please make more content on this car. Idc I’m going to own one and I need to know what I’m getting myself into. Plus I also want that f10 🥵

I like that you do alot of maintenance before mods consistently which is the best way to buy and own a used BMW.

Great job on getting it running. Now the trick is to keep it running.

Definitely my next buy. I just upgraded from a pre facelift e60 525i to a facelift 535i just love to e60 so much

Tremendous driving in this vid by Aaly. He and Cristian are an awesome team!

Great video car is in the right hands 👍🏾

V10 straight piped - my headphones probably dont do justice - wud have to be there inna real life -that sound was surely amazing 🙌🏼

Its happy to see somebody who is putting so much effort to rebuild a car like that, but at the same time sad for the owner before you, he didn't gives a fuck about the car, and all the stuff about maintenance, m5 e60 also one of my dream cars, and looking at your videos you made about it, it seems you care a lot, keep going, the final results gonna be a beast🤙💪

Loving this series a lot

U really help us the viewers out can u buy 2014-2016 e63s amg next just bought 1 and u seem 2 point out all failure points

I was looking at one, but ima wait until u give a price breakdown for the whole thing because that will lmk if it’s worth it

When you said it’s now stuck in 5th gear, I honestly laughed out loud. Those cars are a frigen mess. Good luck man lol

OMG that V10 NOISE! I'm in love ❤

Having the same issues do u got the part numbers for the smg pump and accumulator ? My v10 screams, gutted cats and no mufflers but omg is she worthy just for that v10 Howlllll

Honestly that topdon scanner is a steal, $1k for all of that. My pump/reservoir has been leaking a bit, I think I’m go ahead and replace the pump to the MLR one, seems like a good unit.

After 5 years I have finally decided to sell my E92. Just wanted to stop by here and say thanks for all the content, DIYs, reviews, and sheningans. This channel helped me save plenty of money, learn something about my platform and have a blast. Thanks again, it's been a riot

We want more E60 M5 content 😅🙌

I'm surprised at the condition of those wires on that harness and the fact that those wires crumble like that in that specific harness. I own two BMW's right now and both are older and one has been fully swapped out for another BMW (2002 330CI swapped out for the entire drive train and interior of a 2006 E46 M3) except the body. Meaning I have really worked on and wrenched on these BMW's for real and deep. As well I've owned a few others in my time and I have worked on them and done extensive repairs and mods etc. (Similar to you guys) Yet I've NEVER seen a BMW harness crap out like that! Of course it's totally possible that somehow BMW designed that one part and skimped on the wiring materials and none of the other major wiring parts of the car or wiring in any of the other models of those years. But I HIGHLY HIGHLY DOUBT IT. I say it was contracted out by BMW and made by a THIRD PARTY MANUFACTURER. But I could be wrong of course.

10:06 The experience a car like this gives, makes you think that it is meant to not be easy to reach. As if you are cheating if you get this for no effort ($). Glad to see it back on its feet. 👍

M539 Restorations channel. This is what you need to get this beauty back on the road and enjoy it!

Back in the day, I looked at a used Manual M3 convertible. I didn't love the manual. So I tried an SMG. That sucked too. The top dog of BMW at the time could have put in a dual clutch, but he thought we would prefer the SMG!

Yup that seal kit should fix it with all the other goodies.. and if all that doesnt fix it then its the transmission

Quick question. How did you bleed out the pressure before removing the entire pump?

how hard would it be to manual swap? i hear about so many problems with the smg

Bmw e60 m5 is my dream 4 door car, would spend every penny on it just to fix it

I saw someone at work had one of these and just thought, oof if my E90 has been tough to maintain, I can't imagine what it's like for one of those.

I want to to get A E60 to but I’m debating on it cause if you video bro what would you recommend I have a E46 2007 and it’s going good

Thanks guys for your videos, very enjoying it😊 Want to buy 5 series aswell, i think its a best design car what bmw ever made, its point less for me buying m5 v10 so i would be looking for something smaller like 3l engine, is anyone knowes is front wings and rear bumper from m5 fit on other models? Side grills looks stunning

i'm giving you a like just for that COD S&D reference lol

I sold my e63 m6 6 speed 7 years ago. I cry about it every day, what a car! Nothing comes close, not even the M8 i have now.

Such an insane exhaust note! 😍😍😍

Happy you guys got moving on this :)

Same thing happened to me E90 328i (6ZF) lmao makes me feel alot better about selling it instead of trying to fix

Your videos make me want to buy a bmw been looking at some 335is so might make it happen because I can’t afford a e60 m5

I think the Manual conversion would benefit you 😅

good luck my g

Glad I can watch someone else own this car 😂😂😂 if I ever get rich one day I’ll get one

Sounds like the while SMG system should be sorted now,now please do the rod bearings please then you should have a even more reliable M5👌😎

Nice video, love this car. What camera do u use

Wow that sound never gets old

Nice vid bro

Had one for 5 years , it’s been brilliant….. the secret being “ preventative maintenance “ and purchase one that’s got full BMW service history or BMW specialist not a lemon that’s been thrashed and abused , it’s the same story with all high performance cars. 🇬🇧👍

I’m surprised Christian did all this and didn’t go straight to manual swap 😆

That bridge over semoran is the best to go WOT 😂 risky to do pulls without radar tho

Definitely need more M5 content!

Did you perform the battery registration function? Not doing that can cause a variety of issues and wear your alternator and new battery much faster.

So glad my bud has a manual. I hope he never sells it, because i would buy it 😂

Feeling the pain through the screen! Love hate relationship - keep going mate!

This is really interesting content to watch, but I can't help but think so many of these headaches wouldn't exist on a manual.

Please keep this m5 love content on these cars

Mad respect to you for choosing to buy this platform. Would it make more sense to spend $5,000 to $6,000 and buy all of the necessary hardware/parts and swap out that troublesome SMG transmission for a ZF 8-speed automatic, so that way your transmission problems would be solved once and for all?

Awesome to see another E60 back from the dead.

Makes me wish I had never sold my manual E60 M5. Hell of an engine note they make.

Yea Manual ONLY on these fantastic cars! But I'm gonna guess that you already were planning to swap it even before you bought it LOL. AWESOME!!

Great Video, previous owner neglected always carry on to the next guy.

Great video man