@@franklicata175 was talking about the overall health of the engine though. as soon as i saw fake m badge on valve cover, he could grenade the engine and i wouldnt care
Would've been interesting to see if you could have let the cylinders soak in seafoam or similar for a few days. Sometimes you can restore compression this way
Oh my gosh !! My e36 had no compression and I couldn't figure it out until I stumbled across this video. I had the same problem. You're amazing! Thank you for your service.
Shot motor mounts will eat fan clutch's and radiators. Ask me how I know lolol Also honestly a shame this happens to some cars too. Like they never stood a chance
30 year Porsche/BMW tech here. Ive run into several M52/54s with low compression. usually around 50psi. These engines dont like to sit for long periods of time. Oil seeps past the rings.. When you try to start it, the fuel injectors wash down what little oil remains. The fix is to pour a bit of oil down each cylinder, crank it with the plugs out for 5 - 10 seconds. Take the car outside, fire it up and let it run til it stops smoking. 80% of the time it fixes the problem.
sick car I just picked up a decent 328i for cheap, had a cracked head, diy me got to learning how to tear it down and fixed everything up, now she runs like a dream. I hope that body gets treated well if you sell it as a whole
I came up with an idea of self service mahine, like an atm , where any time of the day you could suck out old oil and pump in new oil Please dont ask me about oil filtwrs, that would be a great system of self service oil change every 8000km, to make sure that this what we see in this video does not happen it would be 100 percent recyclable oil distribution omitting mechanics, like amazon for shell or BP or Texaco.. someone contact me with the right person and we can put this machine on most petrol stations in USA,refuel your car, wash your car yourself and change oil more frequently.. oilfilter Usualy accessible from top noweadays anyway
I bought an M52 the other day. No compression. Sounded like the crank was only spinning. Soaked the rings in ATF for a few hours. She fired right up, been running good ever since
So many BMWs, especially the V8 ones, have a reputation for being unreliable thanks to idiotic owners. The only thing that's truly unreliable in the E36 is the interior 😆
Fantastic work and a really great vid!!! You make it look so easy to disassemble. How long would it take you to get the motor out if you worked on it non-stop? You seem to have done it before, and I have noticed with mine (E93 Convertible N51 engine) that the more I work on it, the faster I get at complicated jobs, like Valve Cover Replacements. But really, how long would it take you to remove an engine start to stop?
Thanks for the educational experience with this upload ! my first time looking at a neglected engine w/ some seized piston rings ! looking forward to the new uploads ! I hope you are doing good sir ! peace
I wanted to ask your opinion on the z3 cause I just bought one that allegedly ran last year after an ignition switch replacement then didn’t start after that it, it’s a 1.9
I've seen this exact same thing happened but the only thing that was wrong the lifters bled off from sitting and the car sounded exactly like this when cranking all he had to do was crank the car until it built oil pressure again then bam fired right up.
