Rebuilding my burned BMW 335i 

I feel the fire wasn't an accident. I really feel sorry for you! But damn, the amount of work you put in... In a year you'll be the new Matt Armstrong!

My guess would be that the previous owner lit the car on fire because of the blown engine to get insurance money, and then threw away the keyes so they wouldnt find out about the siezed engine 🤷

Yes, I have to agree with other posters, I think the fire was an insurance claim to total the car as the engine was blow. But you live and learn, you can be proud of what you have achieved, being a young guy and not having done this before, but what is bad for you unfortunately is interesting viewing for us, so keep your chin up and I’m sure you will smash the engine rebuilding too. 🌟⭐️💫

"that is awful, nahui" is the highest declaration of sadness I've heard in a while. I know how frustrating this might be when you bet on the car that turns out completely dead. But at least you have garage, plenty of equipment and few lads who don't mind to help you to rebuild that. I mean, it's dead, how could it be worse? Experiment with that, use it to learn something new. Surely you're the one who's capable to overcome that!

The amount of work is literally insane. Great job men !

You're gonna hate me because well I live in Canada and I bought my 2008 335XI which wasn't running but the engine was still good with 185,000 Miles on it. It wasn't running but it was turning over. I bought it off of the guy for $1500. It came with a whole extra winter set of tires which were basically new and once I diagnosed the problem with the car it needed a High pressure Fuel Pump. and a wheel bearing on the front drivers side. Plus lots of maintenance. I sure hope you can figure out the engine trouble! Thank you for the great videos !!

Toki projektą pasiėmus tikies kad bent variklis suksis, bet net ir taip gyvenime būna... Stiprybės, contentas žiūrisi smagiai 🤙🤙🤙

The amount of courage it takes to jump in to a project like this is damned impressive. Don’t ever lose that. I can tell you from working on cars here in the US for 25 years, don’t ever buy a 100k mile European car from here. By the time they hit that mileage, the car is on its third or fourth owner, most Americans do little to no maintenance on their cars and if they do, it’s at the cheapest place possible. I can’t tell you how many VW and Audis I’ve had to rebuild or condemn because of inferior oil/filters being used, cheap spark plugs, low octane fuel being used where high octane is required. Worst part is, they take these cars to aftermarket repair shops, not BMW dealers. Technicians in these shops HATE European cars and do the bare minimum just to get the thing out the door as quick as possible, if they don’t flat out refuse to work on it. But, keep up the good work, and I hope it goes well!

Maybe you bit off too much on this one. But your skills are admirable. I tried to restore E46 at 3 different body shops and it was bad work every time. I wish I could replace my own quarter panel.

Good video! we are looking forward to see more about this car. Keep it up bro!

the laugh of heartbreak trying to hand turn the engine lol!! i know your pain

That video description you've wrote could have been written by JRR Tolkien or William Shakespeare you should take up writing novels 😅 awsome

loving this project. keep going

Incredibly lucky we are to see you with your talent and dedication work on this car. Legend !

Insane amount of time and effort but what a fantastic job. Bad luck with the blown engine, but I guess it's worth rebuilding it, especially given the prices in Norway for a 335i. Good luck and keep going man!

Major effort! Top work!!

Just take it easy and slow down a litle bit, every thing what start it will be finished :) I know it needs a big amount of time, money, and work but you will finish it, just believe in your self :) Thanks for video like always like and share stay cool bro 💪💪

I'm gutted for you man!! I can see an engine build coming our way 😅 keep up the great work! You're extremely skilled and i would love to see you strip down the engine to see how it failed!! This channel is going to explode for sure, fantastic videos

Come to Trondheim, I will paint it for you! Alternatively, I could give you some tips.

Well done dude, awesome job...pity about the engine. But sure you will be able to fix that as well👍

Never give up man! Just one step at the time and you will fix this beemer! 💪

Dude you are so talented and I’m jealous! I’m scared of taking out my lil E81’s rusty rear subframe, and you, take the whole car appart 😂 Very good job man, it is inspiring! Good luck for what’s left to be done 💪

Great work! Keep doing this, and you are gonna blow up on RU-vid

This is brilliant and what a motor I had a e93 325d, now have a 635d and I love it, surprised how expensive cars are in your country

Nice bit of work there! Arthur Tussik would definitely approve! With regards to the damage, man i dunno, theres not much of anything that could catch fire on the left side, if it was the right side it would be a lot more believable, sounds like an insurance job after spinning a bearing, could not possibly just lock up from sitting around... either way, best of luck with this! Im sure you will have a cracking car at the end 😎

Another great video and work as always Dude! Love from Croatia! :D

Wow! Du slutar aldrig att imponera! Är otroligt imponerad av dig och ditt arbete! 💪🏻🇱🇹👏🏻

This project i turning up so good man! Never stop dreaming, Big up from barcelona!

Engine 🫣🫣 I feel for you man!

I believe in you, man ! You do awesome job!!!

I love the videos bro! Ive seen some people free really badly seized engines by putting a mix of penetrating oil, fuel injector cleaner, and sea foam and then letting it sit overnight then try freeing it by hand before taking the mix out of the engine and cranking it over. Hope to see this car be revived 👍

I garantue the engine spun the bearings and them the owner made a small fire for insurance fraud. But yeah, rebuild the engine. Block might be still OK, and rest of the parts are not difficult to source. Should be quite a few 335i in Lt now from US auctions, getting a crank from those shouldnt be an issue.

its ok, restore the rest of the car first and the engine can come on a later date. Perhaps dismantle the current engine and see what is salvagable?

Love your Videos ! Greetings from Germany!

Very bad luck man, this is though. Seems like a insurancescam. Borescope the engine first? Good luck m8!

I do really understand those people paying whole lot of money for old cars, same issues here in Austria with import taxes..

I got a 335i from auction and the engine would not turn over but it emend up being a locked up starter I put a new one and it started up

Is that a N55 or N54? Those motors are always in some state of being blown and are usually cheap because of that. Different places different prices. I am super impressed with your work especially since you don't have a huge amount of tools and no lift. BTW you need a 86mm 16 flute to take off those oil filter caps.

Oh man! Maybe the guy set the fire to get insurance because he spin a rod bearing?? My buddy just went through this with one he bought and is now at the other side of putting the engine back in the car. The bearing was spun but no real damage tot he engine. So you Never know!

This is phenomenal! I love it, great video! Can't wait for it to hit the road!

I find it wierd how the battery and its cable are not burnt at all. The battery is the only high fire risk part in that area, so if it didn't start the fire, what did? Unfortunately, I think the seized engine might be the answer...

Keep going...

Amazing work. Sucks that you have to go through all this because of your country’s laws but it’s a badass car and will be worth it.

it looks like someone broke the engine and planted the fire to get the insurance money .. I have an n54 and it breaks all the time :)) I like the n54 content

You cannot trust people!Never! That is why the big guns like Matt Armstrong, Sreten and so on always try to start a wreck to check for engine health before they put a single cent into projects. I know it's not always possible but they god damn try! When you're already at that stage you might as well put a 335ì in it. I know they are more pricey but that would suit that car great, much more than a 4 cylinder.. Anyway, looking forward to seeing this come together..

Lauksim, kaip seksis toliau. Bus ledinis BMW :)

it is worth to rebuild the engine.. if you want, you get 700 HP with some mods :) it will always be your car. I don't think F8x cars are so good because of electric steering.

It is a 335ix for sale now on finn for 210k, driven 200k km. But still not that cheap 😅

Check if fuel injectors are good. They are hella expensive. 2.5k euro right there. half price of the engine.

Yra motoras, plikas, uz gera kaina. Palik kontakta - susisieksiu

You left some unpainted part of the chassis under the quarter panel, I saw you put brunox over it, but I'm pretty sure it needs more than just that for longevity

Why you cant just paint the burned part? Its not dented... It just has fire damage. Just curious about it

Jaučiu užkalė variklis, o tada padegė ją, kad draudimo išmoką gaut.

I feel with you, the BMWs in Norway are crap😂

import from USA with an M3 dashboard on a 335? MMMH run the VIN on the internet (or carfax or similar), for me this car has been damaged or clocked in the USA then imported

Where do you buy parts from in Lithuania? I just want to find the cheapest, I have my own people in Latvia through whom I order parts the cheapest possible pricing

Why are the 335i E92 so expensive in Norway? In Sweden the cheapest is like half of you cheapest.

1.9tdi swap

Nuimk dirželius ir pabandyk prasukti varikli. Gal generas, pompa ar kas kita užšalo :)

Car was used in germany and the quarterpanel comes from lithuania 🤔 car might have been stolen and parted out..😂 anyways nice work man 😁

You want to revive a burned car and I want to burn my e92 because of broken power steering :P If someone have E81/e90 electric power steering to be thrown away I would gladly take it :)

if rear quarters is removed it woud be smart to weld m3 quarters which is wider and maybe make m3 conversasion

What about a V8 swap?

Liudna del motoro, jau butu paruostas vaziuot jei ne jis.

remove engine, check all the components, you can buy bare engine because you have all the other components, and dot stop build.

I think this car has been involved in insurance fraud. Engine locked up and instead of fixing it they burned it down

Variklis uzkaltas bet zmogus vistiek stengias...

You're a magician 🎩🪄 it's a beautiful video, dramatic at some point. Good job. You should ask for donating a bit here? Because I can easily send hundred dollars.