Rejuvenating a 27-Year-Old BMW E36 328i - Project Valencia - Part 2 

This channel is like a life lesson to me: do it right, do it precisely, do it neatly, don’t cut corners, be patient, and you’ll have the best product.

I have to say, you know it’s good content when 90% of people watch the whole way through! Thanks for all you do Sreten!

I've been following Sreten's channel almost since the beginning and I am 100% sure that there is no car channel on RU-vid with the quality of content that he has. Long live this channel.

The little edits showing the torque value of each bolt really add to the video. Love it.

Does anyone else find that they can't watch American youtube channels anymore? So calm, no drama or 30 year old's dressed like 12 year olds. No "send it" or "lets go" every other sentence......or maybe its just me. Thank you for this man. Im driving over to Frankfurt from the uk for work next week !

No M Technik. No 18“ wheels. WHAT A BEAUTY 🤩 Nice work bro !

I think this was one of the most enjoyable episodes of all time. Compounded by the fact that I used to own both an E36 and an E46. This brought back memories. Bought a Lexus after the E46 hit 450K kms and began to rust badly. But it still is the best car I've ever had.

So glad you didn't track this car as an unmodded E36 328i is so rare these days. Fantastic work as usual!

These quick projects make for a good pace change after months and months of Alpina stuff. Hope to see more like this mixed in with the long projects

You bought Project Valencia around the same time as I bought my 328i cabrio. And started making rejuvenation videos. Now rejuvenation of my 328i will be a lot easer, with a lot less foul words and broken parts. Long live the M539!

1 hour of pure enjoyment and satisfaction, every video is better than the last. Its very rare to find people with taste in cars like you do (making the car classy and oem, hows its meant to be) especially with your kind of precision and attention to detail.Immaculate work Sreten!

Always love a Mutzi cameo!

Man I miss my E36, I neglected that car and it never let me down, I'm a terrible parent! This 328i will prove to be well behaved and awesome too!

New coffeezilla and m539 restorations, it is a good day to be a patron :)

Sreten, you definitely should invest in a dry ice machine. Those would elevate your rebuilds to the next level and I bet you would have fun recording those sections.

Dude i still insist that you deserve 1 billion subscribers. You content is beyond compared with all other people . Thanks indeed

Just came to say great work! One thing though (im sure they needed to be changed) but a shock cartridge doesn’t necessarily always rebound, and the lack of a rebound doesnt mean its bad or good. I got brand new Koni shocks and they didnt rebound out of the box. A shock absorbs the up and down movement of the car, so as long as its hard to push it in and hard to pull it out, its doing its job. Plenty of good strut cartridges do not rebound. Plenty do.

This is amazing and essentially a restoration. No dealer or mechanic will ever treat your car this good. Very nice work!

You're definitely a guy that has no fear of owning a BMW as you always take all of them by the horns Sreten!! Love it. You're showing the key to ownership. Staying on top of them!

Just getting to wake up and find a new M539 restorations video has been uploaded really makes the day great! Love the vids and keep up the amazing work!

Thanks for bringing an E36 to the channel! I had a ‘97 318i in college. Sure it was slow and everything rattled and it smelled like crayons, but it made me smile every time I walked up to it and every time I drove it. My future wife and I both learned to drive stick on that car too. Hope to see another soon!

I've got originals Coils / Zündspulen still in my Feb. 1997 M52 5 Series too, all 6 of them. 323.000km, no missfiring.

I have an e36 328i coupe manual (1996) and a 328i touring manual (1998), I am smitten by these cars. I love them to bits and will be looking to complete the set with a saloon and a cabrio with the same engine/transmission set-up. Can’t get enough of the little rascals. Glad to see a 3 series e36 on your fantastic channel.

The E36 is my favorite car of all time, I still drive mine a couple times a week, but thanks for a great update Sreten! Lots of useful information I'm sure will be of great help to E36 enthusiasts everywhere!

And the E36 will live for a long time! What a punchy sound of that oldie inline 6 ❤

Every time i see Mutzi it puts a smile on my face. What a great dog ❤

I've done all the work in this video personally but I still learned something -- that the check valve in the oil filter housing is replaceable. When I rebuilt my M52 I did not know a new check valve was available and wound up replacing the entire housing. Got a good deal on it but still money I didn't need to spend. Good info for future reference!

I don't even like BMWs, but what an inspiration! The sheer professionalism of these restorations is a joy to watch, quality work on quality parts and no compromises or quick fixes.

it was like a journey back in time since i owned an 328i myself as a 18 year old, couldn´t afford a mechanic so I learned to fix almost everything myself...the car taught me so much and brought me to some guys which are my best friends now, so many memories :)

Now you're talking!! It's been 30+ years since I started to covet one of these E36 3-series and to this day i would still love to own one. Lets go!!!

i dont even drive a bmw - but i just love all of your content, sreten - you legend!

Thank you for another great video Sreten. Last week I changed the oil and filters on my Skoda yeti, I’ve not done anything like that for 25 years but your videos have given me the motivation to do it myself.

I was wondering where Sreten was and then I got a notification. Hooray for Sreten! It’s great seeing you again in a wrenchfest of all episodes. I can't tell you how great it feels to see your new videos. Your content is top-notch, as usual, and the editing never misses a beat. It looks like you made an excellent choice of editors because I still can't tell the difference and your content never disappoints. Seeing Project Valencia finally getting some much-deserved love and attention is a welcome sight. I can't believe how well you’re moving projects along. Let’s hope that with the editing out of your hands, you’ll have more time to crank those projects out. Not that I'm complaining about your current output, but we can all hope for more. It's also refreshing seeing Mutzy getting some much-needed love and you get a nice little break from all that wrenching. Thanks for always giving us your best, my friend. Stay safe and we’ll see you on the next one.

I just replaced the suspension on my owned since new 08 Toyota Highlander. Up until this car, I've never owned anything long enough that required a full suspension replacement. I am totally amazed at the transformation, drives like new again @ 262k miles. I've been on top of the fluid maintenance since day one, and knock on wood, I get another 100k out of it.

Your channel is therapeutic thanks for what you do

Another outstanding video. Sign of a true professional; makes things look so easy that anyone can do it. From my experience, not always the case with BMWs. A real testament as to how excellent a mechanic Sreten is, as well as an educator and humorist. Looking forward to next project.

Not a boring moment. Thanks for being professional and educational 👍🏼👍🏼

Nothing better than a m539 upload while on vacation in sunny Montenegro

E36 like E39 has this evergreen timeless design. And see it full stock with no mods.... Holy grail.

That interior 😍😍 Another masterpiece video!!

Brilliant video as usual shout out to Max , what a generous chap. 😊

Sreten, your resourceful is encyclopedic. I have this E36 325i, and I will emulate every step you undertook. Thank you, and we'll done Sir ✔ 🙏 Sonny

Sreten giving me content to watch when my E61 is broken, always high quality content!

I’ve been waiting so long for an e36 project and although it was a rather short journey, I’m happy to hear that it won’t be the last! Can’t wait for the next one. Hopefully an M3.

So love this channel ! Perfect mix of personality, humor, sense of community and lots and lots of broken BMW’s…. it’s awesome. Would you ever do an E82 project? Or anything with a N52B30 engine. An ode to the last NA straight 6.

Man I wish I could convey through a YT comment how thankful and happy this video makes me feel. I also own an E36 328i (but mine is a coupe) and seeing you do all of this encourages me to follow suit. You are a huge inspiration Sreten and cannot thank you enough for your videos. Especially the ones on the E36.

Even though I don't own any BMW, doesn't do anything like what he is doing. I just love watching your channel. Will never get bored.

What a pleasure to watch a living legend of the mechanical world 😊 ( side note : please tell Derek of VGG how to get audio as good as yours )

Brilliant episode as ever. I was in Heilbronn for a month this summer and was blown away by the number of older cars around - quite often in fairly basic spec - in really good condition. Obviously lots of Audis given the proximity to Neckarsulm but plenty of BMWs as well. Your E36 would now be amongst the nicest but I left wishing there were as many nice cars to choose from in the UK where everything is just rust.

Would have loved to see this car fully restored. Beautiful E36. Hope she finds a good home. Nice one Sreten 👍

Best E36 maintanance video out there for sure. Long live the E36. Got my Compact converted with the 2.8l and some slight mods for a little bit extra power. 250km/h on the speedometer can be reached quite well.

Bardzo lubię oglądać Twoje filmy. Po takim szczegółowym serwisie samochód na długie lata będzie dobrze służył. Pozdrawiam z Polski 🇵🇱.

Really enjoyed the short series, and the M52 love. Maybe an N52 next? 😃

Sreten i absolutely love your longer videos and LEARNING with you.

In car camera quality looks greatly improved (new camera?). The country side clips were super crisp.

It’s great to know there’s a check valve kit available. I didn’t even think to look for one back in 2016 on my 330i.. I bought a whole new filter housing, which hurt a bit. Can’t overstate how much of a relief it was to not see the red light stay on for five seconds after a cold start anymore.

instead of using zip ties to hold gaskets in place you could use twist ties, they are reusable so you wouldn't have to cut them off, could save yourself whole 50cents per engine I reckon

I swear this is my dose of therapy. Thanks Sreten!

It is amazing to see how much the VANOS unit is flexing when you apply pressure and turn the solenoid on. Maybe when the valve cover sits on top of it, that flex is reduced.

Thanks Sreten! Can you remind me what fogging oil for men is?

Moral of the story, replace everything…

My 27 year old 328i is cussing me right now. Great video as always 👍 🇬🇧

A tip from am bmw Mechanic: If the Alternator or AC Compressor doesnt wanna come out, put back the screws forr a few threads After that, Hit the top of the screw with a Hammer, to push back the screw nut? (dont know the englisch Word for "Mutter") and you are good to Go.

Bro, how can you drive that close to the steering wheel 😂😂😂

This is the series that i watch every single day again and again

Great car! M52 is one of the best BMW produced, the late alusi M52tuB28 best of them all.

I have a 1995 2.8i coupe in silver, it’s been parked up on a farm for 6 years, the bodywork is in great condition, but I think the grass and weeds are growing through it. I really want to bring it home and start the restoration project 😊

This has been one of my favorite episodes!!

Magneficient work 👏 Guys who knows the brand of the brakes bleeder I looked in the old videos product links couldn’t find it

I have the same head unit in my 3rd gen Toyota MR2, I wanted something that would blend in with an older car's interior while not looking gaudy, while still giving me bluetooth. Especially for the price I was extremely happy with it.

If I hadn’t 4 BMW at this time, I’d go for it for sure. The new owner is a lucky man.

The NGK plugs wifh the 4 electrodes literally made the difference between misfires and no misfires. I had a constant roaming miss and i couldnt figure out what was causing it. First stop was swapping plugs and that completely solved it LOL

I've been waiting for a while for you to get your hands on an E36, so glad it finally happened!

Dude you’re a legend. And sarcasm is always on point 👌

The E36 is a beautiful machine. Manly, yet elegant. Thanks Sreten, all the best dude.

Now this is the...princess treatment that this car deserves!

The highlight of my day when a new episode comes on air…. YOU ARE THE BMW GURU❤

Sreten, Thank you for showing us how to work on these cars, I've been following you for a while now. Yesterday I did my first ever repair on the underside of my e46, rear shocks and diff oil change. I couldn't have done it / gained enough confidence without studying your videos and can do mindset, thank you so much. I did have an oopsie moment though.. when filling the diff, a plastic part of the end of the filler pump tube fell in the diff : |, but managed to get it out luckily (only took 4 hours to do but hey! :D ). Next up the front shocks, but I'll have to watch/study some more for that I think. It looks challenging! Greetings from the Netherlands

@22:45 …and BOOM goes the dynamite!😂😂 This whole episode was one big “that’s what she said!” Plus bonus Mitzi doggo action made it extra EPIC!! Cheers Sreten! 🖖😎👍

This channel is like therapy...

I love your videos , I'm a young mechanic with no experience and I would love to learn how to repair cars . Thanks for all the work you do , Sreten ! :)

Cool mustard interior. These cars are so easy to work on. So was the following generation. As long as your modules and iBus don’t send you down a troubleshooting rabbit hole they’re a joy to own. Haven’t seen a no crack no start struggle in any of his videos, but that struggle is real.

Sreten I found out about you 1 month ago. I’ve watch most of your videos and this will be the first time I watch a video fresh out of the oven. Never thought i would sit through hundreds of hours of video of a guy talking to himself. Thank you.

I own 328i, my engine has had the oil drain problem for a while now. Thx for bringing atention to this problem, i know how to fix it now.

Finally find a channel starts and finishes the project not like samcrack channel love it…

Sreten, 👌 😍 watching you reviving cars plus getting a retro-review, double my pleasure, double the fun! The exquisite sound of the six revving was thrilling! Please, create shorts for your channel, of just that section of this video. Most of us would happily watch it on endless replay👌👏👌👍 IMHO, you and the dojo need a resident canine mascot/ straight-dog/foil-for-your-humor, assistant road warrior for high-speed autobahn shakedowns. 🖖🙏

Well well. I started watching this channel about 6 months ago as an IT nerd with little interest in cars, I didn't even own a car. Now I own my first bmw, an e46 320d touring, I know devil fuel but it was a bargain and I love it. It's low mileage but some kid owned it for a year and had applied some typically teenage mods. In de-modding and making it as ship-shape as i can, I'm striving for a light touch oem-plus feel very much inspired by your touring. So congratulations you've convinced at least one nerd over to the dirty fingernails dark side!

As a 1990 e34 (525i and 535i) and an e32 1990 750iL owner, Sreten's videos are pure gold as an example of thorough and proper work techniques! Awesome stuff, thanks! :)

Amazing little machine. My first BMW was a E36 316i. It was not perfect but I miss it.

The only person I would ever consider buying a BMW from is YOU! You are more thorough than the dealer and you go way above and beyond on everything. Great content!!

Watching these videos is like therapy thank you

Ooooh my dad had one of these. Awesome car, made me fall in love with cars. Had lots of problems though. Iirc he blew the top gasket twice, VANOS broke twice, lots of electrical issues, also overheated quite often. I live on the equator and this car was probably made for cooler, dryer climates. Hates hot and humid tropical climate. Best thing was he switched it for a Mk 4 Supra (yuppp) but kept it less than a year since my mom got angry at not having a car that could properly fit a family. Me and my brother, we didn't mind though. We loved sitting in the backseat of the Supra while dad did some pulls.

I think Mutsi should be a permanent member of the cast in this channel!

Thank you for mentioning details for small stuff like fuel hose and clamps!

We're getting a E36 M3. I can feel it!!

You are truly an artist. Your skill is rare and extraordinary.

E36 is a timeless classic, kudos

First of all, cudos Sreten! Fantastic job as always! Secondly, thoose were really the times! Cars felt exciting, there were so many makes and models that you wanted. Nowadays no cars are exciting. I don't want them. And absolutely not a BMW. Where did it all go wrong? Sad 😔

Imagine being an old, untidy BMW, bimbling through life, feeling unloved and then happening across Sreten and you find yourself transformed into the splendid beast you were always meant to be 😍😍

This man's craftmanship is far superior to 99% of mechanics i have worked with here in the USA. I enjoy watching someone who believes in the saying ; Do it right, Do it once