THIS SIMPLE MAINTENENCE JOB TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE!

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Not good! This simple maintenence job on my BMW turned into an absolute nightmare.
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@GentilsGarage 6 месяцев назад

This car is a gift that keeps on giving. Good work and hopefully that plug can be sorted out at some point

@martinbcooper 6 месяцев назад

That's the gift that keeps on receiving!

@benjones1180 6 месяцев назад

That timing chain is on the verge of removing itself from the engine 😂

@GeorgeAusters 6 месяцев назад

What makes you say that?

@berwhaletheavenger 6 месяцев назад

@@GeorgeAusters It may just the video but it's rattling its tits off. N47's really are hateful. Not just the timing chain nonsense but glow plugs seizing in, injectors seizing in (318d's are worse), the EGR plus that sodding coolant flange. BMW just had to put the top nut underneath the inlet manifold didn't they? 🤣

@benjones1180 5 месяцев назад

@@berwhaletheavenger exactly that

@ianjenkins4641 6 месяцев назад

Sounds like it needs a chain as well

@batman-rises 6 месяцев назад

Did the Glow Plugs and cleaned everything up on my 2010 635d. Was only showing 36k on the clock but plug 3 showing a fault. Cleaned up intake manifold and throttle body too. Biggest worry was snapping the glow plugs. Wasn’t able to warm engine before so did use an impact driver to shake / vibrate them for a while before using a ratchet spanner. All 6 out without breakage and replaced. Watched a lot of vids. Great vids btw.

@MarkLeamy-e6o 6 месяцев назад

Oh George I feel for you man you definitely deserve a break 😊

@florinlepadatu5648 6 месяцев назад

Oh boy, no one can blame you for snaped glow plug, no matter how careful you are it’s a matter of luck and how they were installed by the previous guy… massive job laying ahead, for sure I want to see how the extraction tool works

@srtjko 6 месяцев назад

I'm planning on cleaning the intake manifold soon, couldn't be a better time for the video

@readmore7180 6 месяцев назад

Note to self, do glow plugs before removing intake manifold ;)

@ReCheck_WotTheFluck 6 месяцев назад

Got to do my glow plugs and clean intake, dreading it. But at least it wasn't the rear intake bolt snapped flush with the head. Was watching another channel, think it might of been LSC, tip was to very slightly tighten the glow plug, just so it moves then remove. Said he had never had 1 snap doing it that way. Maybe more luck than anything else. Still don't think I would be able to resist putting a very small bit of copper slip on threads, even tho like sparkplugs they I'm sure would had a anti seize coating. Can't wait for the removal vid. Hope your trip gos well. Channel must be doing well. Looks like there's an onlysimps ad on here. lol.

@richard6225 6 месяцев назад

When I did mine I saw how disgusting my intake was and thought sod cleaning that buy a new one ! 😁

@robc5955 6 месяцев назад

I hate glow plugs, had same thing only I made it worse and tried to remove with an extractor which snapped in plug. 1k later and a very hacked off engineer it was fixed and lesson learnt. Trouble is try and book it in anywhere to get someone to do them and it’s usually a couple of weeks etc etc so what do u do.

@chrisgermann6658 6 месяцев назад

This is why i refuse to change my glow plugs "if the car is running well". On older cars they are just too risky.

@PaulRansonArt 6 месяцев назад

Top tip guys - stuff some rags down the ports! A stray nut can just ruin your day! Maybe a failed glow plug is the culprit for the excess build up of carbon in the intake ports. Incomplete combustion during the first few minuets of warm up really gunk up the EGR and inlet. Lastly the EGR delete might be an MOT fail?

@danielmould 5 месяцев назад

You don’t have to remove the manifold to change the glow plugs and your diesel fuel line rubber has fell down behind the line you can see it in the video it’s a black half moon rubber with a hole in for the diesel line to pass through it’s supposed to live in the camshaft cover 👍🏼

@ronpersaud529 6 месяцев назад

Like to watch your journey with this car. I can see a major overhaul looming ? This car will become the car that makes your channel. Await to see the extraction of the broken glow plugs.

@GeorgeAusters 6 месяцев назад

It's definitely created a lot more content than I originally thought!

@ahmedrazak2063 3 месяца назад

I think one reason that makes it more likely that an old glow plug may snap is undue side load. I'll try to explain this; So as well as the rotational torque, if you are not careful you can apply a side bending force that will cause the head of the glow plug to bend side ways a little when you apply force. This is made worst if you use longer extension bar on your wrench as this acts as a lever applying more bending force if you are not careful. I suspect it is this force that cause the glow plug head to snap. If the force can be kept purely rotational then I think the old plug will come out without snapping. What do people think agree/disagree? (May be someone out there can do a controlled test to prove this or not).

@lefora87 6 месяцев назад

replaced mine got lucky🥲🥲get the tool and those suckers out of there💪

@kNIGHTriderryder 6 месяцев назад

F30 guy but shifted to e90 after ulez kicked in london planning to get the lci 320i just sold the 325i excellent e90 engines but terrible mpg for london driving

@matthewhaddon599 6 месяцев назад

Glow-plugs need very careful removal and the voltages need to be checked on some vehicles as there are 11v and 5v types. Don't use 5v glow plugs in place of 11v types as they quickly fail. I had some changed at a garage and they used the wrong ones! That was on a Freelander 2.

@Uber_Soldat 6 месяцев назад

Did your FRM module survive the disconnected battery? Mine didn’t when I did the same job as you on my N47D20C. I rotated the crank pulley and cleaned the ports one by one when I saw they were closed. Cleaned with diesel. I also got oily sludge all over my basement while cleaning 😢. You should clean the intercooler next. Gasoline worked wonders for that.

@blablablaqwd 6 месяцев назад

Its normal that the engine didn't wanted to start after cleaning the intake manifold. I had the same situation with my N57. it expects much less air, thats why it injected less fuel and had a hard time starting,. You can reset the adaptation of the maf with ista-d, then you don't run into the no-start situation. I'm really curious about the next video about the snapped glow plug.. I don't even try to change mine because of this problem :D

@GeorgeAusters 6 месяцев назад

Yes that’s what I was thinking too.. I reset the injection adaptions after too👍🏻

@FOHrpg 6 месяцев назад

Jesus , that chain is ratlling its nuts off

@GeorgeAusters 6 месяцев назад

I’m not sure it’s the chain

@davog1946 6 месяцев назад

Using a torque wrench to remove glow plugs is a weird move. Bit of a school boy error not removing those when the engine is red hot, for next time.

@iambenmitchell 6 месяцев назад

I think the logic was that if it took more than 15nm it would likely snap. So using a torque wrench would stop you snapping them. Except George ended up forcing it and snapping them anyway lol

@GeorgeAusters 6 месяцев назад

Yeah would have liked it to be hotter but it cooled down a bit as things take longer when you’re recording

@leiflillandt1488 6 месяцев назад

@@GeorgeAustersGeorge, next time you make a "fake" video. You loosen the plugs first, and when you film you take them away and tell us how to do. But, you see, you will learn as long as you live. Today I also learned a new thing... I have a 2011 BMW X3 F25 30d, and, to make it short, I have problems with the rear brakes. Almost worn out/and almost got stuck. To solve the problem partly I should clean and put some grease on the calipers, then I need to be able to move the calipers back and forth. I didn't understand that I have to put the calipers in service mode, to be able to move them back and forth, because the piston is "locked" and won't move "backwards" into the cylinder. The next step is to change the rotors and pads, but in this model BMW uses stretch screws in the caliper holders...

@joeyjones6638 6 месяцев назад

Been looking for a safe way to clean my ports I never thought of doing ot your way did it work reasonably well, I would be worried grap would be entering the cylinders or am I over thinking it 🤔

@GeorgeAusters 6 месяцев назад

Any carbon that falls into the cylinders is fine as it will just burn off

@dailymemele 5 месяцев назад

2.18 he let one royally rip go on son better out than in

@GeorgeAusters 5 месяцев назад

😂😂😂

@johnspartan5612 2 месяца назад

I know you're busy fella but if you can answer this I'd be very greatfull. I've got an E92 330d 2011, I've had a few issues but sorted them and had to do a repair on the actuator arm for the inlet manifold. Now I've still got a swirl flap plausibility error which I believe is being caused by carbon build up stopping them moving properly. Should I remove and clean or remove and delete? If I delete will it need a remap? Any help would be great

@GeorgeAusters 2 месяца назад

Personally I would get a new intake manifold

@variszuzans299 6 месяцев назад

Should not be difficult to remove, it is just an empty shell, maybe you could try chiseling it counterclockwise gently.. but yes, they do snap easily.

@charliecoco2115 6 месяцев назад

When I cleaned my intake ports, I just used my finger wrapped an old clean cloth around my finger and reversed the dirt out. Then when it was mainly clean I soaked another clean cloth with brake cleaner to finish it off. Felt this was the safest thing to do.

@stephennelson624 6 месяцев назад

I would imagine the starting issue will go on as with a snapped glow plug you have compression escaping cylinder 3 and a Diesel engine is compression based as you obviously know and that’s why it sounded the way it did when turning it over

@mcplutt 6 месяцев назад

Why compression escaping cylinder 3?

@stephennelson624 6 месяцев назад

@@mcplutt that’s where the snapped glow plug is. The tip of the glow plug goes through the cylinder head and sticks through into the top of the cylinder. With the amount of cylinder pressure diesels make it’s going to be escaping and that’s why it sounded like it had no compression. I’m not sure if George put the glow plug that was halfway out back in on cylinder 4, either way that’s why it turned over the way it did .

@mcplutt 6 месяцев назад

@@stephennelson624 It was the top that was snapped off, not the tip. I am sure Mr. Austers would never try to start or run a diesel engine without compression 🙂

@stephennelson624 6 месяцев назад

It wasn’t just the top snapped off, the central electrode that runs the length of the glow plug was also there.

@mcplutt 6 месяцев назад

@@stephennelson624 Yes the inner electrode connected to the top. Not the outer shell at the tip.

@davidleigh7698 6 месяцев назад

Dodged a bullet there. One of those jobs you wish you had never started?

@GeorgeAusters 6 месяцев назад

😅

@liaanjoone930 6 месяцев назад

Love your content,as a mechanic can you please tell me,can bmw's be really reliable

@andrewthompsonuk1 6 месяцев назад

Yes BMWs can be reliable if serviced properly. The problem is that by the time they get past 10 years or so BMWs pathetic schedule has destroyed the car like they wanted it to. Mind you what other cars are still on the road at 14 years old.

@andrewthompsonuk1 6 месяцев назад

@leiflillandt1488 6 месяцев назад

If you follow the instructions given by BMW from new, the lifetime is "limited". If you follow suggestions that many "experts". suggest, then no one knows how long it lasts. But as time goes on, some type of maintenance will cost more than the actual value of the car. If you want to drive 600,000 miles/1,000,000 km, then I think you have to choose a Tesla... (M3!?). When something breaks, there are enough secondhand parts. So, at least you will have quite cheap miles (after 600,000 miles).

@matthewwiddows6319 6 месяцев назад

the engine will "suck" through the intake, how is it going to blow stuck back out? that would work for the exhaust manifold. if that worried, rotate engine to close each intake valve(s) and do one port at a time, then blow out with airline.

@GeorgeAusters 6 месяцев назад

Through the glow plug holes

@matthewwiddows6319 6 месяцев назад

@@GeorgeAusters well only 2 of them!! :)

@4sheds759 6 месяцев назад

Is that the timing chain 1:03 wow that needs attention.

@GeorgeAusters 6 месяцев назад

Pretty sure it’s the drive belt.. will be tackling it in the next video 😊

@liam5786 6 месяцев назад

When you buying a f30 to do loads of content it’s 2024 now even a 2014 one will be interesting

@GeorgeAusters 6 месяцев назад

I wouldn't say no to one for the right price!

@danmoney9932 6 месяцев назад

It's the same engine as this with all the same problems!

@liam5786 6 месяцев назад

It’s a n47t technical update

@frankgeorge7288 6 месяцев назад

It's not a good idea to use torque wrenches to loosen nuts and bolts. Torque wrenches are calibrated. You can easily throw off the manufacturers calibration. Always only use it for tighten only.

@metalworker007 6 месяцев назад

Dont think i would have done it like that , you would have a pool of brake cleaner leaking down the side of the pistons , washing away all lubricant , leaving each piston bone dry, probably leading to scored bores the instant it was turned over. Next time turn engine over to close all valves on one cylinder (compression stroke) ...work on that port spraying the cleaner in and blowing out with air line as you go ... then put a tea spoon of oil down each cylider to lube ..it probably would not start because; some oil in the ring lands is vital for full compression. Note: the dealerships do the cleaning with walnut shell blasting.

@GeorgeAusters 6 месяцев назад

Yes you can use walnut shells but it is very costly and time consuming👍🏻

@thefiestaguy8831 6 месяцев назад

Indeed it is! I've been quoted £469 from a local BMW indie to do mine (92,500 miles F30 335D 2017). Getting it done within the next month or so. They estimate 4 hours labour on the 6 cylinder 3 litre N57.@@GeorgeAusters

@ademineshat 6 месяцев назад

👍

6 месяцев назад

Bavarian Manure Wagon !

@thefiestaguy8831 6 месяцев назад

Having owned a Renault, 2 Fords (A gutless 1.4 TDCi fiesta diesel which had a mere 69bhp, and a Focus ST 2.0 247 bhp which the engine threw a rod and made a massive hole in the engine block on me), a Mercedes, a Nissan and now a BMW.... I'd take the BMW any day of the week. The nissan was reliable as f*ck, it was a 2004 X-Trail but in 2010 when we got it it had only done 24k miles and even when I started using it in early 2022 it had only done 77k at 18 years old. Radiator sprung a leak on the way home in it once and it still managed to judder for about 6 miles, including up a hill and get me home. Reliable but dated as anything, no bluetooth... the CD player was the most modern thing in it! Most unreliable car? The renault by far. Bought in 2012 at 10 years old. Once it got to about 74,000 miles it kept breaking down, 3 times in one single week then another time a week later. End up scrapping it and getting money towards the gutless 2011 1.4 TDCi fiesta.

@sprograt 6 месяцев назад

Lets quieten down the auxiliary belt, instead of retensioning the belt or replacing it let's squirt WD40 on it so it slips and sounds even worse.🤣

@GeorgeAusters 6 месяцев назад

Don’t worry I’ll be replacing it in the next video👍🏻

@seanpaul3050 6 месяцев назад

Oh my god.That thing sounds like a diesel. Horrible things.

@cjmotors23 6 месяцев назад

😂

@GeorgeAusters 5 месяцев назад

😂😂😂

@Jas_67 6 месяцев назад

George I enjoy your videos, but please anybody watching this, I emplore you not to clean your intake ports like this. You risk causing hydraulic lock in the engine which could cause significant damage, not to mention all the damage the dirt can do entering the cylinders. The ports should only be cleaned with both intake and exhaust valves fully closed and then every last trace of dirt needs to be completely and utterly removed before the valves are allowed to open again.

@GeorgeAusters 6 месяцев назад

You can’t hydrolock your engine when there is no compression👍🏻

@yosemitesam283 6 месяцев назад

also all that crap in the inlet system can break off and find its way through the engine at anytime whilst driving

@dawids90999 6 месяцев назад

How do you close these valves then

@mcplutt 6 месяцев назад

@@GeorgeAusters You mean when the glow plugs are out?

@mcplutt 6 месяцев назад

@@dawids90999 Are you serious? 😀

@nmeister67 6 месяцев назад

What a nightmare 😱 At least you get some good potential content extraxting them hopefully 😅 When I did the plugs on my M57, I was so paranoid about snapping them (16 year old 160k miles), so i sprayed penetrant around them for two days prior to even starting the task. Then I teased them back and forward, basically just feeling the small amount of flex in the wrench. Eventually, after about 10-15 minutes, the plug would start to move. Then it was just a half turn out, quarter back in, and so on. Took freeking ages and would have made a really shite video, but at least they all came out 😂

@robertoduranos5196 6 месяцев назад

Well done. Brave job.

@thefiestaguy8831 6 месяцев назад

Bigger bollocks than me for sure. I bought 6 replacement Bosch glow plugs for my 67 reg 335D F30. It's covered 92,250 miles but as it's my daily and I don't have hundreds of pounds spare cash laying around to pay a specialist to come out and remove them should some of thems nap, and I don't have any way of working on the car in the poor weather either (no garage) I'm putting it off until i've got a fair bit of cash saved up, just "in case" it goes wrong. I plan to spray penetrating fluid onto them for a good week prior to doing the job when I eventually get round to it. I know the idea is to very slowly twist but i'm just afraid it won't budge so i'll apply a bit more force and then snap....

@piovo5222 6 месяцев назад

Save money for when the chain snaps or the main bearings go, £1500 bill or a complete engine rebuild costing over £6000.

@t5jerry 5 месяцев назад

not watched you for a LONG LONG time, thought you`d have come into the world of 4k by now...................., still blurry video.

@GeorgeAusters 5 месяцев назад

I could record in 4K but the file sizes are just ridiculous lol

@shak6992 6 месяцев назад

Nice seeing your work, would like to see how the glow plugs are taken out,

@GeorgeAusters 6 месяцев назад

Coming soon!

@metalworker007 6 месяцев назад

first 30 seconds on video - whats that rattling ..is it the timing chain! if so i wiould be worried.

@GeorgeAusters 6 месяцев назад

Pretty sure it’s drive belt.. will be tackling it in the next video!

@NinpoUK 5 месяцев назад

The sound of that thing mate, I feel like the M47/57 were at least more reliable and better to work on even if they had less HP. I can't be certain it's the timing chain but _something_ sounds wrongly loud and in need of attention in there George mate. Your E46 didn't sound like that. You yourself say a timing chain is only as good as its service history and I think there's been some fast and loose work on the servicing of that N47

@GeorgeAusters 5 месяцев назад

Watch the waterpump video mate, sounds much better now👍🏻

@NinpoUK 5 месяцев назад

@@GeorgeAusters Gonna do that right meow

@simontist 5 месяцев назад

Use a torque wrench in reverse to undo the glow plugs, with the engine hot and having put penetrant on it (and also run the engine hot with the penetrant soaking in) a few days prior. Set the torque wrench to less than the break-off torque of the glow plug (given by manufacturer, I set to 35Nm if I remember right on my M57) and you won't snap any off. EDIT: does that torque wrench work backwards? It looks like more than 15 Nm, which is a really very light torque.

@Andyme-z7s 6 месяцев назад

Great and informative video again :) What did you do with the snapped glow plug? Just sit it back in there or??

@GeorgeAusters 6 месяцев назад

Just left that one out

@Andyme-z7s 6 месяцев назад

@@GeorgeAusters Oh ok, bit weird it still runs on all four... Doesn't make any sense to me but live and learn 👍

@NinpoUK 5 месяцев назад

@@Andyme-z7s Once upon a time diesel engines didn't have glow plug assistance. Glow plugs help make the diesel more suitable for compression in cold conditions. You'll lose some mpg if the diesel is cold until the engine warms up. It's not like a spark plug in a petrol engine where it's integral to the combustion.

@Andyme-z7s 5 месяцев назад

@@NinpoUK Thanks for clearing that up for me mate.. something I genuinely didn't know. Cheers

@yosemitesam283 6 месяцев назад

good work, my turbo went on mine last year (2007 M47) took cam cover off for better access, while I was there I ultrasonic cleaned my injectors, changed the glow plugs, put a new inter cooler on fitted a new starter motor and probably more that I can’t remember. Thankfully no problems removing the glow plugs although I still haven’t fitted the new glow plug module because the engine mount was in the way of some of the bolts, that’s on the to do list, hopefully you get those two removed without too much pain. Keep the videos coming and good luck always

@NinpoUK 5 месяцев назад

Hey the glow plug controller was the first thing I did on my M47, you can get to it OK with those elbow/knuckle socket joints and some persistence. I recommend getting the after market Hitachi controller rather than another OEM one, the reason they fail is the OEM unit's solder joints break from the vibration of being on the engine block, the Hitachi has a different design that solves that.

@BryceBrown1 6 месяцев назад

I need a drink now 😬 persistence pays off 👍 what's the interval for glow plugs, George?

@GeorgeAusters 6 месяцев назад

Generally they last around 100k miles but they come out much easier if you do them before that!

@h4x0rl33tee 6 месяцев назад

Timing chain needs doing

@clamebuc1007 6 месяцев назад

Hi George, great videos! X5-2009-3.0-109K, super clean and fully maintained. Idling at 600rpm gets a hickup and engine light P00BC - when driven above 600 rpm all fine and no codes. At stopping (traffic light ) is when the code comes. No leaks, no nothing-all sensors checked and replaced when needed. Vanos and Vanos check valves super clean. Oil clean; filter an oil every 4K Dealer will play a guessing game worth thousands! Aceleración/power at 100% Any ideas!

@ivorgotten2368 6 месяцев назад

My N57 3.0d ticks over at 710-720 rpm. Isn't 600 rpm a bit low, which would cause the low Mass Air Flow code? You can increase idle rpm with a good scanner.