Will my e34 leave me stranded on a 1000 km roadtrip 

!! Please excuse the poor audio and video quality :( !! Unfortunately the roads and wind noise kinda worked against me while filming this video. I would also like to thank my subscribers. The support and interaction they have given me during this project has been unreal! THANKS !

Ah, a road trip in an E34, that takes me back to great times. I have the 535i SE Auto, it was a superb cruiser. On a long run it would average 30mpg which is not bad considering. Back then I made decent money and fuel was relatively cheap, so the cost of motoring never really bothered me. We, (me, my wife and son) would think nothing of travelling to London and back on a Sunday, just to have a meal at a favourite restaurant. It is a 400mile round trip from where we live. This would be 1997 'ish. You'd be lucky to be able to do that trip in a day now with all the problems on the roads, speed cameras, road works etc. those were the days!

Only thing I do not like about french roads are the toll booths. Happy to see the Car made it.

Nice trip bro, Belgium have a bad bumpy roads, I was driving a truck back in 2015 and now I see that they do nothing about it, flywheel is not a big issue, I think you maybe need to check turbo and bosch pump cause consumption is a big for that engine, I think 7l is enough for highway :)

This was a proper nice little roadtrip video. Definetely someting not right, doing this kind of driving you should get below 7 liter consumption. But Im glad you started getting the vibe of the car, these things are grate for cuising, thats what they were designed to do. I would go for the tds upgrade, would make it much more fun to drive. If you keep it, I would go for some 15 inch style 5 wheels. Brings out the caracter of the shape more.

Damn bro ur arms are jacked💪

Great videos! Thanks for sharing your experience with your E34. So, why not trust the M51 and the work you put into rebuilding it? - I watched all your videos - You did it correctly according to manual repair procedures. The M51 is a very reliable engine. I've rebuilt my E39 M51 engine two years ago, but I've gone further by replacing also the clutch, crankshaft bearings, conrod bearings, all respective bolts, and also the piston rings. Now, 15000 KM later I've only changed the oil, oil filter, air filter, and cabin filters. Anyway, in the last couple of weeks, my car has developed a similar rattling noise. I am thinking about the same as you: The flywheel. My engine has more than 400.000 Km, I also replaced the chains with a set from another engine with about 300.000 Km - I know, this was not a very wise decision. - I am replacing the chains, sprockets and tensioners very soon. I'll also check the rattle noise. I am very curious to know what the rattle noise on yours is. Good luck! Cheers from Portugal!

This video makes me want to go to Europe! I enjoyed it...

I quote: "masterpiece". That says it all. And the reply to a comment below adds to it: "but if it's diesel it's gonna be a tds again." You just have to pay what we call "Lehrgeld" across the border. I don't have the time nor the energy of yours, so I had my M51 overhauled by pros (as you know); they have paid their Lehrgeld a long time ago ...

Most likely the pump injection timing is out of spec beacause high consumption. Sounds also a bit rough for a tds.

Have you ever considered getting an e39 525d? They are just like an e34 but much more comfortable and refined. The m57 commonrail diesel engine ie far more reliable and easier to work on than the tds engine.

Nice that a old diesel making a long roadtrip. My golf 2 GTD has a bad electric wire that feeds the mechanical fuel pump with 12v. Every time you give it some beans that wire snaps. I need a complete new wire from the fuse box to the pump. Because the old one becomes shorter and shorter. It breaks of due the age. Left me couple times stranded. That the car all of a sudden shuts off because that wire comes loose. Even a good connection helps not

Hello, first of all thank you for these nice high quality videos. I am helping my friend who just got a 318tds e36 and your series has helped me a lot. I ram into your same issue of trying to read the ecu. I used a bmw diagnostic to obd2 to usb cable and it can read all the modules in the car (it’s a 97 model) but not the ecu. I also want to buy the tiny ADS interface but on the open labs website it says it’s out of stock and also my browser says the website isn’t secure. We’re did you order yours?

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it's made in germany my friend ! never kapout 🤣🤣