I'm doing a complete rebuild of my '89 325i engine. Well everything except bearings probably. I haven't got that far yet. I have some plastigage so I'll check them while I have the bottom end apart. I just got my head back from the machine shop. It was bead blasted along with the intake manifold and valve cover. Man do they look pretty. I'll post some pics later.
Anyways.... on to my real question....
Does anybody have a picture of the coolant house routing? My car has an 11/88 build date. Any diagrams and photos would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Erik R.
'89 325i - SOLD April '06. I miss her.
'03 Acura RSX - Daily Driver
ASE Master Tech & L1 Adv. Engine Perf. and Mechanical Engineer
I hate to be the bearer of bad news.
If you are not changing the bearings, why do you think you are overhauling the engine.
It sounds like a valve job and new gaskets to me.
There is more to an overhaul than bead blasting the intake.
Later,
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Not the greatest, but hope it helps...
SOLD, again!! Good luck, Eric!! 6/10/2012
"To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic."
Hard to get a good pic underhood, but here it is...
SOLD, again!! Good luck, Eric!! 6/10/2012
"To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic."
Hope this helps a little.......
Thanks guys for the diagrams. The one in the Bentley is pretty lousy.
KC Ron, I know what goes into rebuilding an engine. I'm doing way more than I listed above. But why replace bearings that show little or no wear??? I bought the plastiguage for a reason. I'll replaced them if needed.
"There is more to an overhaul than bead blasting the intake." Thanks for stating the obvious.
Erik R.
'89 325i - SOLD April '06. I miss her.
'03 Acura RSX - Daily Driver
ASE Master Tech & L1 Adv. Engine Perf. and Mechanical Engineer
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