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Would definitely recommend staying away from mishimoto. They don't last very long. Sure, they have a lifetime warranty, but it sucks when your car is down for 2 weeks every other year waiting on a replacement.
I highly recommend CSF, as we use them on all of our shop track cars, and my SCd car that sees some heavy duty daily duty and occasional track time
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Inspired by Liam, I, too, decided to color-match my leather-wrapped OE steering wheel column covers to the rest of the red bits in the car:
got a corner shade for $50 CAD when the stealership wanted $300
I'm a happy camper, interior is getting better and better.
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picked up my bank 1 head from a local bmw indie that replaced the two bent exhaust valves. shiny and new, although i'm now $150 poorer
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he warned me that a few of the intake valves had a decent gap in their seat, although he did lap them, i can see what he meant by shining a light past them as he did, although this one is the only one i noticed light coming through
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suffice to say if i put the head on and do a compression test and that cylinder is like notably lower than the rest.....ugh
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You need to change those valves, your compression will be very low, the engine will backfire thru the intake.
The intake valves need to be closed tight when the plug fires to ignite the air/fuel.
Nate J.
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the head was essentially checked as the two exhaust valves were replaced and he said four of the intake valves had light gaps. the above one was the one i really noticed, but there was also this one that has a single point light gap
he didn't mention any other issues
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Nate J.
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Titanium Silver/Black Nappa Full 07-18-2001 E39 M5 Heritage (BZ99672). 198,000mi+. Increasing daily. Engine rebuild thread.
(eŌō\ (||||)º(||||) / ōŌe)
Alpineweiss III/Black Merino Full 03-26-2007 E60 M5 Manual (CX08265). 157,000+. Dead starter -_-
RIP, Seabiscuit. Black Sapphire/Schwarz 03-11-2003 530iA Sport (CK39185). T-boned 03-01-2017 at 155,861mi.
Take 2 "Otto" - Toledo Blue/Sandbeige 04-25-2002 530iA Sport (CH98032). Sold 11-10-2017 at 147,743mi.
Take 3 "Manuel" - Toledo Blue/Grau 10-29-2001 530i5 Sport (CE92358). Sold 02-01-2019 at 217,600mi. I regret that. Build Log
Reliable P.O.S. - Green/gray 1995 Camry V6 LE. 270k mi. Sold for space.
That head needs to go back and change out all of the valves, needs to be hot tanked, replace the valve stem seals, lap/cut the valve seats, and resurface the head. It is pointless to reuse that head without fixing all other issues.
alright then, if the head is so mangled, why was the engine running fine aside from the cylinder 3 misfire when i did that seafoam treatment back when i thought it was just a sticky valve seal?
i can understand replacing the valves that have light penetration on them though
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Hey Joe - I'm certainly not the resident expert here, but any airgap between the valve and the seat when "seated" to me is a red flag. I am rather surprised that those were not mentioned as a 'need to address' at the time the two valves werereplaced. To me that is definitely a "stop prior to proceeding and discuss with owner" point there.
I couldn't begin to determine and explain the reasons that it ran fine outside that cly3 misfire prior, but I feel you are totally at risk having those cylinder(s) with the new-found valve issues becoming your new trouble point(s).
I don't even know you man, but I've been reading your posts. Surely none of us want to see you go through all that trouble again. (and sorry I called you Shirley...lol...). If this was a '70's Corolla, I'd still address it. Fix this now, or source another head....I'm sorry...unless you just have a $#!tload of free time, that's too much work for you to go through and potentially have to re-do...
tony
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'89 gsxr-750 - former traffic knife
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'03 Euro 525it - something about a famous dolphin.....
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I would say its entirely likely that the #3 "misfire" (having valves so bent that the never even come close to closing isn't really a "misfire", its a dead-jug) symptoms masked what otherwise would have been crap running on the other cylinders. With those valves not closing, it was NOT going to run right. Iv'e seen that so many times - some guy is all "yeah well before it was just this one problem but suddenly now there's all these other think. " Nope. Those other things were there, you just weren't running well enough to notice them. You aren' going to notice the other 5 holes in the sides of the bucket until you plug the big one at the bottom.
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^ Exactly.
Nate J.
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Titanium Silver/Black Nappa Full 07-18-2001 E39 M5 Heritage (BZ99672). 198,000mi+. Increasing daily. Engine rebuild thread.
(eŌō\ (||||)º(||||) / ōŌe)
Alpineweiss III/Black Merino Full 03-26-2007 E60 M5 Manual (CX08265). 157,000+. Dead starter -_-
RIP, Seabiscuit. Black Sapphire/Schwarz 03-11-2003 530iA Sport (CK39185). T-boned 03-01-2017 at 155,861mi.
Take 2 "Otto" - Toledo Blue/Sandbeige 04-25-2002 530iA Sport (CH98032). Sold 11-10-2017 at 147,743mi.
Take 3 "Manuel" - Toledo Blue/Grau 10-29-2001 530i5 Sport (CE92358). Sold 02-01-2019 at 217,600mi. I regret that. Build Log
Reliable P.O.S. - Green/gray 1995 Camry V6 LE. 270k mi. Sold for space.
he did, and his explanation of what might happen is "losing a few horsepower", but looking at the gap now that's more than just a few horsepower
either way i have dropped another $77 on four new intake valves and valve seals from fcp euro.
If i can't find someone to borrow a valve spring compressor from someone in the MA area to do it myself before Tuesday...i'm just going to give it back to the indie again and let him replace those four.
then finally, maybe, finally i can put the car back together
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Losing a few hp??? Judging from those pics I say that's pretty much a loss of compression for those cylinders.
300HP / 8 = 37.5 HP per cylinder........ maybe 37.5 qualifies as a "few"
It's actually 35.625 hp.
I'd fix everything while it's all apart. The 540it needs every bit of power it has to haul those 4000lbs. Especially if you plan on towing it (I know you've made a thread about that recently).
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yeah...saw your other thread where you stated you "rage-bought" the valves you needed. Dude....I totally understand. Sorry you are having so much trouble.
GG - good ass-essment !! I was under the assumption Joe had compression in the other 7 jugs and this was the single suspect cylinder when it all shook out....but therez no wayz...(???) I must have missed some details in it all, like no comp test on the other bank...?? I have to scan this stuff pretty fast at times...so could have missed details which lead to a wonky reply on my part...
Guys - I've really only seen one good V-5 motor...and it was nestled neatly in between two very expensive wheels. Plus, if Joe wanted a 6-cylinder I bet he would have just bought a 6-cyl wagon in the first place...
You're on the road to recovery my man...should be a short trip from here !!
no, i did a comp test on all 8 cylinders very early on after the misfire, which is what started me down this road, took pictures of the pressure gauge too.
and i miss remembered, they weren't all around 180, they were all around 200, which is great
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also, trying not to make this a "wow look at joe's problem" thread, it is a what did you do today thread after all.
if you guys want to offer sage advice and keep up with the drama, it's over here
https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/s...es-vanos/page6
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Looking for an e39 Touring black carpet set, including the rear cargo cubbies and side sections!
ALSO looking for 540i 6speed manual transmission sets (2001+ pedals with switches, driveshaft, gearbox), for the 6speed swap! Probably not for a while....
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540i msport touring; jet black on grey
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