Transformation Of My E39 540i on Youtube!

[Ajcanadian]

Too bad you wasted all that cash on those useless "Mods" good luck with the slush box auto and have fun with the timing chain guides rattle. Are you going to ask your father for a small loan since you spent all your money on some decals and blue lights?

[Matt.Weaves]

Too bad you wasted all that cash on those useless "Mods" good luck with the slush box auto and have fun with the timing chain guides rattle. Are you going to ask your father for a small loan since you spent all your money on some decals and blue lights?

the car has low miles. timing chain is good till well over 100k and all the mods besides the steering wheel and bumpers where under 100

[ViolinARC]

the car has low miles. timing chain is good till well over 100k and all the mods besides the steering wheel and bumpers where under 100

Yes, well over 100k. I am at 235k on the original TCG's on the '00. I've been waiting for them to fail since 100k...:

[geargrinder]

damn is that a roast?

Nope. Just stating a fact.

[Ajcanadian]

Yes, well over 100k. I am at 235k on the original TCG's on the '00. I've been waiting for them to fail since 100k...:

We all know that's a different story

[gmak]

Yes, well over 100k. I am at 235k on the original TCG's on the '00. I've been waiting for them to fail since 100k...:

Patience of a saint.

[ViolinARC]

Patience of a saint.

We went backpacking in the Desolation Wilderness so Blue sat for over a week. After returning, started Blue and the infamous, perceived to be, "TCG rattle" reared it's ugly head for the first time in a looong time (after using Castrol GTX Magnatec 5W-30, the rattle has been mostly subdued). Every subsequent start has been silent so I believe that I have correctly attributed the "TCG rattle" to the Vanos unit because of the O-ring issue. Magnatec appears to keep enough oil in the Vanos unit to reduce the rattle's occurrence...

[HoZy]

We went backpacking in the Desolation Wilderness so Blue sat for over a week. After returning, started Blue and the infamous, perceived to be, "TCG rattle" reared it's ugly head for the first time in a looong time (after using Castrol GTX Magnatec 5W-30, the rattle has been mostly subdued). Every subsequent start has been silent so I believe that I have correctly attributed the "TCG rattle" to the Vanos unit because of the O-ring issue. Magnatec appears to keep enough oil in the Vanos unit to reduce the rattle's occurrence...

Ever changed your timing chain tensioner? Please tell me you have.

[XAlt]

Ever changed your timing chain tensioner? Please tell me you have.

Tensioner is mostly useless unless it's properly seized, in which case it still does little to prevent the inevitable.

These cars run dry every cold start anyways, it's the VANOS drainback valve.

[HoZy]

Tensioner is mostly useless unless it's properly seized, in which case it still does little to prevent the inevitable.

These cars run dry every cold start anyways, it's the VANOS drainback valve.

You've obviously never seen a high millage tensioner then and how compressed they are compared to a new one from heat cycle fatigue.

[XAlt]

You've obviously never seen a high millage tensioner then and how compressed they are compared to a new one from heat cycle fatigue.

And it still won't stop failure, it's there for a couple seconds until oil pressure takes over.

I've pulled springs out of JY cars, some are better than others and many are acceptable.

[ViolinARC]

Ever changed your timing chain tensioner? Please tell me you have.

Yes, I have changed the external tensioner on both 5'ers...good question!

[Matt.Weaves]

Yes, well over 100k. I am at 235k on the original TCG's on the '00. I've been waiting for them to fail since 100k...:

wow very impressive, you must baby your car!

[ViolinARC]

wow very impressive, you must baby your car!

Not at all...I has a LEAD foot!! WOT all the time...

[Matt.Weaves]

Not at all...I has a LEAD foot!! WOT all the time...

haha

[bourkeco]

Some of the responses have been really shitty!! what the hell is wrong with you? Grow up!!!

[jicaino]

I agree with GearFinger on everything he said, plus the music you used on the video is absolutely ... errr.... let's just say it matches your taste for "mods". I don't think it's riced, but it certainly looks like a romanian/latvian "bmw mafia" cars. Eurocheesed.
I think that your dad saying he woulnd't drive that anynmore could have hinted you as to what level of appreciation a true BMW enthusiast feels about spending a whackload of hard earned cash (at least by dad) in "fancy bling-o" instead on maintenance items.

[geargrinder]

And it still won't stop failure, it's there for a couple seconds until oil pressure takes over.

I've come around to this view. While I replaced mine when I got the car due to consensus view, I don't think its the issue people think it is, unless somehow a tensioner won't hold oil pressure anymore but like a stuck hydraulic lifter, that's extremely rare/freak in this day and age.

Some of the responses have been really shitty!! what the hell is wrong with you? Grow up!!!

Yep. We're all a buncha mean old meanies. There should be a safe space. Good thing there's no swearing allowed on this forum or we'd probably be really terrible!

Eurocheesed.

Heh heh. Eurocheeze. I like it.

[Matt.Weaves]

I agree with GearFinger on everything he said, plus the music you used on the video is absolutely ... errr.... let's just say it matches your taste for "mods". I don't think it's riced, but it certainly looks like a romanian/latvian "bmw mafia" cars. Eurocheesed.
I think that your dad saying he woulnd't drive that anynmore could have hinted you as to what level of appreciation a true BMW enthusiast feels about spending a whackload of hard earned cash (at least by dad) in "fancy bling-o" instead on maintenance items.

The music i choose had nothing to do with my taste what-so-ever. I literally looked up non copyrighted music and picked one

[geargrinder]

picked the crappiest awfullest one I could find

Yep.

[jicaino]

The music i choose had nothing to do with my taste what-so-ever. I literally looked up non copyrighted music and picked one

Relax kido, we're just busting chops. We all have some weird mod that would make folks here cringe their teeth... some of us, elders, hide it in the glovebox or trunk instead of just strutting it ;-)

[BimmrMeUpSnotty]

Lemme guess, you listen to..... Rick James every Friday on your way home?

[Matt.Weaves]

Lemme guess, you listen to..... Rick James every Friday on your way home?

nope never heard of him... I am more of a 70s rock or rap kinda guy

[RuskiE39]

This thread, oh god, such amusement, much wow.

[freethrowdunk]

Nice, I guess.

But curious: Do you know the definition of "couple"?