Nice progress! Nice to see all new stuff going in. Did you rotate engine over manually a couple revolutions and then recheck timing?
98 540i 6, 525 whp, 120 mph 1/4, V3 Si S/C'er @16 psi, W/A I/C, Water/Meth, Supersprint Headers, HJS Cats, 3" Custom Exhaust, UUC Twin Disc, Wavetrac LSD, GC Coil Overs, Monoball TA, AEM FP, Aeromotive FPR, AEM Failsafe AFR/Boost, Style 65's w/275's, M5 Steering Box, Eibach Sways, M3 Shifter, Evans Coolant, 85 Deg Stat, PWM Fan, 10" Subs, B.A. speakers, Grom Aux/BT, Still Rolling as my DD!
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wow great job and progress.
540i 6spd DUDMD tuned-weekend brute, sounds like an M5 throaty V8 "Vtec-ish" cam noise.
Hummer- 35inch MT's, Adventure offroad package.
check out my video gear
https://kit.co/Lv5multimedia/mobile-videographer-set-up
Best Oil hands down for bmw
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...1441c0abde2552
Jesus, this is an amazing thread to follow. Wish I had even just a fraction of the skills/knowledge you have working on it. I've got a 2001 540i and need to have the front thrust arm bushings and a strut replaced and the quote I got was for about $1700. I'm sure I could save a few pennies if I only had the DIY skills for it! Looking forward to seeing this thing running again. Thanks for documenting all of it along the way, I love seeing how these things work despite not understanding 99% of the posts hahaha.
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Subscribed. Awesome work OP. I'm embarking on this road as well albeit with a higher mileage example.
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Looks pretty good. You brought your own pallet to the car wash, LOL. Better than setting the parts on the dirty floor.
I remember that post about a cheap powder coat place, maybe someone will chime in with the info.
Your replacing the upper oil pan gasket too I hope.
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I can't believe the way the distribution housing threaded portion snapped off!?!? WTF!?!? I was having a hard time envisioning what you meant (read the email thread update notice) until I saw the pic.
Yeah be super careful of the scotchbrite, prob want to hot soapy water wash those solenoids out just in case. Google the immberwebz for stories of good ol' boys who scotchbrited their block decks and heads to clean up gasket residue and varnish and whatnot only to have the scotchbrite dust take the whole new build motor out in no time...
2003 M3CicM6 TiAg
2002 540iT Sport Vortech S/C 6MT LSD TiAg
2008 Audi A3 2.0T DSG (the daily beater)
2014 BMW X1 xDrive28i (wifemobile)
Former:
1985 MB Euro graymarket 300SL
1995.5 Audi S6 Avant (utility/winter billetturbobattlewagen)
540i 6spd DUDMD tuned-weekend brute, sounds like an M5 throaty V8 "Vtec-ish" cam noise.
Hummer- 35inch MT's, Adventure offroad package.
check out my video gear
https://kit.co/Lv5multimedia/mobile-videographer-set-up
Best Oil hands down for bmw
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...1441c0abde2552
http://boneheadperformance.com
These guys did a great job on mine. Proper pre bake out and such. Highly rated hard working guys there. Likely going to be pricey with shipping and all though...
98 540i 6, 525 whp, 120 mph 1/4, V3 Si S/C'er @16 psi, W/A I/C, Water/Meth, Supersprint Headers, HJS Cats, 3" Custom Exhaust, UUC Twin Disc, Wavetrac LSD, GC Coil Overs, Monoball TA, AEM FP, Aeromotive FPR, AEM Failsafe AFR/Boost, Style 65's w/275's, M5 Steering Box, Eibach Sways, M3 Shifter, Evans Coolant, 85 Deg Stat, PWM Fan, 10" Subs, B.A. speakers, Grom Aux/BT, Still Rolling as my DD!
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540i 6spd DUDMD tuned-weekend brute, sounds like an M5 throaty V8 "Vtec-ish" cam noise.
Hummer- 35inch MT's, Adventure offroad package.
check out my video gear
https://kit.co/Lv5multimedia/mobile-videographer-set-up
Best Oil hands down for bmw
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...1441c0abde2552
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Just read through this thread, great work so far! The car looks super clean, a classic example of the beauty of the E39. I particularly like the steering wheel rewrap you did. I tried redying my wheel and it never turned out as well as I'd hoped, and I never thought of a DIY rewrap before.
Good luck on the rest of your engine rebuild and install, I look forward to seeing updates!
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Looks good. Will look even better after you clean off the grease and dirt of the top of the upper oil pan.
Did you intentionally leave the front crank seal off for now? I usually install a new front seal into the timing cover before reinstalling it, that's worked out nicely over the last 18 guide jobs I've done.
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Did you still use timing tools (like the timing blocks that sit on he camshafts) when the engine is out the car in order to change timing guides? Im looking at buying an engine soon to rebuild during the winter. How much easier is this job doing it outside of the car?
Yeah, you still need the timing tools, the engine's timing procedure doesn't change when it's outside the car...
I wouldn't say it's much easier overall. Yes, you have better access, but to pull an engine out and then put it back in, that's a heck of a lot more work and comes with the risk of breaking more stuff. The only time it makes sense to do a job like this with the engine out of the car is if you already have to have the engine out, like in the OP's case.
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