This is easily the most ridiculous car I’ve ever owned...and I’ve owned a lot. Thing has nearly 300,000 miles on it and by all accounts when I got it was all original. Literally. Like down to the coolant and oil...or at least the oil filter because it leaked so much oil it couldn’t possibly be the original stuff. Everything leaked...oil (obviously), coolant, power steering, brakes...if it was wet it was getting out. I had to scrape half an inch of “stuff” off the flanges just to the get to cat pipe/header bolts. I couldn’t tell you with any certainty what color the transmission is because all I can see is a general area in which I’m sure it’s located. The only part of the engine that’s remotely clean is the front of the oil pan, and only that because the car was wrecked which took out all the plastic shielding so it’s been blasted with water and road debris for who knows how long.
Finding the largest oil leaks was easy enough. The power steering leak was easy to find, and was painfully addressed, but it’s still leaking a few drops of oil and about a tablespoon of coolant every day but it’s like finding a leak in the roof of a building that used to be three buildings under two, possibly three, roofs all done by different people 15 years ago.
So, you've done this?
just how many tubs are needed to cover the area beneath a car? What about the space in between and around them?
Those plastic tubs hold twenty gallons or more. How did you carry them off for "proper disposal"?
@OP
If you have access to a coin op DIY car wash that is the answer. Bring a change of clothes as you'll be filthy.
I'd be looking at the oil filter housing gasket to the block and coolant is probably weeping from the plastic hose to block seals. I am facing the same unpleasant situation.
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If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower. - Mark Donohue
Jeezuz Christ, did the PO have you at gunpoint to buy that pile of Eturdynine??? Shoot, you bought it like that, you might as well be as guilty as the PO....
Set the controls for the heart of the sun
It was cheap, had 190psi +/-5 all around, what I wanted, and I wasn’t too constrained by concern over your approval.
Lol! Busting your balls man!
Set the controls for the heart of the sun
LOL.
It is true even a “only moderately leaky” M62 can end up a filth encrusted mess underneath. As all have concurred, a just-don’t-be-stupid pressure wash is way to go. The bigger pain is when you have sludge all down the front of the motor to clean up during a timing job or whatever, and the car is in a place where you can’t blast it w the washer cuz it’s half torn down. When I did mine I really wanted to be able to roll it out and just blast the crap out of the front and the oil pan shelf from above...
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)
Elbow grease, dish soap, no pressure washer:
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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.
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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.
you're cheating with your fancy rack and pinion
Eibach sway bar...+2
Hope you have the rear one too.
Yep! Front and rear.
Here’s the whole thing reassembled with the rack and the heat shield in place:
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Nate J.
(oOO\ (|||)º(|||) /OOo)
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.
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