I ended up just pulling the motor and trans. My goal is to just reseal and clean everything. Ordered a bunch of seals and gaskets off of Pelican, so hopefully this thing won't leak for a while. Its a 90s bmw, so I'm sure it still will.
The selector shaft seal has always been pissing fluid since I've owned the car. so i replaced that and power washed/scrubbed the trans with a scuff pad. Good enough for me.
Removed the harness, degreased and pressure washed the motor
Everything up top is still looking good. Ive never messed with vans or the cam gears before, so hopefully i don't fuck it up putting the motor back together.
As i was loosening the head bolts, the longer bolt that goes into the timing cover snapped off, so thats cool. i drilled/ re tapped the hole, so hopefully i can snug that bolt down without any issues
Im pretty sure this may be why my car has always been a bitch to bleed. i don't even know how any coolant was getting through here. The fact that this motor hasn't popped yet honestly amazes me. Literally almost every coolant passage looked like this
This pretty much brings it up to date. I put the oil pan on today with a fresh gasket. I'm just waiting for my head gasket to get here, then i can start putting everything back together. Whoever "resealed" this motor last pretty much used rtv for everything, so its nice knowing that there will be legit gaskets in there now. I sold the model 5's and ordered skrimz from VR. This thing should be the best performing/looking its been (imo) after its back together.
Also, my friend surprised me with this film photo from summer time. Im super stoked on it and regained some motivation I've lost on this thing.
Thats it for now, ill be back soon.
The selector shaft seal has always been pissing fluid since I've owned the car. so i replaced that and power washed/scrubbed the trans with a scuff pad. Good enough for me.
Removed the harness, degreased and pressure washed the motor
Everything up top is still looking good. Ive never messed with vans or the cam gears before, so hopefully i don't fuck it up putting the motor back together.
As i was loosening the head bolts, the longer bolt that goes into the timing cover snapped off, so thats cool. i drilled/ re tapped the hole, so hopefully i can snug that bolt down without any issues
Im pretty sure this may be why my car has always been a bitch to bleed. i don't even know how any coolant was getting through here. The fact that this motor hasn't popped yet honestly amazes me. Literally almost every coolant passage looked like this
This pretty much brings it up to date. I put the oil pan on today with a fresh gasket. I'm just waiting for my head gasket to get here, then i can start putting everything back together. Whoever "resealed" this motor last pretty much used rtv for everything, so its nice knowing that there will be legit gaskets in there now. I sold the model 5's and ordered skrimz from VR. This thing should be the best performing/looking its been (imo) after its back together.
Also, my friend surprised me with this film photo from summer time. Im super stoked on it and regained some motivation I've lost on this thing.
Thats it for now, ill be back soon.
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