picked up a bmw dirt cheap BUT.... (Page 1/2)
bkcamaro MAR 25, 02:47 AM
I picked up a BMW from a buddy of mine for dirt cheap its a 1998 318i? coupe hatchback black but its got a blown head gasket 1.9L 4 cylinder 5 speed and i never replaced a head gasket on a over head cam engine before let alone dual over head cam. I mostly work on my chevy small blocks easy simple but i am kind of intimidated by a dual overhead cam engine any one got any advice for me

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tesmith66 MAR 25, 07:23 AM
Get a repair manual, then rob a bank. Them Bavarian parts is 'spensive!

Or you can drop a Ford 5.0 drive train in like one of my coworkers is doing in his 325.
Stubby79 MAR 25, 02:17 PM
Dual cam 4-banger doesn't have anything on the V6 dual cam I worked on. If you're lucky, there's only one cam sprocket, and the two cams are connected to each other by a chain. If it's a chain, nto a belt, well, its the same thing, just messier. If you can change a timing chain on a pushrod, this is only going a step or two farther. Won't have any pushrods to pull....everything will just come off with the head.

Yeah, there's more parts to it than a push-rod, but it isn't any more complex, really.
bkcamaro MAR 25, 02:56 PM

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Originally posted by Stubby79:

Dual cam 4-banger doesn't have anything on the V6 dual cam I worked on. If you're lucky, there's only one cam sprocket, and the two cams are connected to each other by a chain. If it's a chain, nto a belt, well, its the same thing, just messier. If you can change a timing chain on a pushrod, this is only going a step or two farther. Won't have any pushrods to pull....everything will just come off with the head.

Yeah, there's more parts to it than a push-rod, but it isn't any more complex, really.



Pulling a part is the easy part lol what I'm afraid of is not getting the timing right when putting it back together
Xyster MAR 25, 03:52 PM
I heard the older BMWs used the SBC bellhousing pattern. I wonder if this is true for four bangers too.

Just saying.

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tebailey MAR 25, 04:13 PM

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Originally posted by tesmith66:

Get a repair manual, then rob a bank. Them Bavarian parts is 'spensive!

Or you can drop a Ford 5.0 drive train in like one of my coworkers is doing in his 325.



Agree with getting the manual, that will show you where the timing marks are on the cams. Without that info you could get into big trouble. Worst one I did was a Fiat double over head cam. 6 gears had to be held in timed position while the belt was slipped on. PIA!!!
bkcamaro MAR 25, 06:09 PM

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Originally posted by Xyster:

I heard the older BMWs used the SBC bellhousing pattern. I wonder if this is true for four bangers too.

Just saying.




that makes me have bad ideas haha
bmwguru MAR 27, 04:14 AM


The timing tools are pretty cheap or can be made if you have an hour or two to kill. The entire job is easy enough to do too.

Dave

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Xyster MAR 27, 08:38 AM

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Originally posted by bmwguru:






Hey Guru,

Can you verify the bellhousing thing?
bmwguru MAR 27, 10:51 AM

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Originally posted by Xyster:


Hey Guru,

Can you verify the bellhousing thing?



I can tell you from what I've seen and I don't think that it is even close. I could be wrong though. (need specific year or engine code and I could probably tell you)

Dave

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