Daggerty Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 I could help you Tuesday or Wednesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted August 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Exhaust studs installed, passenger side of engine cleaned and painted. On to the cams now. Dom I may take you up on your offer. I will let you know The Full Banana, HipMF and Bassboy3313 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted August 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 I spent all my cam install time today scrubbing my garage floor with some concrete cleaner. Lets just say yesterday I earned an Oil-Dri sponsorship for my accurate scale depiction of the BP Gulf oil spill. I also discovered the E36 oil pan on this engine (which i'm not using) is cracked so that saves me from having to try selling it. My vamos rebuild starts with a gross negligence towards following instructions and a blatant disregard for left handed threads so I snapped the torx screw inside the deep bore of the helical gear. Unrepairable. This is the helical gear I didnt want to curse my vamos by getting my Dora gloves all dirty but unfortunately oil on precision machined aluminum is very slippery and the vamos piston got away from me. I couldnt quite get a good grip so I used some vise-grips, but the handles were oily so I dropped it again. So the broken screw really happened but luckily i had a spare vamos assembly to pick parts from so no usable vamos parts were harmed in this rebuild. I installed the Beisan. Its spelled Beisan, not BeSian, Beisan, like Nissan. Just like how its a Giubo and not a Guibo, and a vamos instead of a vanos, wait, dammit! The Beisan anti rattle ring was installed and the piston seals were replaced. Its nice and tight now. Just hope it all works. HipMF and Jdesign 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted August 8, 2017 Report Share Posted August 8, 2017 Sweet gloves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted August 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 More unbelievable progress: VANOS solenoid got a makeover and its o-ring replaced. WOW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 Get a new cam sensor oring. I forgot to replace mine. Healthy dose of rtv and way-too-small oring for the "fix" GunMetalGrey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdesign Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 Making lots of progress on something we all thought we wouldn't see. I really enjoy your posts, informative and yet hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted August 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Primary cam sprockets have been removed. Chain tensioner guides are groovy and will be replaced. Lower chain guides are broken/ disintegrating and will be replaced. Someone has been in here before and had the sprockets off. The vanos seals were brittle so it wasnt for a vanos rebuild, the guides are plenty worn so it wasnt for that. So I would assume the head gasket has been replaced or something. I could be sitting on a fresh BMW head gasket. or the engine could have overheated, they slapped on a 284k mile head with a Fail-Pro gasket and reused the head bolts. who really knows. I need to get my oil pan and baffle dropped off for welding so it is ready to go on in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Crazy how the guides were blasted already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Can you see the corner of the head gasket? It should stick out in one spot so you can see what it is if it isn't too crusty. B C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted August 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 Cams removed, they didnt break. Now to achieve the same success installing the S52 cams. Probably Saturday Rekpoint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggerty Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 The first time is the worst. So the story goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 Journals in good shape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted August 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 Journals in good shape? Yeah, nothing to see there KaiserRolls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted August 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 Ball Sacks Intake cam is in but while torquing the bearing caps to 15 Nm two of the studs pulled out I can only imagine the horror people feel as they torque head bolts into an aluminum block and feel it give way. Not the end of the world at all but I will have to remove the cam and trays/lifters to helicoil them. Minor annoyance. Not the progress I was hoping for today though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted August 13, 2017 Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 Ouch man what a kick in the nuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted August 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 1000x better than breaking a camshaft though. I'll take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted August 13, 2017 Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 Odd that the head-side went. You'd think the stud would be bottomed out and the nut wouldn't turn it anymore. But as you said. 100000 times better than a cam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted August 13, 2017 Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 1000x better than breaking a camshaft though. I'll take it. But see now your doubling your chances at breaking it so that would be -1000x. We both know that will just cancel it self out now and create the crazy looking number "0" Practice makes perfect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Full Banana Posted August 13, 2017 Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 Helicoils are garbage. Get some keenserts from McMaster! says the guy who had to use them too many times on his all aluminum engine. Jdesign 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipMF Posted August 13, 2017 Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 Times-sert is another option. Don't have any experience with them, but my boss thinks they are great. Do have experience with heli-coils, mostly trying to fix ones that someone else has installed and have now failed. Not fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted August 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 Being a low torque application I will stick with heli-coils. If it were head bolt threads in an aluminum block id definitely consider the timesert. Thanks for the mentions though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Full Banana Posted August 13, 2017 Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 Good luck. If the helicoils give you trouble, keenserts (or timeserts) will be there for you. I had about 50% success rate with helicoils in the same application (aluminum head, low torque fasteners to secure the cams) before being shown the light by a friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted August 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 Coolant pipe adapter installed. I went with the overpriced one from Turner rather than the overpriced one from Achillies or making my own. I like the fact that this kit comes with a popsicle stick and DOUBLE/BUBBLE brand 2 part epoxy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdesign Posted August 14, 2017 Report Share Posted August 14, 2017 +1 for using a time-serts, a much better option IMO. I would think you of all people would hate to do something a second or third time. B C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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