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DISCUSSION => Engine + Driveline => Topic started by: wazzu70 on February 02, 2010, 06:45:18 PM

Title: A for effort? WTF
Post by: wazzu70 on February 02, 2010, 06:45:18 PM

When I was tearing my new engine down this weekend I found this:

(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx146/nhertlein/1991%20e30/M42%20turbo%20project/M42011.jpg)

(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx146/nhertlein/1991%20e30/M42%20turbo%20project/M42012.jpg)

(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx146/nhertlein/1991%20e30/M42%20turbo%20project/M42013.jpg)

(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx146/nhertlein/1991%20e30/M42%20turbo%20project/M42014.jpg)

(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx146/nhertlein/1991%20e30/M42%20turbo%20project/M42018.jpg)

WTF. Just spend a few buck on a oil pan for a junkyard! Looks like I will have to go through this motor a little more carefully than I first thought.  :?

I don't really care, I just thought it was a weird fix. The hose clamp was broken too.

Now you know why I have a WTB in the classifieds for a new upper pan :)

Title: A for effort? WTF
Post by: BlueBMW on February 02, 2010, 10:21:57 PM

Its bad enough finding bolts loose, but a hose clamp holding it together?  Total w1n.   I wonder how long it was running with that in there?

Title: A for effort? WTF
Post by: RED IS 91 on February 05, 2010, 04:06:31 PM

It don't get no more "GHETTO" than that.
WOW that is unbelievable.
good luck

Title: A for effort? WTF
Post by: DesktopDave on February 05, 2010, 05:58:20 PM

Wonder how hard the PO cracked the lower pan?  That's unreal.  It's a tribute to BMW making good decisions though.

Title: A for effort? WTF
Post by: Chalino on February 06, 2010, 09:04:35 PM

Afro-engineering at its finest.