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Engine + Driveline / piece of gasket fell into timing chain area

« on: January 30, 2012, 06:44:47 PM »

I know chain pieces get into the lower oil pan (I found some) so it must have a way to make it there. Paper is bigger but still... where would it go?

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Engine + Driveline / piece of gasket fell into timing chain area

« on: January 30, 2012, 12:47:53 PM »

What are the possible outcomes... damage to the oil pump etc?

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Engine + Driveline / piece of gasket fell into timing chain area

« on: January 29, 2012, 07:52:38 PM »

would this cause a problem

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Engine + Driveline / Stripped bolt

« on: January 28, 2012, 02:29:22 AM »

I stripped the top bolt on my timing chain guide, and wondered what would be the best solution. Lots of options... JB Weld and re-drill/tap?

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Engine + Driveline / Chain guide top bolt adjustment

« on: January 28, 2012, 02:28:21 AM »

Ok, I'll make it touch...

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Engine + Driveline / Chain guide top bolt adjustment

« on: January 26, 2012, 07:58:21 PM »

Sure

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Engine + Driveline / Chain guide top bolt adjustment

« on: January 26, 2012, 04:34:52 PM »

Let me know if you see how.

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Engine + Driveline / Chain guide top bolt adjustment

« on: January 26, 2012, 04:22:19 PM »

How do I set it, the adjustment for the M44 guide (on M42 engine). Little loose and tighten down, tighten a little, then tighten bolt?

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General Topics / speedometer problem

« on: January 19, 2012, 12:30:50 AM »

I have replaced SI batteries, and reflowed all the solder joints on the SI board, and back of speedometer. No avail, the speedometer will not work on acceleration, only after I release the gas.

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Engine + Driveline / someone messed up my cam sprocket chains!

« on: October 23, 2008, 12:48:19 AM »

I found the arrow, however I can't find the tick mark on the harmonic balancer. What does it look like?

I also could not find the hole the book talks about for aligning with the flywheel... where is this hole? Is it on the side by the alternator, or the other side?

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Engine + Driveline / someone messed up my cam sprocket chains!

« on: October 22, 2008, 10:42:28 PM »

One of them is off, not pointing as it should. However, I can turn the engine a bit more then the other one is off instead. How can I tell if it is the intake or exhaust cam that is set one tooth off?

I had thought that if there were a way to look at the markings on the engine (if there are such?) that I could set it true TDC and then look to see which cam is not pointing as it is supposed to. Is this possible with this engine?

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Engine + Driveline / someone messed up my cam sprocket chains!

« on: October 22, 2008, 06:14:21 PM »

Hey, I took valve cover off, and it looks like the cam sprockets are not aligned. They are 1 tooth off from each other, so if you turn one straight up (arrow up on end of cam shaft), other end is at an angle about equivalent to 1 tooth of the sprocket.

How can I find top dead center on my 1991 318is M42? How can I know which cam sprocket is off by one tooth? How can I be sure it really is off one tooth like I think?

The problem is the chain was replaced, and the car makes horrible noises at 4k rpm and above. Exactly the symptoms I have heard can be caused when the timing was way off. I do not know who did the work on this engine, or I'd talk to them.

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General Topics / someone messed up my cam sprocket chains!

« on: October 22, 2008, 05:19:16 PM »

TOPIC MOVED

I have moved this topic into the engine forum, where I originally intended to post it. Oops.

Link: http://www.m42club.com/forums/showthread.php?p=59254#post59254

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Engine + Driveline / newb with mystery parts

« on: March 27, 2008, 10:22:07 PM »

gotta love cars full of mystery. I'm glad my car wasn't messed with. I had another car that had had a swap (not a bmw).... cut wires everywhere. who knows what they were for. lol.

by the way, you can fix your brake pad warning light very quickly if you want. just go to your rear wheel and cut the brake pad warning wires and short them. that's how they were on my car when I got it.

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Engine + Driveline / Would 3.64 diff ruin 318is?

« on: March 27, 2008, 10:03:26 PM »

If you really want to shell out the bacon, the e46 330i 6-speed fits

Which E46's had 6speed trannys in them? I thought only the ///M cars had the 6 speed? How much do these cost usually?