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How-To's / Engine failure due to pan gasket shift/bolt loss (e30 only)

« on: March 24, 2010, 10:14:26 PM »

E36 has only one pan and all bolts are external. It's the inside ones on the e30 that are a concern

thanks for the reply.
a bit late, but thanks nonetheless.

I started to figure that the E36 was different even tho its still an M42 when the removal procedure was well above and beyond anything i had read and then one of the pics matched up...

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How-To's / Engine failure due to pan gasket shift/bolt loss (e30 only)

« on: March 19, 2010, 10:25:28 PM »

so far as I can tell there is only one oil pan on my E36 310IS. Its the pan with the drain plug and oil dipstick tube inserts into.
regardless it was a PITA and i'll have another day trying to get the suspension back together.
No bolts were loose in the oil pain tho. which I guess was a plus, but after all the damn work, i was almost hoping there would be something

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How-To's / Engine failure due to pan gasket shift/bolt loss (e30 only)

« on: March 19, 2010, 04:01:19 PM »

Is this a problem on E36 318 with an M42? I just literally spent all freakin day gettin the oil pan out. I have no idea how i am even going to get my car back together. suspension parts had to be loosened, steering moved...PITA

and my pics donot look like the original OP's pics....what am I missin?