This is just to pass on my experience on my 318is. Car was running strong, no real engine noise fro what I found.
After cleaning the engine area I found that I had a oil leak on the lower timing case, which required the removal of the crank bolt.
After reading on this site several methods to try and get the bolt off, I went with the removing the lower oil pan and putting a piece of wood between the main crank and the housing. The bolt still remained on and would not move, however the engine did as I pulled hard on the break bar. So after talking to a old friend of my who is a garage owner he said the way to get it off was to put the breaker bar on and have the car down on the ground so that when you turn over the starter it would break the bolt free. So I went home and set the car up with the breaker bar in a long tube, made sure that the bar would hit the ground and not the car as the engine is turned. Well after two turns of the key the bolt was free. PS I had been work on this bolt for 2 weeks on and off. Ha-ha.
On to the next part, I was cleaning the oil pick up and found plastic and metal in the intake, not good.. after removing the top and lower timing chain cases and the rocker cover, I found that the top guide was completely gone, and that the guide on the right was broken and had parts missing. I pulled out bolts from the housing area along with metal and lager plastic parts from the top guide.
Topic: Remove Crank Bolt & Busted Timing Guide (Read 2387 times)