Hello need help Please!!!

[nozkrazy]

Hello new to the forums
umm need help identifying what went wrong???
i was driving on the freeway to work, like ususal..
and halfway there BOOM sounded like something poped and lots of rumbling
got out and i could see fire coming from the cat... towed it home later that day

[bigskyis]

I could be wrong...but looks to me like you are in the market for a new engine. Looks to me like you punched a hole in your block.

[nozkrazy]

Yea that's what I was thinking it's look like a head punched through my block

[mabeer]

Sorry for your misfortune.

Wake74 has one for sale in the For Sale Forum

I am pulling the M42 out of my 318ti for an M52 swap. This car is my daily driver. Engine runs strong, no known issues.

New parts since I have owned the car, since July:

• Mobil 1 in engine, Redline in tranny, BMW coolant
  New belts
  New idler pulleys x 3
  New plugs
  New water pump
  New plastic coolant pipe
  New thermostat
  New vacuum hoses to / from ICV
  New vacuum hoses to fuel injectors
  New flow matched fuel injectors
  New motor / tranny mounts

Things that will be sold with the engine:

• Long Block
  All bolt-on accesseries, AC compressor, alternator, power steering pump
  Intake including the sought after M42 intake
  Exhaust manifolds. You can have the cat section too, but the heat shield is loose, needs to be removed
  Engine wiring harness
  DME
  Transmission & Clutch
  Engine mounts
  

I also have a manual tranny 328 (my engine donor) wreck that you could pull the clutch pedal, etc. from if you are trying to do an auto to manual tranny swap at the same time

Will include a few misc. M42 parts, extra ICV, intake boot, MAF, intake gasket, etc.

Have not attempted to dress-up the engine, or make the engine shiny. This is exactly as driven photos.

Asking $700 cash picked up in Lakeland, FL for everything. Lakeland is approximately half way between Orlando and Tampa, FL.









Videos:

http://www.wakefieldweb.org/BMW%20E36%20Parts/IMG_0770.mp4

http://www.wakefieldweb.org/BMW%20E36%20Parts/IMG_0769.mp4

[DesktopDave]

+1 - sorry to hear about your motor.

There is a "silver lining" though - You'll be able to get some of that money back if the cyl. head is still good. If you're lucky, the piston stayed low in the bore and no valves were bent.

Heads are hard to find since most M42s die by overheating. They usually go for $250 or so around here.

[colin86325]

I had that happen to me: boom sound, huge ball of fire coming from under the car as I was driving on the freeway, and a huge hole in the engine block.
I spun a bearing and the rod and piston exited the block.  Not fun, but I was able to build a decent new motor that's a lot of fun.