1994 E36 M3

[Peter@AEW]

This is a three owner car having been recently acquired by the third owner, from a lady who covered some 160000Km during the period of her ownership.

Currently with 209500Km and a 1994 build date it has a full dealer service history..
Interior is absolutely clean.

Owner is friends with a forum member and has been complaining about a lack of performance so when Faisel came to collect his red e36M he dropped this with me .



Perished hoses

---

Even burn across all cylinders with compression between 140 and 145

---

Clearly evident above is that 4 of the 6 plugs are oil contaminated from a leaking gasket.

---

A few leaks on the periphery as well and two stripped threads from over tightening.

---

---

---

---

---

Solenoids inoperative:

---

---

 

[Prev]

Can the solenoids be rescued?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[Peter@AEW]

Can the solenoids be rescued?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Love the question Prev.......

Well that depends on how broke I am currently

I am getting no reading on one and an erratic reading on the other.

I will give it a try to salvage at least one of them if not both.

 

[Prev]

Out of interest sake, what would replacement solenoids cost?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[Peter@AEW]

Out of interest sake, what would replacement solenoids cost?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Roughly R2k each from the agents which is excessive.

Solenoids do not typically get damaged and break.....

 

[AWEA Pa]

Looks like history reappearing itself . Lol:rollsmile:

---

Repeating*

 

[Wes]

Out of interest sake, what would replacement solenoids cost?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Roughly R2k each from the agents which is excessive.

Solenoids do not typically get damaged and break.....

What causes damage like this though? Was the car in storage for a long time?

 

[Peter@AEW]

Wes the car was a daily driver.

All solenoid wires need to be secured so as not to have vibration travel through to the solder points.
Most failures are caused by loose solenoid wires vibrating loose from the soldered part.

This particular car seems to have ingested water (or condensation) in the solenoid housing at some point which exarcibated the failure

 

[Gizmo]

Wes the car was a daily driver.

All solenoid wires need to be secured so as not to have vibration travel through to the solder points.
Most failures are caused by loose solenoid wires vibrating loose from the soldered part.

This particular car seems to have ingested water (or condensation) in the solenoid housing at some point which exarcibated the failure

Can a careless person cleaning off the engine with a karcher have caused water to get inside?
Great work as always Peter.

 

[Peter@AEW]

Possible Warren as the top solenoid wire would be the likely recipient of a lot of concentrated pressure

 

[Peejay]

Shew. Good work.
For that vent pipe on top of the radiator, did you have to order the entire pipe or just that rubber piece on the radiator side?

 

[Peter@AEW]

Pj that overflow return rubber pipe is quoted at R500 per meter from the agents.

I will use another piece from my stock of pipes at no charge to the owner and just buy the clamps from WURTH at half the price than quoted by the agents.

 

[Daaf Vader]

What's the motto: Stingy but not cheap?

Great work Peter as always let the wizardry continue! raise:

 

[Peter@AEW]

Had the timeserts done on the cam box.

---

Cleaned the sludge off

---

and cleaned the vanos unit ready for seals.

---

The hose clamp is positioned incorrectly and is also the wrong diameter for the hose.
I will get the correct diameter clamp and position it correctly once the new lower radiator hose is changed.

---

Tomorrow I shall strip the power steering hoses as they are leaking through the walls and see whether they can be salvaged (if the fittings are not showing signs of stress) by having them refurbished.

The top solenoid is still giving me grief and I have not been able to persuade it to work.
More ultrasonic bath methinks.
The bottom one is 100% and reads correctly.

We shall see

 

[Wes]

Top class work, as always, Sir Greek

 

[rodga]

Can you tell me more about the refurbishment of power steering hoses?

Sent from my SM-N900 using Tapatalk

 

[NavZ]

:clapper:

 

[Peejay]

Bravo :clapper::clapper::clapper:

 

[Peter@AEW]

Here is why I only use OE parts.

---

---

The "sweating" hoses can be clearly seen in that they have contaminated the whole area in a film of ATF

---

---

---

Vanos unit closed up with both solenoids working and recording correct readings.

Solenoid seals were changed and wires were re soldered.

---

Timing cover full of road dirt and grease from leaking vanos unit.

---

....and this is what it looked like after I nuked it with brushes chisels acid and a bit of tlc.

 

[Prev]

raise:raise:raise:

vanos looks so purrty :clapper: