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    Here are some pics of the the car I got last Sunday. We drove to New Orleans to pic up. Bought it from cnardinola318is. The car only has 121k miles on it and a really clean interior. The paint is a little faded but the car is pretty straight. The lower valance is a little bent and the lip spoiler is missing. The story is that his girl friend stalled it deep water and tried to start it and it hydro locked. The result was a broken rod. It not only broke the rod, the spinning rod broke the block and the oil pan. It left 2 windows in it, one on each side. You can see trough the block.

    The morning after the 800 mile round trip.

    In the garage.

    In position for surgery.


    I pulled the engine out yesterday, Hope to get it apart soon and see what else I need to put it back together. I have a block that only has 100k on it. If the head is good I will be back in business soon.
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    1990 E30 325ic (sold for more than I paid for it after 5 Years)
    1995 E30 325e (in progress)
    1987 E30 325is (totaled)
    1990 E30 325i
    1991 E30 318is M50 PWR
    1996 E36 328ic
    1997 Z3
    2006 F150 Super Crew 5.4L 6.5' bed The work horse (need something to drag all these old BMW's home for resurrection.)

    #2
    congrats !

    looks like that project is in good hands.

    Also dig the color
    (don't recall seeing many e30 318is's in that color)
    -----Zen and the Art of e30 Maintenance - / - Zen TOC - / - Zen Summary

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      #3
      Originally posted by Simon S View Post
      congrats !

      looks like that project is in good hands.

      Also dig the color
      (don't recall seeing many e30 318is's in that color)
      Thanks, I got the engine out new years day and man, is the block messed up. I hope to take the engine apart this weekend to see the extent of the damage. Its a shame because the car only has 121k on it. I have he original window sticker, and all maint. records. It even has new tires on it. Maybe it will be running next week, we will see.
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      1990 E30 325ic (sold for more than I paid for it after 5 Years)
      1995 E30 325e (in progress)
      1987 E30 325is (totaled)
      1990 E30 325i
      1991 E30 318is M50 PWR
      1996 E36 328ic
      1997 Z3
      2006 F150 Super Crew 5.4L 6.5' bed The work horse (need something to drag all these old BMW's home for resurrection.)

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        #4
        nice find, it that sterling or lachs?
        Continuous For Sale Thread
        323i s50

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          #5
          Faded sterling.
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          1990 E30 325ic (sold for more than I paid for it after 5 Years)
          1995 E30 325e (in progress)
          1987 E30 325is (totaled)
          1990 E30 325i
          1991 E30 318is M50 PWR
          1996 E36 328ic
          1997 Z3
          2006 F150 Super Crew 5.4L 6.5' bed The work horse (need something to drag all these old BMW's home for resurrection.)

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            #6
            More Udates

            The head appears to have 2 bent intake valves, other than that is looks good. I have 3 other heads for parts so the valves wont be a problem. Here are some pics of the removal and the damage. I don't get a lot in processes pics since I am a one man show.

            Engine out.


            Damage to the block:


            You can see through the block:


            The other side oil pan:


            The culprit:


            More damage found behind AC bracket.
            sigpic
            1990 E30 325ic (sold for more than I paid for it after 5 Years)
            1995 E30 325e (in progress)
            1987 E30 325is (totaled)
            1990 E30 325i
            1991 E30 318is M50 PWR
            1996 E36 328ic
            1997 Z3
            2006 F150 Super Crew 5.4L 6.5' bed The work horse (need something to drag all these old BMW's home for resurrection.)

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              #7
              That thing is fubar'd, breathing new life into it huh? Plans for it? just fix and flip or keep?

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                #8
                If your replacing the engine I will have one out of my IS I'm swapping it out for a S52. Let me know
                "A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith alone does not prove anything."

                Friedrich Nietzsche

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by SchnellerVert View Post
                  That thing is fubar'd, breathing new life into it huh? Plans for it? just fix and flip or keep?
                  For now I just plan on putting it back together. I have an m42 100k block that is perfect left from a previous project. The head is straight but has 2 bent valves which I have plenty of. I hope to start putting it back together this week. Maybe be back on the road soon.




                  Originally posted by chuck90m3 View Post
                  If your replacing the engine I will have one out of my IS I'm swapping it out for a S52. Let me know
                  Thanks for the offer but I have plenty of parts to put this back together. The only thing I needed was an oil pan but I have one on the way now.
                  sigpic
                  1990 E30 325ic (sold for more than I paid for it after 5 Years)
                  1995 E30 325e (in progress)
                  1987 E30 325is (totaled)
                  1990 E30 325i
                  1991 E30 318is M50 PWR
                  1996 E36 328ic
                  1997 Z3
                  2006 F150 Super Crew 5.4L 6.5' bed The work horse (need something to drag all these old BMW's home for resurrection.)

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                    #10
                    Well I found out that the '94 m42 and the '91 m42 have different size valve stems on them. So I had to order 2 intake valves. They were cheap enough through pelican parts. All parts should be in this week, I hope. Maybe I can start the reassembly this weekend. Fingers crossed.
                    sigpic
                    1990 E30 325ic (sold for more than I paid for it after 5 Years)
                    1995 E30 325e (in progress)
                    1987 E30 325is (totaled)
                    1990 E30 325i
                    1991 E30 318is M50 PWR
                    1996 E36 328ic
                    1997 Z3
                    2006 F150 Super Crew 5.4L 6.5' bed The work horse (need something to drag all these old BMW's home for resurrection.)

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                      #11
                      Update

                      Got all my parts in today, oil pan and all. Got the new valves installed in the head. Hope to get the engine all put back together tomorrow night and start putting it back in the car Sat. We will see. Fingers crossed.
                      sigpic
                      1990 E30 325ic (sold for more than I paid for it after 5 Years)
                      1995 E30 325e (in progress)
                      1987 E30 325is (totaled)
                      1990 E30 325i
                      1991 E30 318is M50 PWR
                      1996 E36 328ic
                      1997 Z3
                      2006 F150 Super Crew 5.4L 6.5' bed The work horse (need something to drag all these old BMW's home for resurrection.)

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                        #12
                        wow, that block carnage is hairy!

                        Originally posted by whysimon
                        WTF is hello Kitty (I'm 28 with no kids and I don't have cable)

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                          #13
                          Imagine the sound as it hyrdolocked..
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                            #14
                            Making Progress

                            Started putting things back together and thought I would post some updated pics.

                            More carnage behind the alternator bracket.


                            Couple shots of the donor block.



                            Getting close.


                            More updates coming.
                            sigpic
                            1990 E30 325ic (sold for more than I paid for it after 5 Years)
                            1995 E30 325e (in progress)
                            1987 E30 325is (totaled)
                            1990 E30 325i
                            1991 E30 318is M50 PWR
                            1996 E36 328ic
                            1997 Z3
                            2006 F150 Super Crew 5.4L 6.5' bed The work horse (need something to drag all these old BMW's home for resurrection.)

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                              #15
                              Well I finally got the thing back together and cranked. It runs like shit. I think it may be electrical. I haven't had time this week to track it down, maybe I will have time to look at it this weekend. I did drive it down the street and it seems really tight. I hope to make this my DD. My truck just uses too much gas to drive it every day.
                              sigpic
                              1990 E30 325ic (sold for more than I paid for it after 5 Years)
                              1995 E30 325e (in progress)
                              1987 E30 325is (totaled)
                              1990 E30 325i
                              1991 E30 318is M50 PWR
                              1996 E36 328ic
                              1997 Z3
                              2006 F150 Super Crew 5.4L 6.5' bed The work horse (need something to drag all these old BMW's home for resurrection.)

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