I'm parting out an M42 from a '91 318is. It had around 182k miles on it before the timing chain slipped, bending all of the intake valves. :roll: FredK was kind enough to hook me up with his old motor. I have no space to keep this thing, even though I know I'll eventually kick myself for getting rid of the parts…
During the course of finding the root cause of the valve crash and swapping parts onto my "new" engine I disassembled pretty much everything except the block, so most gaskets are shot. All of the timing components are shot; sprockets are pointy, chain's stretched, guides aren't even installed. I didn't look to see if the inner chain case (against the block) is damaged, but I don't believe it is as the chain didn't come off the sprockets, it just slipped on them. Before the moment of impact, I think the bottom end sounded fine. There are some fresh dents in the pistons from the intake valves, and some old dents from where the exhaust valves apparently touched down at some point in the past. I don't speak from experience, but I think the dents could be cleaned up and the pistons re-used as-is.
I'd like $100 for the complete engine, picked up. There's no way this is worth shipping for anyone. :) If nobody wants the whole shebang, I'll ship individual parts. Prices below are OBO, actual shipping from 02155 extra:
• valve cover —50
• upper and lower intake —40
• throttle body — 35
• exhaust manifold — 10 (I had to cut off one bolt on the flange)
• motor mount brackets — 20 each
• main oil pan — 40
• lower oil pan —35
• cam position sensor — 10
• crank position sensor — 10
I also have an A/C compressor, but don't know if it works.
Whatever else you want, make me an offer.
And the dents on the pistons:
During the course of finding the root cause of the valve crash and swapping parts onto my "new" engine I disassembled pretty much everything except the block, so most gaskets are shot. All of the timing components are shot; sprockets are pointy, chain's stretched, guides aren't even installed. I didn't look to see if the inner chain case (against the block) is damaged, but I don't believe it is as the chain didn't come off the sprockets, it just slipped on them. Before the moment of impact, I think the bottom end sounded fine. There are some fresh dents in the pistons from the intake valves, and some old dents from where the exhaust valves apparently touched down at some point in the past. I don't speak from experience, but I think the dents could be cleaned up and the pistons re-used as-is.
I'd like $100 for the complete engine, picked up. There's no way this is worth shipping for anyone. :) If nobody wants the whole shebang, I'll ship individual parts. Prices below are OBO, actual shipping from 02155 extra:
• valve cover —50
• upper and lower intake —40
• throttle body — 35
• exhaust manifold — 10 (I had to cut off one bolt on the flange)
• motor mount brackets — 20 each
• main oil pan — 40
• lower oil pan —35
• cam position sensor — 10
• crank position sensor — 10
I also have an A/C compressor, but don't know if it works.
Whatever else you want, make me an offer.
And the dents on the pistons:
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