twincam swap disaster

[hugh jass]

So Blunt came out the last 2 days to help me finish my s52 swap in my 90 325. We finished everthing and were trying to get the motor to fire and noticed that the crank pulley was wobbling as we were cranking the motor. So we pulled the pulley off thinking it was tweaked. We then go fire the motor again and notice that the crank bolt is wobbling as the motor is spinning. The front of the crank is bent! How awesome is that! 55,000 motor that was supposedly in a rollover. So now I'm stuck with a motor with a bad crank. We managed to pull everything out before he left but I'm basically back to where I started, only this time with a bad motor.
I'm debating on wheter to take a gamble and just have the crank replaced or just get an entirely new motor.
Pretty sweet, eh?

[Farbin Kaiber]

bummer for a bimmer

[JasonC]

That is a bummer.

[FredK]

FUCCCKCKCKCKCKCK! That sucks!!! Who sold you the engine?

[matt]

Whole new motor.

If you bought it from a wrecker, it should have a warranty.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Maybe use a BFH.. No, on second thought, claim warranty from the wrecker you got it from ( if you can, some only do 90 day warranty for used engines i buy at the shop.)

[hugh jass]

I would go back to the dismantler but they went out of business, so I'm basically stuck. I know the guy who used to manage it, but about all I can do is give him a hard time about it.
There doesn't seem to be any shortage of motors on ebay and bimmerforums, so I think it will work out in the end, but I'll still probably be out a grand when it's all said and done.

[atomic]

Maybe this is why the dismantler is out of business now? Selling shotty parts ! Man that sucks BAADDDDDDD !!!

[gazellebeigem3]

that sucks!! i wondered why he called asking about a crank, i hoped this wasn't the reason.

[So Live]

Well, you've got a good head right? id try to buy a bottom end and freshed everything up and have a fresh head gasket too.

my 2c

[Jean]

What a bummer!!! I am local, let me know if you decide to go with another motor down the line and want to sell your current bad motor cheap..that way i'll have two motors for my e30 swap lol

[bmwpower]

If the crank is bent, you can probably bet the whole/most of the bottom end is bad, too. The impact could have affected everything connected to the crank...ie, a lot of stuff.

I haven't heard of too many bad stories about bad engines with swaps.

Moral of the story - turn the engine by hand before money exchanges hands

[Dave]

ouch.

you should have uncle bluntie hook you up wif the Blunt Tech discount on your next one.

[e30_kid89]

s52 motor + bent crank = super money shifted m3??? Thats the only way I can think of how the crank can become bent like that. Sucks man. Is the head still good? You can keep it or sell to recover some $$. I would honestly cry if that happened to me. Stay tuff dude.

[e30polak]

THAT FUCKIN BLOWS!:hitler: who ever sold u that motor is a smelly douche...i know how hard it is when shit goes wrong with a swap...mine was financial problems...but still good luck man...try to keep the head and find a bottom end