regular old m60 swap

[bmwmaniac2]

replace those plugs with new, don't think they will ever fire properly again

[dasmanschaft012]

despite your current issue, its good to see you working on the project again!

[dothadance]

Here's a picture of my plugs from that bank. 5-8 from left to right.

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[dothadance]

Have you tried any penetrates is the cylinder(s)?
if you fill a cylinder- more than a couple of table spoons- be sure to TURN THE ENG OVER BY HAND NOT WITH STARTER and suck out excess fluids

??Marvel Mystery oil
ATf/ acetone 50/50 mix
Kroil


or Robert K's concoction below

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showpost.php?p=3770987&postcount=7

ROBERT K

Seafoam through a vacuum line only cleans carbon off the piston tops and valves. It won't help with cleaning lifters at all.

Lifters usually get ticky when they (A) are contaminated with oil build up / sludge or (B) the associated piston rod bearing or main bearing in line with the lifter is excessively worn and dumping oil pressure.

To clean high mileage lifters the best method I've found is this:

- Dump your existing oil out
- Fill with 4 quarts of Rotella T 15w40 (high detergent conventional oil),
- 1 bottle of Seafoam,
- 1 Quart of ATF (whatever is cheap)
- 1 small bottle of Marvel Mystery oil.
- Go run the piss out of the car for 30 mins.
- Drain the oil again, replace the filter, and dump in your preference of oil.

This will clean out EVERYTHING in your motor. After 30 mins of driving what you empty from the oil pan will be black and spew out of the oil drain hole like water so be ready.

Worked 2 out of 3 times this year because one of them turned out to have a bad rod bearing. The other 2 cars were stock high mileage 24v cars.

Clean lifters won't care what oil weight you run. Heavier weights just raise oil pressure to force the oil into the clogged lifter passages.

Didn't put too much oil in, and stopped it when i saw the gauge reach around 160. Trying to clean everything is worth a shot, cheaper than buying another motor that's for sure. Thanks man, i'll give it a shot.

...don't have much to lose at this point.

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[36brua]

Have you tried any penetrates is the cylinder(s)?
if you fill a cylinder- more than a couple of table spoons- be sure to TURN THE ENG OVER BY HAND NOT WITH STARTER and suck out excess fluids

??Marvel Mystery oil
ATf/ acetone 50/50 mix
Kroil


or Robert K's concoction below

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showpost.php?p=3770987&postcount=7

ROBERT K

Seafoam through a vacuum line only cleans carbon off the piston tops and valves. It won't help with cleaning lifters at all.

Lifters usually get ticky when they (A) are contaminated with oil build up / sludge or (B) the associated piston rod bearing or main bearing in line with the lifter is excessively worn and dumping oil pressure.

To clean high mileage lifters the best method I've found is this:

- Dump your existing oil out
- Fill with 4 quarts of Rotella T 15w40 (high detergent conventional oil),
- 1 bottle of Seafoam,
- 1 Quart of ATF (whatever is cheap)
- 1 small bottle of Marvel Mystery oil.
- Go run the piss out of the car for 30 mins.
- Drain the oil again, replace the filter, and dump in your preference of oil.

This will clean out EVERYTHING in your motor. After 30 mins of driving what you empty from the oil pan will be black and spew out of the oil drain hole like water so be ready.

Worked 2 out of 3 times this year because one of them turned out to have a bad rod bearing. The other 2 cars were stock high mileage 24v cars.

Clean lifters won't care what oil weight you run. Heavier weights just raise oil pressure to force the oil into the clogged lifter passages.

[dothadance]

Negative, ghost rider. WHITE smoke, combined with the smell of coolant in the exhaust, is generally coolant. BLUE smoke is burning oil. BLACK smoke is way rich.

HOWEVER, fuel can give white smoke if the cylinder is not firing... e.g. if an injector is stuck open.



Take a long screwdriver. Put the tip against the injector body and the handle in your ear. You should be able to clearly hear the injector pulsing. Try cylinders you know are running to get the sound. If you don't hear the injector pulsing, it's stuck and that could be your problem.

You can do the same thing with a mechanic's stethoscope, of course.

Get a definitive diagnosis, then we can figure out how to move forward.

Took my stethoscope to it. I can hear it firing for sure. Put a little bit of oil in the #8 Cylinder and compression tested it again, much higher numbers. Swapped my o2s around again, runs the same, stomp test still doesn't work.

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[The Dark Side of Will]

Ah shit........!

White smoke is generally oil.

Perhaps the rings are stuck from sitting?

How did you acquire the engine? Do you know any history?

Negative, ghost rider. WHITE smoke, combined with the smell of coolant in the exhaust, is generally coolant. BLUE smoke is burning oil. BLACK smoke is way rich.

HOWEVER, fuel can give white smoke if the cylinder is not firing... e.g. if an injector is stuck open.

My #8 plug is actually the cleanest out of all of them. So that sludgy oil blow by from the inferior ccv into that cylinder is probably what killed it then, huh? Fking lame. Moving in a month so I have no more money for this right now... unless there's some miracle fix and my rings aren't actually shot. Maybe one day.

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Take a long screwdriver. Put the tip against the injector body and the handle in your ear. You should be able to clearly hear the injector pulsing. Try cylinders you know are running to get the sound. If you don't hear the injector pulsing, it's stuck and that could be your problem.

You can do the same thing with a mechanic's stethoscope, of course.

Get a definitive diagnosis, then we can figure out how to move forward.

[dothadance]

Hi cylinder 4/8 ring info attached
My #8 plug is a bit 'dirty' even with new CCV and OSV I'm going to mod OBD1 manifold as described in one of the posts- use OBD2 CCV and center tube



https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/s...very-important! http://www.meeknet.co.uk/e31/BMW_M60...se_Ventilation.
http://www.meeknet.co.uk/e31/BMW_M60...entilation.htm

My #8 plug is actually the cleanest out of all of them. So that sludgy oil blow by from the inferior ccv into that cylinder is probably what killed it then, huh? Fking lame. Moving in a month so I have no more money for this right now... unless there's some miracle fix and my rings aren't actually shot. Maybe one day.

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[36brua]

Hi cylinder 4/8 ring info attached
My #8 plug is a bit 'dirty' even with new CCV and OSV I'm going to mod OBD1 manifold as described in one of the posts- use OBD2 CCV and center tube



https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/s...very-important! http://www.meeknet.co.uk/e31/BMW_M60...se_Ventilation.

http://www.meeknet.co.uk/e31/BMW_M60_M62_M62TU_Engine_Crankcase_Ventilation.htm

[dothadance]

Ah shit........!

White smoke is generally oil.

Perhaps the rings are stuck from sitting?

How did you acquire the engine? Do you know any history?

I have no idea what happened. But this isn't the first time I've compression tested it so this should have shown up last year! Not only that but there was no smoke until 2 days ago. Dont remember the history of the motor, I bought it so long ago, but I don't remember it being anything suspicious.

did you figure out which side is which for the O2 sensors? both connectors on my harness were chopped off, I need to figure out which side is which before i solder connectors back on

I swapped them earlier, no change. My stomp test stopped working (idk if its because I swapped the sensors) so I can't see if any codes changed.

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[dasmanschaft012]

did you figure out which side is which for the O2 sensors? both connectors on my harness were chopped off, I need to figure out which side is which before i solder connectors back on

[flyboyx]

Ah shit........!

White smoke is generally oil.

Perhaps the rings are stuck from sitting?

How did you acquire the engine? Do you know any history?

[dothadance]

Cylinders 5 6 and 7. 180 psi. Cylinder 8, 90. Found the problem. I don't know wtf happened...[emoji17]

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[dothadance]

Driver side down pipe is covered in oil! I have a bunch it's from cylinder #5.

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[dothadance]

what color is the smoke? whats smoking? also check that plug on the dead cylinder

White smoke. It doesn't really smell like burning oil... but it looks like my oil level has gone down, maybe it's because I'm parked on a hill tho. Checking fuel pressure, compression and plugs right now.

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