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  • Ziggens96
    Grease Monkey
    • Aug 2005
    • 340
    #1

    shop (labor) hours for engine swap

    i cracked my oil pan on a speed bump, big surprise...going to swap in another lowly m42. how many hours can i expect this swap to take in a shop, realistically? i have been told 10-11 from some people and 18-20 from others. i dont want to get ripped off completely. anybody in the providence RI/Mass. area have any suggestions for me? bimmerfanatik? thanks guys
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    • Farbin Kaiber
      Lil' Puppet
      • Jul 2007
      • 29502
      #2
      Mitchell1 quotes a long block at 16 hr. out of my shop computer.

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        • Funkmasta
          R3V OG
          • May 2004
          • 7185
          #3
          did you do any damage to the motor? The lower pan on the 318is is an hour job...
          Joe Funk -- Portland Oregon
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          03 X5. 3 liter obviously.

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            • lordofthewaters
              Mod Crazy
              • Oct 2005
              • 714
              #4
              Originally posted by Funkmasta
              did you do any damage to the motor? The lower pan on the 318is is an hour job...
              Must have, unless this is just an excuse to get a fresh motor in there. I can't blame a guy for that.

              I would've guessed 12 to 14 hours myself, but I've never done a swap out on an m42. But 16 sounds pretty fair to me.

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                • Mike325
                  No R3VLimiter
                  • Mar 2006
                  • 3685
                  #5
                  I pulled an m42 out of a 91 318is last year at school. Had three other huys with me helping. Took us three hours to get it out. A good tech should have that motor out in no more than five hours, so a ten hour time frame sounds about reasonable.
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                    • 2002maniac
                      R3V Elite
                      • Feb 2005
                      • 4260
                      #6
                      no more than 10 taking your time. Especially if this is a shop that has worked on BMW's in the past.

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                        • Ziggens96
                          Grease Monkey
                          • Aug 2005
                          • 340
                          #7
                          ok, thanks for the posts guys, i appreciate it. wish i had smart guys with cherry ppickers for friends, gonna have to bite the bullet and pay the man for this one!
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                            • sticksdaman
                              R3VLimited
                              • Apr 2005
                              • 2987
                              #8
                              so the engine is damaged then?
                              you mustve hit the engine pretty bad to be needing a new one and if the damage is that severe you should be needing a new steering rack/knuckle subframe...

                              THAT or u mustve hit the pan kept driving leaked out all the oil and seized up the motor

                              good luck either way
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                              Also, for those who don't know, negative camber is the greatest thing since sliced bread(panera). Even tire wear is for city busses and the elderly.

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                                • FredK
                                  R3V OG
                                  • Oct 2003
                                  • 14739
                                  #9
                                  Yeah, ripping out an M42 is pretty easy. It's shorter than an M20 so it's even easier to take it out.

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                                    • Ziggens96
                                      Grease Monkey
                                      • Aug 2005
                                      • 340
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by sticksdaman
                                      so the engine is damaged then?
                                      you mustve hit the engine pretty bad to be needing a new one and if the damage is that severe you should be needing a new steering rack/knuckle subframe...

                                      THAT or u mustve hit the pan kept driving leaked out all the oil and seized up the motor

                                      good luck either way
                                      the second...i was stupid and i didnt realize i hit it
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