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**grippymonkey** · 09-09-2011, 10:18 PM

good stuff! I've had several of those too excited M42 nights lately myself!

**bmwm42** · 09-10-2011, 12:06 AM

Subframe doesn't need to come off to replace oil btw nice car the price im totally restoring at the moment gl with the m42

**Reap3r** · 09-10-2011, 03:09 PM

Originally posted by bmwm42 View Post

Subframe doesn't need to come off to replace oil btw nice car the price im totally restoring at the moment gl with the m42

+1 you can get the upper sump in and out without dropping the sub frame.

**timofeylbelarus** · 09-10-2011, 03:32 PM

really?? maan ive been deceived lol. well im thinking to fix all of the gaskets and some hoses, make sure that it doesnt leak oil and stuff and i just want to clean the engine bay because everything is dirty and yellow instead of white and i just want to do it just for the heck of it

**timofeylbelarus** · 09-11-2011, 03:32 PM

so i got the car up on some jack stands and looked under

some things will need to be replaced

atf in a manual? they do that?

**timofeylbelarus** · 09-11-2011, 03:36 PM

this intake was the easiest intake i ever took of, freakin amazing

the engine is really dirty but i guess some super clean will help and after the black wrinkles :)

this is bad

**timofeylbelarus** · 09-12-2011, 03:29 PM

got the engine out today, the thing is dirty but it was so much easier then the m20 i loved it.

first blood lol i could see the knuckle bone it was wierd

going to get the pressure washer from my cousin and start cleaning everything and wait till saturday which is when i hopefully will get a ride to vancouver to get that bottom end

**timofeylbelarus** · 09-12-2011, 03:31 PM

days off are amazing to get things done, but ive been getting alot of them lately, thats not good

**grippymonkey** · 09-12-2011, 03:40 PM

good job man!

**timofeylbelarus** · 09-13-2011, 10:03 PM

so i washed the engine bay a little
before

after

does anyone know some easier way to get this yellow stuff of other than just rubbing?

**timofeylbelarus** · 09-27-2011, 09:47 PM

finally got some time off work again so... back to the garage!!!
picked up the bottom end for the oil pan a week ago,

so this is how my garage looked like lol