My euro 320i/B6 3.5 Alpina Tribute ( Now with turbo power)

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Nice! nearly there, man!!

Gotta thank steve for the parts and help with vac leak.


Gotta stack of goodies headed my way.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

This car... Still wont run it refuses to. I got intake boot on while it did seem to idle noticeably smoother. I've realized the whistle is not the air filter its coming from front corner of engine it sounds like and i thoughtI noticed if i held car at 2k the whistle went away. I also could feel air from around the dizzy and cyl 1, but what could be there for vac leak??? . Im so fucking confused with this car. The whistle is 100% the issue it has to be.

https://vimeo.com/178383681

Whistle

https://vimeo.com/178384740

It also has a tick when i turned it off.

https://vimeo.com/178385030

Im about to take this thing to a shop and tell them to fix it. Im tired of messing with this thing.

[kronus]

valve cover gasket?

cam seal?

profile gaskets for the upper timing cover?

there's a pretty limited number of options here. grab your wrenches.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

My euro 320i/B6 3.5 Alpina Tribute the never ending saga

valve cover gasket?

cam seal?

profile gaskets for the upper timing cover?

there's a pretty limited number of options here. grab your wrenches.

Thats the friggin thing. Ive checked all those and they are tight. Valve cover is tight. Cam seal was installed by VAC, and wouldn't the car be running worse then it is if oil was getting past cam seal? Timing cover was torqued down properly and there is no visible signs of any oil from something that that being loose or not sealed properly.

I was talking with a friend and he suggest I go drive it and see if putting any load on motor will help. He said he's had the vein on afm stick before and cause god awful whistle and that i could of just been feeling air from around the shop when i was feeling by dizzy. We did have doors open and a fan going so its entirely possible i caught a breeze. Should of been thorough and checked it twice though.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Forgot i had this video of me starting car first time with new boots and giving it some gas without it stalling

https://vimeo.com/178412100

[Ryan335]

Have you double checked the cam timing? You can check the seal at the same time, oil in the diz would give it away.

Good luck dude. I'd like to see her run.

[Good & Tight]

That sounds like metal rubbing to me. Crank pulley bolts the right size..?
As for the running like crap, might be a timing issue, most likely something simple.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Have you double checked the cam timing? You can check the seal at the same time, oil in the diz would give it away.



Good luck dude. I'd like to see her run.

Cam should be timed correctly. I followed marks just like Bentley stated and before i bolted upper cover on i spun motor over a few times to make sure the came and bottom returned to TDC at end of each cycle.

That sounds like metal rubbing to me. Crank pulley bolts the right size..?

As for the running like crap, might be a timing issue, most likely something simple.

Crank bolts are correct size as i reused old ones. They aren't a stretch bolt that I know of?

I went out there this morning and drove it around. It did great for the first trip around the block but then after that it was iffy. When i got to stop sign i popped it in neutral and all was okay. Then when i put it in 1st it died and and would stay running on restart. I had to start it in first and immediately give it gas as it started so i could get going and not have it die again. I was also on an incline so maybe its a fueling issue? And the whistle well idk wtf that is. I re torqued manifold bolts maybe they were loose

https://vimeo.com/178490323

https://vimeo.com/178490425

New vids from this morning

[Alpina]

Looks so good

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Looks so good

Thank you. Now if I could just get it to run as good as it looks.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

So I tinkered some more tonight and I do believe I got it fixed and now time to drive. I started with checked and seeing if the car was getting all the fuel it needed and that checked out. Then after talking with a buddy who is a long time BMW mechanic and m30 guru. He suggest I check my tb set screw. Low and behold I put about 1mm of throttle in the car on idle. Re adjusted the tps to the new TB flap position and presto car idles near perfectly I think it will even out and get to where it should be when I put some miles on her and get the chip fully programmed to the ecu since really its just idled.

https://vimeo.com/178558922

[AWDBOB]

Good work man, glad you're making progress with the diagnostics.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Good work man, glad you're making progress with the diagnostics.

Thanks man.

I finally got fabric to redo interior. Now to just decide which one? Im thinking the e30 one will be in this car. I will also be getting some bi turbo.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Went to take car in maiden voyage today. Got onto main street and to turn out of town onto main highway and the car just dies and wont turn over. It wants to but it simply doesn't have the voltage too. I checked battery and it was at 3 volts. This battery cant be bad Ive had it running in other cars and its brand new so I'm thinking it just drained over time and the alt just never charged it. I will test alt tomorrow. But I'm like 98% sure thats the issue. So I'll get a new one from buddy at orielly's with his discount and slap it on. Other then that the car ran amazing. The cam lope is so awesome haha

[bradnic]

Soooo close

That fabric is gonna look great