BMW E46 Race Car Build: 3.0 L Engine Teardown M54B30
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- čas přidán 12. 03. 2021
- I pull apart the M54B30 engine down to the bare block as the first part of the rebuild process. In the next video, I'll inspect everything to see what the engine needs (as well as learn a few things along the way).
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Two thumbs up! Outstanding video that gets directly to the point. No obnoxious music or dramatic nonsense to distract. Thanks
Love m54b30 engine, keep up the good work buddy
Great video tnk you
Inspired me to attempt mine
Very nice video. Gives me more confidence to try attempt fixing my engine that has suffered rod knock myself. Thanks
The lifters wont fall out if you tilt the engine 45° on the stand. also in the service manual from bmw it's stated that when reusing the lifters, you should put them on the valve they came of from.
Exactly keeps the cam lobes from uneven wear.
No cam cover (wow)
Oil pump lose (wow)
Awesome work and video ,now I'm convinced to upgrade the whole oil pump thank you .
Hey man, regarding the van os, check m539 channel. He does its overhaul on a 325i
Tearing down is the fun part. Pretty crazy about that nut on the oil pump. Any plans for cleaning up the coolant passages from that rust? Mine had sediment but I just left it, once assembled I was thinking of running water through it and out the system to flush it out.
I submerged the whole thing in a huge tub of simple green and water, seemed to do the trick
Awesome work. I want to rebuild my m54b30 also. Any website to get parts?
I saw GREEN antifreeze coming out of coolant ports! A big NO for BMW, most likely the notorious urban myth about the BMW cooling issues started with exactly the use of the GREEN antifreeze ......even WATER is better.
Yep blame the previous owner. I got the genuine BMW stuff. Not ideal to use any antifreeze on a track car, but better than only water and forgetting to drain my system over the winter.
Is the M54B30 Close Deck or semi?
What kind of engine stand do you have? Does it support this engine well? Or does it sag a little bit?
Big Red 1500 lb, works flawlessly, no sag
The timing on the motor
How did you remove crank pulley you never said how ?
Biggest impact gun I could get. I did another M54 where I clamped down vise grips on the pulley, and up against the timing cover so it couldn't turn, and that worked too- but it can damage the cover and pulley.
can i stroke a m54b22 to 2.6L?
Wouldn't it be easier to get the m54b25 or 30 bottom end?
Milage before disassembly?
176k
I gotta ask, what's with the ear muffs?
I put them on when I'm doing loud stuff like blasting out parts with air, and then forget or don't bother to take them off. I already have hearing damage from playing drums and have pretty bad tinnitus. Trust me, you don't want it!
How you know so much about this cars
doing it often and service manuals
well genius, your updated water pump rusted because you used cheap green coolant. try using BMW/Euro blue coolant next time.
also, youre mussing the cam cover on the intake side, which is why youre are using all that oil. the plastic cover that goes over the cams keeps oil spray from entering the CCV system.
I blame the previous owner... I when I did the water pump I think I just added distilled water and left whatever coolant was already in there. And the cam cover was missing when I took the valve cover off, so I never knew it was supposed to be there.
I added OEM BMW coolant when I finished this rebuild. Just did a 2.5 rebuild (which had the tray) and was sure to put that back on.
German over engineering