I know that I personally have about 7k in parts invested, $750 for rental fees just from BMWTIS alone and a lot of hours. I would guess 8-10k but bmw didn’t even want to touch it, they told me to buy a new engine 🤦♂️. Maybe someone else can chime in that has paid for something similar
Hi...did u find out what was the cause of the rod knock/spun bearing when u rebuild the engine? Was it a faulty high pressure vanos lines, vanos pump or previous owner drove it with low oil?
@@Unintendedacceleration wow that’s pretty shady...I got semi spun bearing on cylinder 2 and doing old skool polishing the crank with wet 800-2000 grit with shoe lace..so u still using same vanos lines, vanos and oil pump and everything working out?
@@Unintendedacceleration I hear yah...I’ll be check with plastigage for clearance hopefully make it within specs if not I’ll be doing what u did. Great work bro!!!
@@Unintendedacceleration no i need a new crank, you cant see it but im crying lol, i have the full pdf manual for the car and all the training documents and Original Tis so if you need anything just give me a shout at arokiam.austin@gmail.com
Send your crank to Lang racing development . Cheapest option by far at $800. There’s a tool I didn’t have that you can see in the repair instructions in the TIS that holds the camshafts where they were, I’d buy that and make sure of course to use the timing tools to hold the vanos gears at disassembly, that would of sped my process significantly. I know this can be a very expensive endeavor and I have the ECS TUNING receipts to prove it haha, so if you need to use my timing tools when you get to that point let me know. And don’t get too down, it’s just an engine....
So Cal...M5...You had me at hello...
How much would this job cost parts and labor total?
I know that I personally have about 7k in parts invested, $750 for rental fees just from BMWTIS alone and a lot of hours. I would guess 8-10k but bmw didn’t even want to touch it, they told me to buy a new engine 🤦♂️. Maybe someone else can chime in that has paid for something similar
hey what process did you get your engine block and heads cleaned ?
Elbow grease process😂
How much did the crank weigh after the repair?
Hopefully more since have the journal was worn out haha. But really I’m not sure. Lang did an awesome job though
Hi...did u find out what was the cause of the rod knock/spun bearing when u rebuild the engine? Was it a faulty high pressure vanos lines, vanos pump or previous owner drove it with low oil?
I believe low, it’s hard to say though because the dealership put new rod bearings in and did an oil change to mask the knock
@@Unintendedacceleration wow that’s pretty shady...I got semi spun bearing on cylinder 2 and doing old skool polishing the crank with wet 800-2000 grit with shoe lace..so u still using same vanos lines, vanos and oil pump and everything working out?
No I replaced all that when I was in there. Ya I wish I could of sanded but there was like a 2 thousandths step where the bearing was.
@@Unintendedacceleration I hear yah...I’ll be check with plastigage for clearance hopefully make it within specs if not I’ll be doing what u did. Great work bro!!!
Thanks man I appreciate it! Are you going with oversized bearings
Did you change piston rings ? If so where did you get them?
Ecs tuning.
How much did Lang Racing charge for the journal resurfacing?
I think it was $800 and he did a great job....well I guess time will tell but it looked awesome. By far the best route.
@@Unintendedacceleration yes, Lang Racing is top tier here in So Cal👌
That’s what I hear and am very hopeful!
If you need any documents for youre rebuild, contact me and ill email them through, great job, i also ran into rod knock, saving up to get it sorted
Awesome thanks....I may just have to reach out 👍
Hopefully you just need rod bearings or it can get a little hairy
@@Unintendedacceleration no i need a new crank, you cant see it but im crying lol, i have the full pdf manual for the car and all the training documents and Original Tis so if you need anything just give me a shout at arokiam.austin@gmail.com
Send your crank to Lang racing development . Cheapest option by far at $800. There’s a tool I didn’t have that you can see in the repair instructions in the TIS that holds the camshafts where they were, I’d buy that and make sure of course to use the timing tools to hold the vanos gears at disassembly, that would of sped my process significantly. I know this can be a very expensive endeavor and I have the ECS TUNING receipts to prove it haha, so if you need to use my timing tools when you get to that point let me know. And don’t get too down, it’s just an engine....
@@Unintendedacceleration i wish i had lang racing but im all the way in South Africa, but i really appreciate the sentiment
Thats the only proper way of doing the job. Forget just changing out rod bearings as it never works out.
Correct but when you know the crank is damaged and still do it to sell the car that’s just being dishonest.