Informative and helpful. IMHO, you might want to skip using a pressure washer (even a low household psi) on your engine bay and just thumb a garden hose. I have an e28 M30 - a little bit older - but the M30 is a rock solid engine. Still, it’s always been suggested to cover the distributor and plugs - like all my life, any engine - and even run the engine whilst your are cleaning. Nowadays, I stay away from harsh chemicals in Gunk due to the age of the plastic and rubber. Instead, Simple Green - Heavy Duty or Industrial - works well and you don’t have to worry about harsh toxins stuck to your plates catching fire or the driveway runoff killing your dogs. … But it is Citrus based and needs to be rinsed well on aluminum or it will turn it black. Then, I’d skip the brass and just get busy with Brake Cleaner and steel wire brushes using a drill/rotary oscillator to polish the metal. Use Mass Air Flow cleaner on the inside to remove carbon. Chemicals might mess it up but the aluminum on the M30 can more than take a physical scrub. Ive bought new parts only to send them back because of quality differences. Just polish the old but original pieces and it will bling like factory new. And then hit the outer cover with Brake or Engine Block clear coat. You’re there so you might as well.
Thanks for saying so, Spencer! I enjoy this style car, its just becoming so hard to find one in decent condition nowadays. If I had one, I'd definitely go for the wagon E34. Maybe one day!
i really want to paint my cover but I am soo scared, I have been restoring my e34 for long, it came for a long way, I am like scared to make a wrong move and ruin everything I have been doing for like 2 years now.
Thank you!! This has been a BIG help on my 735i.
Informative and helpful.
IMHO, you might want to skip using a pressure washer (even a low household psi) on your engine bay and just thumb a garden hose.
I have an e28 M30 - a little bit older - but the M30 is a rock solid engine. Still, it’s always been suggested to cover the distributor and plugs - like all my life, any engine - and even run the engine whilst your are cleaning.
Nowadays, I stay away from harsh chemicals in Gunk due to the age of the plastic and rubber. Instead, Simple Green - Heavy Duty or Industrial - works well and you don’t have to worry about harsh toxins stuck to your plates catching fire or the driveway runoff killing your dogs.
… But it is Citrus based and needs to be rinsed well on aluminum or it will turn it black.
Then, I’d skip the brass and just get busy with Brake Cleaner and steel wire brushes using a drill/rotary oscillator to polish the metal. Use Mass Air Flow cleaner on the inside to remove carbon. Chemicals might mess it up but the aluminum on the M30 can more than take a physical scrub. Ive bought new parts only to send them back because of quality differences. Just polish the old but original pieces and it will bling like factory new.
And then hit the outer cover with Brake or Engine Block clear coat. You’re there so you might as well.
Pretty big six oldie 🫶
Love this E34 alot. Just timeless⏳✨
Beautiful e34 well done
These e 34 videos are awesome
Thanks for saying so, Spencer! I enjoy this style car, its just becoming so hard to find one in decent condition nowadays. If I had one, I'd definitely go for the wagon E34. Maybe one day!
Similar thing on mine, completely loose one side and finger tight on the other. Thankfully didn’t fully back out. Well worth checking
Great video 🙏🏻
i really want to paint my cover but I am soo scared, I have been restoring my e34 for long, it came for a long way, I am like scared to make a wrong move and ruin everything I have been doing for like 2 years now.
If you make a painting mistake, aircraft painter stripper should remove most of the paint. BE CAREFUL! It is extremely caustic.
@@geoffreywulff9309 sorry for the late reply. will do thanks for the advice. will do it soon hopefully
The bolts needs to be secured or the will get loose again
The part number for the crush washer isn't in the description.
My bad! Updated in the description now :)
And the same problems,