Scrapyard Rescue! BMW E21: Will it run and drive after 20+ Years?!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- Hey everyone! We've been working hard to get our paint booth wrapped up to complete the 911! In the meantime we rescued a few fun cars! Including this 1981 BMW E21 320i! It has technically been off of the road since about 1990, but is believed to have last ran around 2000. Lets see if we can get it running and back on the road! Hope you all enjoy! Thank you so much as always for the incredible support! We are so close to the 100k and I can't thank you all enough! Let's continue saving these rides!
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BMW'S , PORSCHE'S you are doing just great buddy
I felt that ratchet falling into the oil all the way in my soul.
Right!! the moment it splashed I was like BRUH!
Just keeping the ratchet lubricated 👍
lube lol
Had a '79 320i that smoked like a chain smoker. $700 purchase in 2001. Sold it a year later for $500. Weak and nothing but trouble. Replaced it with a 1984 533i with 250k miles on it. Got that e28 to over half a million miles, sold it off in 2010. Lots of tinkering and repairs, glad that's over!! Money 💸
2x E21 and an Alfa Romeo Alfetta? 😱 That's a big score!!
I like that car I hope you can get it going
BMWs and Porsches are great and actually, the black one at the beginning looked nice but I got a soft spot for these Alfa Romeos Italian Beauties. I can't wait to watch it getting nice, clean and running again!
Great revival! Your attention to the small details definitely pays off. Someone must have got frustrated and gave up. Lucky for you! Looks like it'll clean up easily as well.
I am so glad to see that car saved. It hurt to see it sitting there when I would go up there
Great job,nice old car and probably cutest family at all...It´s love to watch....!!
I had one BMW E21 320 with American Bumper like yours . It was a lovely car I had it since new in 1977 and sold it 1990 .
Finally somebody that does euro revivals in America
Along with 3.0 csl, the nicest BMW ever
Score! The Getrag 245 in the 80-82 320i is super-valuable to 2002 guys doing a 5-speed swap. You could probably sell the trans for more than you paid for the car!
Please do the Alfetta! 🇮🇹. Nice vids , go on...!
Never going to run right with the dipstick out. Vacuum system. Always twirl the fuses in the fuse box on these old cars.
So true
No vent hose on the valve cover, either.
It’s always that damn habbenfluber!!
THANK YOU MAN! I appreciate the shoutout! Also let me know when you’re selling that beemer...?😉lol
I feel so confident of giving it a like even before watching.
I've owned two of these, a 78 and an 83iS. I rebuilt the M10 in that one. Very easy to work on. These are cool cars, if you put in good seats and an iS steering wheel. Aftermarket suspension rubber sucks if you go cheap. Fun to see someone going through an E21.
nice e21
An awesome family that you have!!
Legend says that dropping your ratchet in oil will keep it in good working order forever - at least that's what has worked for me :)
Another decent classic saved from becoming soup cans.
I WANT TO SEE THE ALFETTA
A true bmw that’s awesome
Sensational! These Bimmers are really cool, The E21 was the first generation of the BMW 3 Series. Accompanying it!
The bumpers are huge :O
Probably one of the more reliable BMW ever made I always like the body style of the early 80s. Can believe someone would gust try to scrap it instead of selling it being in such good condition still.
You are the man!!!
Was only 10 years or so ago that nobody really wanted E21, except a few of us that know how great they are, but nowadays they’re pretty sought after. You can see by how many “is it for sale?” comments! 😀 M10 are such great engines too.
I have one '80 BMW 320i automatic.
I love the sound of the M20
Great ! I like the logic in trying to identify and repair the engine . Good analysis and great to see this 320 come to life ! The car is worth it !
A lot of nice cars around here ... :-)
Yyyyyyeeeeeesssssss!!!! E21 love
Nice Work Mate.
I love how you get the whole family involved.
That's a nice little car. Great starting point.
Please save it. Had one of these back in the day.
The Bmw M10 engine is legendary ‘strong’ - simple 4 pot. It formed the basis for Bmw / brabham F1 engine a 1500cc 4pot turbo - in qualifying trim think pushing 900 bhp. Nelson Piquet won the world championship in 1983 - powered by this engine...... in Europe the 320i was offered with the sweet 6 cylinder unit from around 1982 on.... all BMWs of thus era are worth saving 👏👏🙏
The E21 was pretty unique in the regard that unlike subsequent 3-series generations, it was NEVER engineered with a six-cylinder engine in mind. A sufficient number of 2002 enthusiasts complained that the added size and weight in the E21 diluted the performance of the M10. BMW then completely reengineered the front end structure of the car to fit a 2.0L and a 2.3L M20 inline six cylinder into the car. The entire front and rear of the E21 M20 car's (320i/6 and 323i) substructure is completely different from the M10-version of the car. I have yet to see any other BMW model since that had two completely different front and rear body structures for two different types of engines.
Thats a k-jetronic.
In the center of the fuel distributor sits a piston, of sorts, it's very important that it moves freely, because it measures how much fuel is sprayed into the engine. For example if it sticks wide open it's gonna fill up the cylinder in 30 seconds.
The injector seals have more then likely gotten rock hard, just put on new seals.
Plug the dipstick hole. K-jetronic gets confused when it can pull air from unexpected places.
And connect the hole in the valve cover, for the same reason.
Sound advice
Classic car!! You should do well on that one. Good job!!🤙🤙🤙
You can pull the fuel distributor off the air flow meter and pull the pin out of the bottom of the fuel distributor. Then clean it up and lube it with fuel and just put it back together. That'll help a lot. I used mercedes brass injectors in my volkswagen as they are a lot cheaper.
They make small plastic vents for that gas can so it doesn't glug, glug, glug. Check Amazon for that and for an old fashion spout. You will make your gas pouring easier and safer.
Ohh this should be good!
you get the best cars on this channel. Those 3 are little gems! Love the alfa. look forward to seeing the builds.
"Bye, Felicia."
That hurt tom watch, but made me laugh. Happened to me before too. :)
I had one of these. An 1980 320is. 5 speed transmission. Recaro seats. Should have never gotten rid of it.
Today i went to go see this 1990 LS400 that was only for sale for parts on the internet and was nearby, it was intact and nothing seemed wrong with it, so i went over to see if i could purchase the whole car, just to find out they chopped it up into parts and thrown most of the car for scrap metal.
Im so mad because they said the only thing wrong with it was it didnt run.
It was a rare one too because it had a red interior.
Feel your pain. We had a man and his two sons that bought 3 salvage yards. The newest vehicle there was,a '62 galaxy 500. The oldest was a Ford "c" cab truck. I got a head, complete for my '50 Chevy 5 window truck. Went back a couple of months later to buy some odds and ends.
To my horror and extreme anger they were finishing the crushing of everything, I saw what was left of the "c" cab. Was not happy.
Oh my heart is stinging from that story.
I wanna cry.
Great video 👍🏻
Those M10 B20 engines were modeled after the M10 engines from motorsport history. The racing teams from BMW would set their 1.5L blocks out in the rain, they would literally urinate into them to weather and toughen the blocks before they were refreshed and put into use as motorsport blocks. The M10 engines were used in the BMW F1 cars and with a turbo they made 1500 HP...yep, a 1.5L 4 cylinder made 1500 HP. Wrap your brain around that fact. I have a 1997 Honda Civic with a fully built 1.8L DOHC VTEC 4 cylinder engine that makes 612 whp on a Garrett GT3582R turbo. I couldn't imagine making 1500 HP out of any 4 cylinder.
You are talking about the M12/12 turbo. The BMW M12/13 turbo was a 1500 cc 4cylinder turbocharged engine, based on the standard BMW M10 engine introduced in 1961, powered the F1 cars of Brabham, Arrows and Benetton. Nelson Piquet won the FIA Formula One Drivers' Championship in 1983 driving a Brabham powered by the BMW M12/13 turbo. It was the first Drivers' Championship to be won using a turbocharged engine. The engine also powered the BMW GTP and in the 2.0-litre naturally-aspirated form, the successful March Engineering Formula Two cars. For 1986, the M12 was upgraded into the M12/13/1. This version was claimed to have produced a maximum output of 1,400 hp (1,044 kW) in qualifying trim, which would make it the most powerful engine ever to race in Formula 1, turbocharged or otherwise.
awesome
I need a e21!!!
That's gonna be a awesome old BMW to mess around with.
What looks to be sparking on the drivers side below airbox
Yeah!!! i saved an E21 in the same colour from being reclaimed by the earth too! haha! (if you want you can watch my videos)
Have your like sir, cheers from Argentina!
Please do not ever stop having your family involved. That was just golden!! Thank you for bringing that old 320 back to life and saving it. It would be a great daily driver!
these BMW are coming rare get the other one too and restore them you'll make some dollar from that bro, great to see you all safe I'm just recovering from covid 19 and I don't want anyone to get it I actually died on the way to the hospital. ALL STAY SAFE
When I was stationed in Germany those 316 and 320 BMWs were everywhere! GIs could get one for practically nothing, patch a few rust holes and give them a tune up, and drive them until time to rotate back to the states. They'd sell it to a new guy and the cycle would repeat until it rusted to pieces. Thanks for the memories!
1st crank I was thinking oh crap no compression, then he said if course we don't have spark plugs in it... duhh, I knew that. 🤦
😂 same lol
Same here 😂
He knows what he is doing
@@gracieblakely9663 - I never said he didn't. I just didn't think about the spark plugs being out when he cranked it.
This must be a pretty early 320 if its running a four pot motor. I’m sure by 1979 they were 6 cylinder. Certainly mine in the UK was.
We never got the six in the E21 in the US. It always a four - 2 liter through 1979 and 1.8l from 1980 through 1983.
Cool minion shirt. Awesome getting the car to run and move. Always look forward to more content on this channel. You are so close to 100k subscribers.
My first car! I miss it. Have a feeling these will start going up in value soon. New to your channel and love it! Cheers!
E 21 Is legendary car I had two ot them ..
Finally some BMW's!!!! I love your channel!
It is such a nice car! Hope it'll get restored and no one will try to swap an LS in it.
inspiring me to get back into my e21's CIS issues
Oh wow , your SAF ! I'll subscribe 😉
One BMW that's not giving expensive error codes.
what did you pay for those 3? they could be great fun cars! Thank you for saving them man!
If I’m not mistaken the 320 of those years were 6 cylinders. This one is either a 316 or 318.
They were 4cylinders. M10B20 made 81kW.
320i were m10 four pots for first few years and then changed to m20 six pot. The badge on this one is correct.
US e21s were only four cylinder M10s the M20 couldn’t pass emissions for this car. Furthermore this is a post 79 model which means it’s an M10b18.
@@Kampfmesser89 the fl model came in 1980. This is a facelift. Pre fl came with 2 not 4 headlights.
@@didzisdobe2557 my 1979 pre facelift model has quad lights. That’s how they came. US didn’t get the lower trims with the singles.
Did you control cold start injector? With blue conector ( 2 wires ) When your engine is cold,after starting the engine it sprays extra fuel for about 20 seconds.Its very important.When fuel pomp is running,you can pull fuel valve up,then injectors gonna spray constantly fuel out.This is the basic maintrance of K-jetronic
OMG! I suggested you try a E21 for your channel and you did! Thank you so much, there are not that many videos on my favourite BMW and I have fond memories of my old e21 323i ♥️😊
Wiiii a E21, and red colored s'il vous plaît :D! Nice find and rescue ;). I'm a bit curious if the M10B20 of the car was suffisent smoth, as it's a bit a large capacity for an inline 4. Little annexe question without be too familiar (otherwise sorry), but what the price you pay for it? I'm thinking to buy an old bmw on my local scrapyard, but I don't now if the price is still acceptable or not (Was running, but a bit dirty and rusty). Cheers from France and good continuation ;).
My first car and I miss it.
Oh that is nice, these definitely need European bumpers. The m10 engine of that car is extremely reliable and good tunable. If you need any info on them feel free to ask.
I agree, those US-spec bumpers are ugly AF!
Might be ugly but they are more useful than the euro bumpers. I'd rather have an ugly set of bumpers and not have to replace fenders or quarters in a small collision.
@@lakeshorerides makes perfect sense what you say if you have often collisions, I would still go for the euro bumpers because the last collision I had was 14 years ago. And here in Europe everyone is obliged to have a car insurance. Anyone driving around without one, than his car will be confiscated. No idea how that works in the US?
I love how informative your videos are, you really take the time to show us stuff lol
Whoever Even thought about scrapping that Alfa Romeo doesnt deserve to live on this planet....
No one was scrapping those cars. Dude seems nice enough but that’s pure click bait.
11:14 It wouldn't be leaded gas; that went away around 1986. But it may be REAL (ethanol-free) gas.
First!!!! LOL. I love old BMWs. Glad to see this.
Be worth a pretty penny here in the uk... well without them bumpers lol uk spec looks so much better.
I had driving lessons in a BMW like that one!
Hey man I am a big fan of your videos and you should make another truck but make a bmw truck
You restoring my favorite cars
Still waiting on the Datsun roadsters. I've been wanting one for a looong time.
Ran across an ad you might want to call on, craigslist, Birmingham Alabama, cars and trucks by owner.
Actual location, Battleground, Alabama, easy to find the listing because of the town name. And yes it is a real town name, and yes you might be interested in what they are selling.
My respect for you just went up 100 percent when you said you change the oil before trying to start the engine. Very few people do that, and in my mind that is the least you could do before starting up a old engine. Keep up the awesome content, and i am sure your channel will grow like crazy. From a subscriber and fan in South Africa.
rear car... save them ... not many left. i guess under 100 in the whole of europe on the road. ( NOT EU) EUROPE!!!!!!!!!! read up :-)
Had one beautiful, complete e21 in front of my local car junkyard, always foud it very weird that no one picked it up. Wen't there recently, the whole yard was empty and the busines shut down due to some local law changes. I'm guessing every car there went to scrappers 🤦 What a waste
That engine sound - so familiar and it brings up good memories. I drove an '81 for years; it was bought by my dad, then used by my mom before I bought it. Tough as nails - that M10 is a great little motor and can take a lot of abuse (don't ask me how I know...) I sold it to a friend of mine and I believe that he still has it. Be careful with vacuum leaks. Pulling the dipstick was enough to cause mine to die but I don't know if that was due to the condition at the end of its life - I had cracked the block, but it still ran for years after the cracking took place; it was all my fault for not changing the coolant and blew the head gasket
Fun fact - M10s with 100,000km, pulled from a junkyard, were used as the basis for BMW's F1 engine back in the '80s. They had no idea how much power it put out as their dyno only went to 1280 hp. It was estimated that it was putting out 1,500hp in qualifying trim - that's a thousand horsepower per liter.
There was a shop near me called Dietel Enterprises that built a one-off 345i - it was an E21 3-series with the turbo 3.2l M30 from a grey-market 745i. Probably a little nose heavy, but I'm sure it was a screamer. I'd love to have another E21 but I don't know if I want it slow and familiar with the M10 or if I should get a 323i.
Budget Buildz put sea foam in the tank and drive it down the road
My thoughts too🙏😁
Did you have to take your NAPA hat off so the O'O'O'O'Reilly's staff didn't get jealous?
I always liked the look of E21's but can't wait for the Fairlady. Also dear Lort, tell me you picked up the Alfa too.
That is a clean engine! What a nice find! Better keep it
The K Jetronic fuel head is laser cut and once you split the unit it’s nearly impossible to get it to reseal.
Those k jet injection systems can be a bit temperamental. This made my day!
mine hates my guts as well
What did you expect? It's the most reliable, bulletproof engine ever made by BMW... M10 those will run endless, it's used in Formula 1 in the 80's
Will that Porsche ever be finished?
You’ll be well impressed with the Alfa if you can get it going. The engines in them sound amazing!
Great car!!! great rescue... we will wait for the other two to be rescued!! with a good polish at the paint and the rims this car will be amaizing!!! also i love that sunroof!!!
16:42 SHE'S ALIVEEEEEEE!!!!!! 💪
Those US style bumpers on european cars are hideous.
Yes dude, you are the man!!!!
I want to see a video on what's going to happen with the BMW
Glad to see some new content! These older BMWs are pretty cool! Nice job, can't wait to see you put them up for sale...ha ha ha!
What an amazing knowledge man. I envy u so much. Able to know what is wrong, what is sounding right and wrong, replace or fix the problem and getting to run it again. So nice
Super cute Littles BTW. Looks like a Handful! And man what a handful to be blessed with.