So following on from my post about coolant hoses, I have now removed the engine from the x5 (it's actually been out over a week I've just not had time to touch it.)
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as it was when first put on the stand
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these are the tools that my neighbour lent me, there a seriously well put together piece of kit, he also made a couple of tools that thread into the spark plugs along with some blocks that hold the timing tools solid when fitted as he likes to over engineer things, they've saved me a chunk of financial outlay on the job which is good giving what follows.
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crank pully bolt was a bit tight, broke both my 1/2 inch breaker bars, fortunately halfords replaced them no questions asked, I ended up buying a 3/4" drive breaker bar and a 3/4 socket set to go with it and it eventually came loose.
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few of the ancilleries removed, this engine has been apart before, most of the gaskets are victor reinz which im fairly sure weren't the oe supplier, the timing chain guides were all in one piece but broke up the minute I tried to remove them so they were definitely ready to replace.
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strangely part of the vanos solenoid housing broke away whilst I was removing it too, not ideal.
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this afternoon I got both heads off and the above shows heavy damage to both cylinders 6 & 7 (centre cylinders right hand bank looking from crank end) so that block will be getting made into a table. There's no obvious sign of anything having been through the cylinders and the headgaskets look in one piece, I dont think it's piston ring damage either as the pistons move through the bores smoothly, whatever the cause there's not much point dwelling on it.
Now to source another block, are all m62 blocks the same? there's a m62 non vanos e39 535i engine currently on ebay that has been stripped and looks in good condition for reasonable money but will it be the same as my 2002 4.4i block?
There are also a couple of cheap complete engines on there but the risk is the cylinders could be just as dead when I get them stripped, the same really goes for any second hand engine.
Chris