DAY 1
*appologies to all whole posted in the thread the first time, i had to move them to compress this thread, once again sorry to the 20 people who did post*
well, today was the big day, i got the engine , he came late so i didnt get too much done but i got some pics going.(not too detailed but ill explain as i go along).
the leakdown test was done when the engine arrived, it passed with flying colors very near perfect in all cylinders except cylinder 6 which passed amazing (but a little less than the other 5, i think 9%)
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this is a pic of the engine after i put it on the engine stand, disregard the e46 m3 engine in the background, the guy wants to put it in an Mz3, but stupid him, he cut all the wiring harnesses and forgot crutial parts, so now it sits there untill i comes up with about 5000 in cash for harnesses and parts. haha.
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this is a pic of the engine again, i just soaked the manifold bolts so i can remove them and change the gasket (just for the sake of it)
also the plugs are out, because i am gonna change the valve cover gasket, there was a little oil on plug 3, so nows the time.undefined
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i took this time to take out my idle control valve and sure enough it needed to be blasted with cleaner , it was sticking quite a bit. now shes like brand new after a few good shots of lubricant.
-i found that when you take it out, if you shake it in rolling motion side to side, you should hear a "clack,clack,clack" what you do to fix it is bomb it with a good lubricant, let it sit for about an hour, then go and try to shake it, if it still doesnt do it, than hit it with lubricant again and let it sit, mine was very stuck and it worked just fine after the second attempt, with no effort it makes that "clack,clack ,clack"
sound (its the sound of the valve opening and closing)
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well here it is with the vavle cover off, amazingly clean for a 95, the guy before must have kept up with his oil changes. i dont have a pic of the valve gasket but it was in fair condition, however ready to be changed, the inner valve gasket (goes around where the sparkplug holes are) were in pretty bad shape.
-note to take off the valve cover you need only two sizes 10mm and 8mm (10 does pretty much every bolt, and the 8mm is for the grounding wires)
*appologies to all whole posted in the thread the first time, i had to move them to compress this thread, once again sorry to the 20 people who did post*
well, today was the big day, i got the engine , he came late so i didnt get too much done but i got some pics going.(not too detailed but ill explain as i go along).
the leakdown test was done when the engine arrived, it passed with flying colors very near perfect in all cylinders except cylinder 6 which passed amazing (but a little less than the other 5, i think 9%)
[attachmentid=18152]
this is a pic of the engine after i put it on the engine stand, disregard the e46 m3 engine in the background, the guy wants to put it in an Mz3, but stupid him, he cut all the wiring harnesses and forgot crutial parts, so now it sits there untill i comes up with about 5000 in cash for harnesses and parts. haha.
[attachmentid=18155]
this is a pic of the engine again, i just soaked the manifold bolts so i can remove them and change the gasket (just for the sake of it)
also the plugs are out, because i am gonna change the valve cover gasket, there was a little oil on plug 3, so nows the time.undefined
[attachmentid=18156]
i took this time to take out my idle control valve and sure enough it needed to be blasted with cleaner , it was sticking quite a bit. now shes like brand new after a few good shots of lubricant.
-i found that when you take it out, if you shake it in rolling motion side to side, you should hear a "clack,clack,clack" what you do to fix it is bomb it with a good lubricant, let it sit for about an hour, then go and try to shake it, if it still doesnt do it, than hit it with lubricant again and let it sit, mine was very stuck and it worked just fine after the second attempt, with no effort it makes that "clack,clack ,clack"
sound (its the sound of the valve opening and closing)
[attachmentid=18157]
well here it is with the vavle cover off, amazingly clean for a 95, the guy before must have kept up with his oil changes. i dont have a pic of the valve gasket but it was in fair condition, however ready to be changed, the inner valve gasket (goes around where the sparkplug holes are) were in pretty bad shape.
-note to take off the valve cover you need only two sizes 10mm and 8mm (10 does pretty much every bolt, and the 8mm is for the grounding wires)