Driving home and a Christmas tree of lights pop up on my dash. The three lights ABS, traction and brake light come on as soon as you start the car. In some cases, the three lights may come on after a few minutes of highway driving. After scanning the car with my Schwaben BMW scanner…
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In today’s episode, I go over how to remove and clean your vanos solenoid on your n52 or n54 BMW engine. I’m chasing an engine stumble that only occurs under 2k rpm. This would usually be caused by bad coil packs or spark plugs, but they are brand new. So giving the vanos solenoid a…
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Today’s video is about removing the old OEM suspension from my 128i which has 108k miles on it. The steps are similar between the 128i, 135i, 328i, and 335i. The suspension was tired and felt like I was floating. I decided to stick with OEM suspension since I want to keep the car stock. I…
Read moreToday’s video is continuing the teardown process of my old n54 motor. In which the current step is how I removed the pistons. By no means am I an expert engine rebuilder or anything, just documenting how I went about it.…
Read moreI finally started to tear down my old BMW N54 335i motor cylinder head. Its literally been sitting waiting to be torn apart for the last 2 years. This video is just a walkthrough of how I took the head off. By no means am I an expert engine rebuilder or anything, just documenting how…
Read moreToday I went about to change my transmission. Since I thought the transmission was blown on my BMW N54 335i. I expected a smooth day in and out kind of job. But to my surprise I found that the flex plate was ripped and damaged. I go over the process of how I prepared the…
Read moreI finally started to tear down my old BMW N54 335imotor. Its literally been sitting waiting to be torn apart for the last 2 years. This video is just a walkthrough of how I took the head off. By no means am I an expert engine rebuilder or anything, just documenting how I did mines.…
Read moreAfter pulling the motor from the donor car, its time to do it again. But this time its on the car with the messed up cylinder. I feel like Atlas, I just did this and doing it again (greek mythology reference). This is currently part 1 of this project, hopefully, I can condense this down…
Read moreI finally acquired all the pieces I needed to remove the engine and transmission from the donor car. In particular, the engine hoist, since I had to go through two engine hoists. In which the first one’s pump was failing. With the engine out, I went ahead and removed the transmission from the engine, since…
Read moreThis video was created to provide guidance on exhaust removal of a E90 BMW 335i. The same steps can apply to the E92 335i and non-turbo E9X variations with slight variation when you reach the exhaust.…
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