start and engine change BMW

[Bidone1967]

Very interesting - 5*!

[diymania]

flex plate, also known as fake flywheel ;)

Odd that antifreeze can eat through aluminum just like that :o Unless Ed poked the holes without knowing it when changing spark plugs.

[V8Jagnut]

lmao. you should be able to stab the head with a knife and still not get a hole.

[Aussie50]

The anti-freeze that was reccomended to me by the retailer was for new engines with different alloys or something. it just exaggerated a bigger problem.

the 2 holes are not linked together by a crack so all I can think it was would be a thin casting with dross or other contaminants in the metal that were dissolved prematurely.

[travisjeanelle]

Swaping the whole engine and not just the head. Why is that? Bolting on the converter is the job I hate do damn tetius.

[CVRealMan]

i think that the head was not the only problem. It also has 167,576 Miles on it, and for that age it would most likely be hard driving miles.

[travisjeanelle]

167576 If that is high for miles then I for sure will stick to American made cars!

[CVRealMan]

its not high miles if they were all done on a highway, but because the car is from 1991 (17 or so years) was probably lots of hard acceleration (City driving)

Thats hard on any car.

[travisjeanelle]

My van has 160000 on it all city driving and its a 1987 not a problem with it. I had a 92 park ave that had 276000 miles on it when I sold it still ran strong and didnt didnt leak or burn a drop of anything. Again that was city my 91 pick up had 200000 on it all city and towing on it ran strong didnt have issues either so I guess I just have good luck with cars.

[Aussie50]

The rest of the engine is fine, just a freak flaw or heat related crack that corroded through early.

I'll be fully rebuilding the old one anyway.

[Aussie50]

you can double the mileage since this car has been ran hard all its life. towing etc..

[Aussie50]

your right, this car towed a caravan for a lot of its life, and I've been using it to tow up to 2 tons at a time for 4 years.

[V8Jagnut]

it was cheaper.

[30GB]

big holes

[1972FordF150]

5 stars !