26 Years Of Sitting - What Does It Take To Get it Running? BMW E21 323i - Project Castellón: Part 2
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2021
- This BMW E21 323i from 1980 has been off the road for at least 26 years and in this episode, it's time to bring it back to life. The time hasn't been kind to 3 series, the engine is an appalling condition, stuff growing in the coolant system, fuel system varnished and then some. Despite all of that, can we get this engine to run again? Well, grab snacks and buckle up for 55 minutes of struggle to find out.
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I love this channel.
Thanks, Freddy!
Edelweiss grip garage?
Nein.
Shitzer.
You could learn from him, Taverish.
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Bienvenue sur la chaîne de l'excellence 😂
Compression WILL improve after you knock the rings back into place with a good old italian tuneup and getting them to bed in again with a couple heat cycles. That engine is definitely saveable.
That’s completely true and the compression is so low because he wash the cylinders. Use a mix of 2 stroke oil in the gasoline help to lube the walls an improve the compression when you are starting something that old.
I think so too. I wonder if the valve stems are sticking and not fully closing. Could that explain the low compression and backfiring?
definitely saveable remains to be seen but i give it a good chance as well
Compression results were really poor cause cylinders were washed out, as I said in the video. It will improve once the car is running and I flush the engine, but very doubtful it'll be over 10 bar (minimum for this engine) cause cylinders are pretty scored and valve seats heavily gummed up. A full rebuild is unavoidable.
@@M539Restorations luckily the Recently expanded Dojo has enough room for an engine stand and lots of workbench space to give that M20 engine the proper attention it needs; the real question is finding a competent local machine shop that can refresh those cylinder bores and the head.
If this guy told me my daughter was pregnant I would just welcome him with open arms. You can’t deny his effectiveness
Honestly, if the video were 6 hours I would watch it in a sitting. Great content like always.
Abso-fkn-lutely!
Seriously. 55 minutes is not simply not enough 😭😭
I could honestly sit with a beer and watch Sreten work on his cars all day.
@@eduardocoyoli2610 same, actually doing that pretty much his every vid
55 minutes of absolute goodness!
i didn´t even notice the time, i just wanted that bastard to running so badly :) "She´s" a keeper :D
You must be one of the few UA-camrs that get my 100% of the view time. If your video has 55min then I'm watching all 55 of them! Great work man, Ziveli!
I could watch these all day. Humour talent great production and expertise we all dream of. What a great episode I was so delighted when the UA-cam alert came through tonight. Everything stops for an M539 restoration episode in my world. 👍
Full feature length documentary this is. I love it! 🤩
disgusting car. i love it. this one will get a ton of views.
old
Here is the motivation for continuing this project - Do It !!!
How dare you disrespect...this wonderful car. Bad man.
addictive crazy fuck... did I just say that?
Satisfying seeing old buckets come to life!
Forget the new James Bond movie, this is far more exciting! It has our very own James Bond and the "movie" has explosions too! :)
Please give this man a Netflix documentary series! Phenomenal work!
No, it will ruin it.
That would only ruin the channel
Fogging Spray for Men and that last backfire were classic! I about pissed myself. That episode was definitely one of the most entertaining videos you have made.
and the slo-mo for good effect 😂
I respect your dedication for working on this, most people would just leave it but this is the stuff that you never see on UA-cam and this high quality intent is what is enthusiasts crave for
I just crave car content that is not targeted for 13 year olds and 200% ADHD. This is just how I like my videos, chill, slow paced and high quality.
How to leave it, if you love to treat cars with PASSION?
@@FahrenheitRUS exactly right passion is like family, family is everything
@@dillanmistry family is worst
@@DuBstep115 I’m gonna call Dom Toretto😂😂
hilarious :d and so professional in the same time. Bravo !
When my boss asks why isn't the project done yet I send him a link to this video with no additional context -- it works in so many ways. Marcel Proust!
I bought a special ice-cream only for watching your episode. I was waiting so bad for this! :)
My wife made some home made ice cream yesterday, and I also sat with half a litre for this episode...
This is the only channel that keeps me entertained during the entire video, even if it's 1h long! Thanks for the content M539 Restorations!
You obviously haven't heard of Vice Grip Garage then (that he watches avidly). 🤔
This is like watching an European version of Vice Grip Garage, I'm absolutely loving it!
He's a little more meticulous then Derick but I know what you mean
You don't see very often a genuinely funny German with a sence of humor. Great work!
this has been one of my favourites, this is going to blow up
blow up or backfire
I'm sure a fan or two in Castellón would be happy to help convince the previous owner that it is in his best interest to send you the original documents - he can keep a copy...
It's sad that the guy would keep a piece of paper he doesn't even need and stop this car living again in Germany.
One of your best episodes so far - no fancy electronics, just mechanical goodness
I don't have a BMW, I don't have even a car. Somehow I became addicted to this channel. He assembles cars like lego.
Cracking up at your reaction to the backfire!!
What a battle you and the little Beemer are having . Looking forward to the next episode…really hope she will come back from the edge. Great episode
I think Everybody would Like to see a complete engine rebuild.
This is the best one can do - instead of leaving it to rust in peace put it back to live! Most of us definitely forgot that most of the stuff can be repaired instead of being replaced by newer versions.
My favourite notification "M539 Restorations uploaded a new video" 😁
Those are exactly the manly sounds I'd make in the event of backfire! Cracking effort so far and unmissable viewing - keep up the good work!
I was quite busy working at my office when I got the notification of this new video....just stopped working and started watching it...55 minutes and it was totally worth it, anything else can wait. Thanks once again Sreten, if you are motivated by this E21 running and idling, we are surely motivated by your entertaining, fun and educational videos. Keep them coming!
One of the very few UA-cam Channels where I never notice how time flies - pleasure to watch from beginning to end .... love it.
Love it so much! Please save this legend of an engine. I hope you get the paper situation straight!
Yeah, the part with the paperwork sucks. Why on earth would the previous owner need these, he sold the car and got the money?
legit spat out my coffee when you played the nature docu music while zooming on the rabbit
This channel is such a hidden gem for car enthusiasts.
This is the most exciting project as it is the oldest car. Do not abandon!
0 dislikes so far. Enough about content quality
Woohoo! This little 3er is so rare and beautiful, cannot wait for it to be good as new👍 Good work Sir
Man, such a spacious engine bay if you compare that to the things BMW puts out these days. Love it.
The only channel I follow from the first to the last second. Great episode. Thanks Sreten!
I can't even begin to express how much I enjoy and admire your work. To watch a guy who is passionate about and actually knows what he's doing, and has a good sense of humour working on these cars, is just absolutely satisfying. Not to mention the great filming and editing, the amount of REAL content of every single episode, just impressive and admirable. (not to be a troll, but it's ten times of real work done and results accomplished here than some 3 million sub auto channels out there)
"How will You wash the fuel tank? - With washers, of course.."
Only 55 minutes, could have watched this for hours. Can't wait for the next episode.
The fuel pump/accumulator assembly is such a work of art. I love these old cars. This was my first car. Quite fast, very comfortable, great sound, but didn't handle well. Very noseheavy. The 4 cylinder ones were a bit more balanced and if you moved the battery to the back the balance was improved. But the 6 cylinder ones were at times dangerous.
I've had that compression issue once in my E36 M52B20. I wanted to take it from my mechanic, but it didn't start at his parking. One guy came here and we tried to figure out what was the problem. After long long cranking without starting, he checked the compression it was ridicoulusy low. (don't remember now) Then he went back to the shop and talked with more experienced guy, but he also didn't have any idea what's going on. He cleaned spark plugs, put it back in and crank again. The engine didn't start. This second, more experienced guy wanted to check compression once again and it turned out, the car had around 12-14 bar. It started after this second compression check and such situation didn't happen ever again. I don't know what was the cause of car not starting, but in case of compression, mechanic said that not burned fuel just flushed oil from cylinder walls. Then during compression check, spark plugs were disassembled so fuel evaporated. Once pistons spread oil back again on walls, compression came back. I don't know if it's what actually happened in my engine, but maybe it would give you some hints about low compression. Would be cool if you check compression again after engine worked properly (if it will). I'm really curious. As always enjoyed this episode. Thank You for the show!
GUNK! What a battle! I enjoyed every second of the video. Can't wait for the follow-up.
Hey, whenever you have to fix a brocken ABS plastic part - you can use MEK to dip them into and melt the two ABS parts together, because MEK will melt ABS.
this is how you know you're awesome. 1.3K likes and ZERO dislikes.
Yes! Finally a new episode....It is a great day :)
yeah - finally ;)
5000 likes vs 5 dislikes is a crazy YT ratio...not to be seen anywhere else.
I always wonder who dislikes these
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@@krzysm5 Sometimes kids or someone by accident. It's just not possible someone disliking this channel intentionally
Probably someone who doesn’t understand an hour long video 😏
Suc-er, you're emptying my country of classic cars. Just Joking, I'm so glad you save them actually. Good Job Man
This video proves life can live anywhere!
I don't know this man but I got very excited and so happy for him when he got it running!
Direct me to the guy that is giving you the run around for the paperwork and I'll give him an Italian tune up 👊👊👊
Good job getting her to turn over! Love how you mix in humor with your maintenance, if you ever get tired of turning a wrench you should try stand up comedy.
Liked the video even before watching 😀.
This has got to be one of the most interesting videos in the last 5-6 months. Loved every second of it! Brilliant, simply brilliant!
Back in the day, I owned and worked on a _lot_ of '80s and '90s BMWs. They were well made, robust, easy to work on, and very reliable. I referred to BMW engineering of the era as 'sophisticated simplicity'. I could give many detail examples of that, but suffice to say it was the polar opposite of a modern BMW.
Reminds of a euro version of vice grip garage. The fact he said “so I did the right thing and bought the car sight unseen” in part 1 definitely grabbed my attention 😂
What a beautiful 55 minutes. I shocked when I hear this car is sleep 26 years and see those moldy, rusted stuff. 😳 Unbelievable
One of the best episodes if not the best , and Ive seen all , amazing content !
i had an 80 320i. I loved that thing. It was rusty as hell here in PA, USA as you can imagine. That is what killed the car - Cancer!
Restoration works old car BMW e34... Water The cooling system was overgrown with lime. The only option is citric acid. Very well cleans the cooling system chamber from limescale. How to do it. Rinse with excess water. And close the end before citric acid with hot water pour inside. Allow to stand for 4 hours. Clean again and again. What 3 times. Will be clean. As new from the factory. I have seen all kinds of miracles. With all the machine. Good video. Good luck in the restoration work.
Goose tape had me rolling. Thanks for another great episode.
I spend 90% on my ‘TV Time’ watching UA-cam and there’s no single channel I’m more excited to watch aa yours. You’re an inspiration, a joy to watch and a comedian. Keep it up.
Just brilliant. The patience you have is amazing!
Probably the only 1 h video with a car that keep me watching :)))
55 minutes of pure GOLD!! Thanks for the entertainment, I'm a video editor and love your work, specially because i know what's like to edit a 55 min long video!
1 hour of pure awesome, was looking forward to a new episode!
Love watching your videos! I like how you document the process of restoring your cars, very informative and sometimes funny when you add your sense of humor! I can totally relate most of the times :) Keep up the great work you do!!! Huge fan :)
These videos are the highlight of my week!! Absolutely entertaining and a lot to learn!!
You, my friend, are a legend in the making! Never lose your motivation! :)
Loved the extra length in-depth video! Good luck! 🖖🙏🇨🇦
Great episode! Looking forward to seeing you drive this one; even if just in the driveway.
This is typical for your videos, even just the first few seconds of the seat riddling, instantly liked it!
I have never seen a e21 with that little rust. really good foundation you got there
I love how easy serviceable were the cars back in those days!
Thank you for sharing your stuff! Love these old timer rebuilds
I seriously look forward to every episode of your channel. Thanks for this!
Really exciting!!!
Jep, the "Mengenteiler" always causes some problems if someone touched it before. You should ask Marco Degenhardt about it, he has a lot of experience with the K-Jetronic, and also has a 323i !
in his 323i, he will replace it with stuff from an e30 as he hadn´t had any success getting it running properly.
Since when does Marco like "Mengenteiler" ?
He has already cursed them in many of his videos.
Been waiting a long time for this restoration. So glad it’s started.
Am really looking forward to seeing this thing go!! Good job.
As usual, it never disappoints when you put a new video out! Can't wait to see if this thing will ever drive again!
Thank you for existing and having an excellent idea, and then actually performig the idea in a fun way! Well done
I just love this channel, absolutely brilliant! Entertaining, informative and it's just nice to see old classic bmw's coming back /sort of/ to life! Huge thumbs up, sir!
Keep at it Sreten, very nice to view!
Love to watch your content and looking forward to the next episode 👍
A battle and half - great work Sreten!
I hope you continue working on this project, looking forward to see more updates and next episode will be sooner. Nice work 🐝 Beemer lover! 👍✋👏
Wife walks into the garage: “what is this smell?” Me: “fogging oil for men! That’s right, my love”
That scream got me hard. Much respect brother. Puno pozdrava iz Čačka.🇷🇸
You wont be beaten!! I like your positive approach
Great to see this car getting some love! Here's a question or a tip - have you thought about getting a set of bottle brushes? You can get them with plastic bristles so as not to scratch delicate surfaces, or get steel bristles for jobs that require more "elbow grease." Again, thanks for showing these classics some love. The E32 and the E21 are both favorites of mine - I am somewhat partial to both as I have owned one of each. My car was a 1981 320i, the bulbous-bumpered M10 US model. Tragically lost in 4 meters of flood waters in Hurricane Katrina.
Just an FYI, that fuel distributor is an extremely fussy device. My M10 engine had one of those, and per the manual, the calibration on those is measured in MICROMETERS. I highly recommend leaving the calibration of these to specialists if you don't know what you're doing. The K-Jetronic CIS (Continuous Injection System) was an extremely fussy beast, which is why BMW then went to an EFI system for the E30.
Regarding the papers, I don't know how they do it in Germany, but in most places in the USA, a seller cannot keep both the cash AND the papers. In order for the sale transaction to complete, the papers MUST be surrendered. If you handed over the cash, the papers MUST go to you in order to complete the sale and register the vehicle. No criticism of the seller intended, but that seller should have had the paperwork lined up and ready to be handed over at the point of sale.
Great episode, would love to see the Italian tune up.
What a great vid! Brilliant. Start to finish. Love your work and learnt so much. Thanks.
man that's some serious dedication, I really will be amazed to see this classic running again like it should, good luck!
Oh hell yes. Been waiting for this for weeks!
Good luck with the rebuild! I myself own the same car and made so many experiences repairing it but now it's running and drives so sweetly. I laughed a lot about some of your problems like the leaking fuel pump unit because I myself came across the same problems which nearly drove me insane. Looking forward to some more episodes!
Happy to see you got around to the 323i!
Man I love watching your videos, this is by far the most exciting car you've worked on. Good luck with this project and keep up the good work.
Amazing job again! God bless you ! You made 41 yrs old car to live again 💪🏻 Best of luck brother!