While patiently waiting for my father to give up the ghost on his 6 speed 99 540i M Sport so I can put it on Track Duty I stumbled across a 1998 Auto 540i Sport with 145k and a reported transmission failure. Odd the car wouldnt start at all.. curious... After a few emails passed back and forth I arranged to take a look at the car at a local transmission shop. The transmission shop put the car on the lift and looked it over, promptly they discovered a gaping hole in the upper oil pan and have diagnosed the car with a thrown rod. Through the oil pan...
I looked the car over and it was very clean no dings or dents, no tears on the inside. The car has style 5's with new staggered tires, new control arms, expansion tank, and new brakes. It has the cold weather package, and no history of damage.
Now on to the hard part.. I have never done an engine swap in a BMW before (done tons on other cars like rx7's, mustangs, etc) I figure I can figure this out. Due to the thrown rod I am not even going to try and rebuild the engine, just going to try and put in a used engine and drive it to keep some of the miles off my 740i. I have a buddy who has rebuilt his entire top end in his 740il so I have someone to help but any threads (especially with pictures) would be great to read. I plan to pull the engine and transmission together, and re-use all my original electronics on the used engine I purchase.
I am going to document the process via photos and perhaps time lapse if I can figure that function out. Should be a fairly comprehensive HOW TO on pulling an engine... Anyway here are the photos taken by the previous owner. I will have plenty more to share along the way.
I looked the car over and it was very clean no dings or dents, no tears on the inside. The car has style 5's with new staggered tires, new control arms, expansion tank, and new brakes. It has the cold weather package, and no history of damage.
Now on to the hard part.. I have never done an engine swap in a BMW before (done tons on other cars like rx7's, mustangs, etc) I figure I can figure this out. Due to the thrown rod I am not even going to try and rebuild the engine, just going to try and put in a used engine and drive it to keep some of the miles off my 740i. I have a buddy who has rebuilt his entire top end in his 740il so I have someone to help but any threads (especially with pictures) would be great to read. I plan to pull the engine and transmission together, and re-use all my original electronics on the used engine I purchase.
I am going to document the process via photos and perhaps time lapse if I can figure that function out. Should be a fairly comprehensive HOW TO on pulling an engine... Anyway here are the photos taken by the previous owner. I will have plenty more to share along the way.