That's a old school trick right there to find a head gasket leak.

If you cut a larger hole in the hood you can have the car wave to other cars as it drives by.

For those who may not understand, a head gasket can fail in multiple ways. In this case, the gasket is leaking between a water jacket and the combustion chamber so compression is leaking into the coolant jacket and over pressurizing the cooling system. Every time the failed cylinder(s) undergo the compression stroke the glove blows up :)

If the government was a hood latch.

My mechanic once said, it's ok to fire your customers! He had a guy that would tinker after he told him not to. And the tinkering caused the engine to fail. Then he brought it back claiming the mechanic caused it. Lucky my mechanic knew how to be a detective.. good man, good words

Every shop has that one car that keeps coming in and denying all the stuff listed and then everytime it’s in worse condition until finally it stops coming in because it has died.

I'm surprised the hood struts work

I'm sure that car has never been abused and has every bit of scheduled maintenance done to it.

I learned more about cars by owning a Z3 than all of the cars in my life. First thing is don't buy one, endless money pit made of plastic.

As a former E39 540i owner, that just hurts😭

That car was trying to flick you off. 😂

😂😂😂buddy giving himself a high five for that diag!! 👏👏👏

Nice trick with the glove

A bmw with head gasket issues I would have never guessed

“I know what I got” “never winter driven” “always babied” “well maintained” will all be comments on the fb marketplace post when dude finally sells that lmao

$350 diagnostics be like

I'll buy the valve cover

Plenty of motors out there for the 540i. Get to swappin

Lil bit of a head gasket issue

So the waterpump impeller turning won't do that? Interesting trick.

That’s the best video of a BMW being a BMW

If you won’t buy a hood latch… you won’t replace a blown head gasket.

This is what they do when you get charged a diagnostic fee for $200

Looks like e39 540i

That vehicle's owner must be a certified engineer. I think I've seen his work before. 😂

That's the gold standard for how a BMW holds up after 100k miles.

Thanks for the tip

And everyone just learned why it's called Broke My Wallet

Got to love second hand owner bmw's. Never seen a good one unless its the original owner. Even one that comes imto my shop, it always hacked in some way.

solid fix. I love it

Saw a 2023 M3 yesterday and he had 4 or 6 tail pipes all stacked on each other, in the middle of the rear…like a bee hive!

You really brave trusting the hood shocks with a latch mechanism like that.

Ngl, that hood latch was kinda genious.

That car sounds like it needs more than just a head gasket.

Might look strange but if it works, it works.

Glove on the coolant fill point to identify air leaking out of gasket. Never thought of that!

In all of my years working on cars I've never seen that glove trick but I will never forget it

The M62 4.0 is a good motor,look at those timing chains,

With that hood latch nothing would surprise me after lifting up that hood😂

I've owned 4 BMWs. And my current one a 2007 bmw e92 328i coupe. I love my cars and always do preventative maintenance. And my engine bay really clean. My BMW before the one I have now had 292,xxx on it and was still running when I sold it. So yeah I don't understand why people don't take care of there cars.

Yup , I've used that to show customers where their money is going !

Dope lil trick !!!!

At Least The Struts Work Lol

put foam on the microphone; it will reduce the wind noise

Damn why! Hood pins are pretty cheap and work and look much better. I just find it amazing at all the dumb shit I see people do.

Learned that from an old Howie Mandel stand up comedy skit.

BMW Blown Milky Way... 😳

Nice trick, I’ll definitely remember that one 👌🏾

If you want a better tip,that's what a car sounds when it's off time.

So cool #how2wrench for sure

A m62 with bad head gasket? That’s rare now the s62 yes

Awesome trick, thank you!

The BMW nose piercing for the 2 holes.

That's where my LoJack went 😅😂😂

“but i have a bmw!” 💀

Got a fun one here!.... Lets start there!

Was shocked the hood struts still worked

What a surprise.

F ING genius

I was waiting for the Chernobyl guy to pop up😂

This is pretty neat but also scary at how bad its blown lol

Quite the hood ornament 😂😂

"Let's do a leak down test. Go get a rubber glove!"

I seen this crown Vic with gull wings on the back door secured with a padlock like you would see on an old box freezer. I didn't even laugh cuz i felt bad for the dude lmao

Congratulations sir your engine is seriously forked!😊

Nothing $40,000 won't fix

I am today years old and just learning this trick.😂

Wow, just learned something

Thank you,cool trick

No clue, what a peace

That sounds like it’s out of time. Could be a head gasket I guess, but I don’t hear any compression strokes from any cylinders.

“Slightly irregular cranking rhythm” Mmmhm yeah slightly 😅

That's very interesting😉

That's one over engineered hood ornament rt there.

Wouldn't the glove do that anyway from the water moving from the qaterpump pushing on the little bit of air in the glove and between the glove and the water in the system since the glove has less resistance

Next thing you are gonna tell us, is you can use a dollar at the tailpipe to see if something in the valves isn't sealing like it should. Snap-on told me not possible.

Smells like money

WOW, the hood struts work.

Sweet trick

We used to call that an " old indian trick " years ago.

No compression should be a message tone

God I hated the m62. Timing chain guides valve covers warping oil leaks oil burning.

Always cheeper to destroy the hood than to replace simple $17 hood release cables

Got the midevil hood latch.🤣🤣🤣

I have both gloves and zip ties, but I don't want to find out my head gasket is blown 😢.

Nice trick!!!

Cool trick

Those NHRA approved hood hooks were a dead giveaway of how **COUGH** quality that specific car is.

Jambo jambo bwana

Ok that's a good trick I wanna use this next time thank you

🤯🔥🔥🔥

You knew something was horribly wrong just by listening to it crack over

Just like the boys in bavaria drew it up

Will that work on just about any vehicle?

Why that god awful no no song?

Hope you can fix it.

Id say your Timing belt or chain jumped too. Valves are open/closed when they shouldnt be. Explains weird rhythm.

Dope trick

That's pretty clever

So instead of getting it to start you’re refusing to work on it because of a head gasket issue?