Removing an E46 M3's S54 Which Suffered Critical Damage from Rod Bearing Failure... Ejected Rods

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Removing an E46 M3's S54 Which Suffered Critical Damage from Rod Bearing Failure... Ejected Rods

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M3nameisjosh

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@moh2502 11 ай бұрын

Enjoy watching your videos as I do with M539

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!!

@robsweekendgarage 11 ай бұрын

I’ve pulled a couple non-m e46 drivetrains. It’s not terrible. The plastic hoses can be a pain if they haven’t been removed in a long time - or ever. PO certainly wasn’t a maintenance freak. You pretty much did it the way I pull it. I leave the bumper cover on the bumper bar tho and just undo it at the frame horns. Disco the ac compressor and p/s pump and drape over the fender like you did. Drop the steering rack to give better oil pan clearance. Excited to see the the progress. Now I’m motivated to get out there and pull the drivetrain out of the e30 parts car today.

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

On M3s the bumper crash bar doesn’t unbolt like non Ms, only way to do it is like how I did it apparently!

@berwhaletheavenger 11 ай бұрын

A nice upgrade on a regular E46 is to fit a Convertible slam panel - they are aluminium and stiffer than the others, plus they look better.

@AkeemlmeekA 11 ай бұрын

“Doing this on jackstands bc I love the pain 🥲” oh me too Josh, ooh me too 😭😭

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@mariosnikolaou5212 11 ай бұрын

Really excited about this project.

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

Same! Thank you!

@user-cb6qm5ul9s 8 ай бұрын

Nice bro❤❤❤

@GalvanizedGreatness 11 ай бұрын

It’s never a dream car if it’s problem free 🫡

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

Trueee

@mxtchhhhh 11 ай бұрын

Been waiting for this one!!

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

Took me long enough lol

@cameronfish6623 11 ай бұрын

I’ve been waiting a whole week for some new josh. Smh my head 🙄

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

My bad bro😭

@NeoAndersonReloaded 11 ай бұрын

Nice

@viperocco 11 ай бұрын

My E46 hoses treat me the same way brother.

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

Pain😭😭😭

@Khan_Art_ 11 ай бұрын

I laughed every time you said you don't like working on new modern stuff (20 year old car).

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

Isn’t that insane how out of touch I am with modernity 😭😭😭

@Khan_Art_ 11 ай бұрын

@@m3nameisjosh464 not really a fan of new stuff, e9x is the newest I go. Maybe a nice f80 for a daily.

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

@@Khan_Art_ agreeeed

@lahnie95 11 ай бұрын

When i did my e46 engine i was able to take the whole crash bar off with the bumper in one piece. Then after that it was just the headlights then i unbolted the whole radiator support with the rad the fans all the plastic, the condenser etc in one piece so there were only like 4 separate pieces instead of a million

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

M3 or non m? M3 to my knowledge is different and crash bar doesnt bolt off like non M

@lahnie95 11 ай бұрын

@@m3nameisjosh464 ahh i assumed it still was a similar setup. Mine is a non M

@grahammj1yt 11 ай бұрын

Sorry Josh, but your frustrations are very entertaining. "Stupid modern garbage"

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

Ill be sure to add more!

@Robertgio 11 ай бұрын

@ 12:03 ayo! That sounded sus 🤨

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

Bruhhh🤣🤣🤣🤣

@saleen1001 11 ай бұрын

Please be careful using your jack stands like that. I did them perpendicular like you on my e93 328i and one side collapsed, thankfully i was getting tools when it happened. Brand new Jack pad from FCPEuro too.

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

Really?!! Idk how they could fit if rotated 90 degrees, seems more likely to slip

@nicholasibarra1311 11 ай бұрын

Somebody get this man a six speed to swap in one of these

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

I know!

@luckgrip252 11 ай бұрын

Calling E46 modern sounds too charitable because certainly it's not "modern" in a sense of being new, but instead it has modern features that have aged pretty damn well

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

Compared to my last project from 1985 haha

@mikesphoenix_e46m3 11 ай бұрын

looking forward to this new project maybe more than you are josh 😅 this is nothing you want to try working on the next generation ones they even worse 😐

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

I can imagine!

@stevenpike7530 11 ай бұрын

You need a lift bro…and a hydraulic trolley (engine specific)…

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

Yeah thatd be helpful

@glitchcode2713 11 ай бұрын

You not getting millions of views is criminal

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

🥹🥹🥹thank you bro

@dragonballshorts7123 10 ай бұрын

Love your video's man but its funny when you say modern car but its almost 2 decades old lmao. Working on a f30 after a e46 gets me this triggered too.

@m3nameisjosh464 10 ай бұрын

Im such a caveman dude

@imtiazahmed2147 11 ай бұрын

New camera?

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

New camera!

@davidrichards5849 11 ай бұрын

*working on a ~20 yr old car* "ughh I hate modern cars"

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

Im sick dude😭

@berwhaletheavenger 11 ай бұрын

I'm not a fan of E46's. I'd rather have - or work on - an E90. All the rust and stupid design. E36 radiator swap - 30 minutes. E46 - up to or over 2 hours with all that plastic header tank crap, jammed on push fit hoses. They turned what was an elegantly engineered car into something like Peugeot designed.

@renas5371 11 ай бұрын

Ever tried changing a headlight bulb in an e90? Need I say more? 😂

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

This radiator literally took me forever. I can agree with you there

@renas5371 11 ай бұрын

Admittedly the cooling system is known to be a pain on these cars, and the overuse of plastic in critical parts isn’t exclusive to this BMW model either. Apart from this, the E46 is almost in every way better than an E36 and an E90, the build quality when compared to an E36 isn’t even on the same level, and don’t get me started on the reliability and part costs for an E9x, although the US mostly sold cars with the N52, which is pretty good but the picture is very different in the EU with other drivetrains. There’s also something to also be said for this particular example, 10 min in and I can tell you why this engine failed - this thing clearly hasn’t had the maintenance it needed, and if nothing’s been touched for 20 years then understandably it will be harder to take off, but then hats off to BMW making something that lasted that long to begin with.

@m3nameisjosh464 11 ай бұрын

@@renas5371 i Agree with you! Cant blame BMW for neglected maintenance

@berwhaletheavenger 11 ай бұрын

@@renas5371 Hmmm. E46 - corroded arches and sills (around jack pads), cracked LH rear subframe mounts, cracked headers tank, those bloody window regulators, a heater resistor that, on RHD cars, is an absolute nightmare, saloon/sedan rear bulb holders burning out, Touring tailgate hinges breaking, M54 oil leaks, N42 oil leaks and everything else. E46 driveshafts (diff to wheel) wear out faster than the E36 ones as does the differential - they went from proper machined planet gears to sintered crap. The E46 was designed to be cheaper to manufacture, and it shows. I don't like E39's either! 😂