My car 'one eye' had a 2.5 M51 that needed work, so Im swapping in an M57. I've no idea what Im doing, Ive done all the jobs before, or thereabouts, but this is a big old bite to chew. I'll record my thoughts as I go and hopefully save some of you from making my mistakes.
No. 1: bring a 6x3 garden fence post to sit the engine on, when you go to collect it.
2. Plan for oil to make a mess of your shed, your garden, everywhere. I didnt and it took a great deal of effort to clean up the mess. This is a wet job.
3. Go to charity shop and buy a set of old clothes for the operation, and then throw them away when you have the engine got.
This engine has a very elaborite series of pipes and radiators located all around it, more than I've ever seen on an engine. Still trying to identify them all.
There is a ton of videos and reading material online about this engine, way more than for the M51.
Ebay has a ton of reasonably priced spare parts for it.
I drained the cololing system and the fluid was a perfect clear green colour.
It's all been good news so far. I'll update this regularly but progress will be slow, I have a stressful job and a family as well as other projects going on.
No. 1: bring a 6x3 garden fence post to sit the engine on, when you go to collect it.
2. Plan for oil to make a mess of your shed, your garden, everywhere. I didnt and it took a great deal of effort to clean up the mess. This is a wet job.
3. Go to charity shop and buy a set of old clothes for the operation, and then throw them away when you have the engine got.
This engine has a very elaborite series of pipes and radiators located all around it, more than I've ever seen on an engine. Still trying to identify them all.
There is a ton of videos and reading material online about this engine, way more than for the M51.
Ebay has a ton of reasonably priced spare parts for it.
I drained the cololing system and the fluid was a perfect clear green colour.
It's all been good news so far. I'll update this regularly but progress will be slow, I have a stressful job and a family as well as other projects going on.