you have halped me to do my own engine while it had broken chain guide issue. and now im here watching this just for fun at 2a.m. with couple of beers. women will never understand us
Once the mesh is clogged with debris, oil pump keeps sucking until mesh is broken. 22 years old plastic mesh became very brittle today. Little plastic pieces in the filter are the mesh.
11:16 The engine of my brothers car with the N46 had them switched around, from at least 360.000km till last month at 420.000kms. The car drove fine but the valvetronic had to be disconnected otherwise it would stall. The car had the valvetronic sensor issue since purchase but we never found out why. Changed the motor a few times for a used one, sensor als well but never noticed them switched around. Looking back it didn't have much power but still drove fine. (the person that did the chain also broke their locking tool off in the block by starting it, so we also had to remove that..)
A company like BMW puts so much effort in designing an ultra complicated and expensive-to-build engine, just to ruin it with their 2 penny cheapo chain guides? Help me understand this. I am stuck with the same crap engine. Admire Your work, thanks.
This is best teardown of n42/46 i was struggling with lack of videos of this engine. Thank you soo much. Hope to se full build maybe of this or some other n42/46 engine.
Thanks4 the class I have 1 ready to rebuild it was buring oil then I saw my cool hose under high pressure so I pull the engine found pistons ring stuck an timing chain set need replacing the balance shaft bearing where I can get any 2by and torque specs 4the balance shaft bearing cap
Hello from the uk I really like your engine rebuilds where everything is explained I’m only 20 minutes into this video but I think I’ve seen this problem before on another from that young lad from Norway EMS I think but not sure getting back to the problem the auxiliary belt breaks and goes behind the front pulley into the sump where it gets distributed everywhere oil goes theirs a new piece that goes behind the pulley now to stop this happening,I just wanted to get this comment in before the end because I’m sure you’ll work it out 🎉
@ don’t spoil the video for me 😂I’m retired now but I’ve worked as a mechanic in the past but I drove trucks for the last 25 years of my working life,the cars back then were so easy to work on it’s laughable,I think people get the wrong idea thinking that because you’re working on cars that you must be a petrol head when in fact it’s the engineering that’s interesting anything that bolts together took a lot of working out and precision it fascinates me have a good day 🙏
@@richlee5578 I guess it's possible that piece of serpentine belt could slip in to the engine without leaving visible marks on the front seal? That would be a good explanation...
@ yes I’m halfway through your video now and the piece that you took from the sump looked like the belt and the the further damage to the tensioners could have arisen from trauma 😜caused by the belt going inside,I think I mentioned they now do a plate that fits behind the crankshaft pulley to counteract this so obviously quite a common problem I’d say.
the problem is the alternator pulley that siezes and then it starts wearing the fan belt and it gets stuck around the crank pulley and then slips into the sump then obviously blocks the oil channels
Yes, that is what happened. The piece that I found in the engine was just thin enough to squeeze between the hub and the radial seal, without leaving major damage. I always thought that would destroy the front seal, but I was wrong:)
@@mestari6289you can remove the belt and then test the alternator pulley with your hand spin it in your hand and see if it slips left to right if it doesnt its locked and will eventualy wear the belt
@@BimmerZenim from south africa have been watching many of your videos i really love the indepth work you do.i have worked on many n46s/n42s as i am a mech anyways goodluck with the project👌
Hello again I’ve finished watching this video now and yes you realised what it was it actually gets forced past the crankcase seal but of course with it being a seal it returns to normal leaving no evidence,excellent video I’ve watched a couple now and will watch all what you put up because I’m not familiar with these engines but my wife as got a 2012 3 series 330d with about 120,000 miles on the clock and it’s runs great I have x type jag diesel 2.2 with 190,000 on and still going strong unbelievable for a jag 😂but it’s front wheel drive good on the snow but very hard to work on space wise it’s very tight took me 2 days to change the alternator so I’m hoping to get a cheap BMW soon to make my life easier anyway sorry for waffling on but I am retired and nowt else to do apart from watching other people work 😂😂
I think your information was the last missing piece to this mistery. Thanks for sharing your insight! I will take a closer look at that front seal when I'm back at the garage. I was under impression that the radial seal would be damaged when the belt gets squeezed inside, but I guess there is enough space and flex in the seal. Another subtle clue that I found during editing the video is that the chain tensioner hex head had oil grime and what looks to be belt fibers on it. That means it was replaced before the belt failed, so the piece would not be able to get inside during chain replacement.
@ it’s just coincidence that I saw a video the other day where the same thing happened to a bmw so I can’t take all the credit as soon as I saw what looked like a piece of belt it just came flooding back,I think you’re right about the other stuff being unusable it’s not worth the risk.
Plastic mesh in the oil pickup tube is a shame. The cheap reason why the engine has died. BMW is went crazy on cost cuts. But the engine definitely can be overhauled.
@@Oleg-fp9hn I have since gotten a very good hint on what happened and this time it was not the plastic rails fault. That piece of belt was squeezed under the front radial seal and that caused all the damage to the rail and clogged up the pickup. Not servicing the oil leaks and serpentine belt was the root cause.
you have halped me to do my own engine while it had broken chain guide issue. and now im here watching this just for fun at 2a.m. with couple of beers. women will never understand us
Hey man, I recently purchased your N42/N46 valve seal removal tools and they worked great!
Engine is no longer smoking after idle. Thanks again!
Once the mesh is clogged with debris, oil pump keeps sucking until mesh is broken. 22 years old plastic mesh became very brittle today. Little plastic pieces in the filter are the mesh.
11:16 The engine of my brothers car with the N46 had them switched around, from at least 360.000km till last month at 420.000kms. The car drove fine but the valvetronic had to be disconnected otherwise it would stall. The car had the valvetronic sensor issue since purchase but we never found out why. Changed the motor a few times for a used one, sensor als well but never noticed them switched around. Looking back it didn't have much power but still drove fine. (the person that did the chain also broke their locking tool off in the block by starting it, so we also had to remove that..)
A company like BMW puts so much effort in designing an ultra complicated and expensive-to-build engine,
just to ruin it with their 2 penny cheapo chain guides? Help me understand this. I am stuck with the same crap engine. Admire Your work, thanks.
This is best teardown of n42/46 i was struggling with lack of videos of this engine. Thank you soo much. Hope to se full build maybe of this or some other n42/46 engine.
Good video! Thank you.
Edit. Very good video. Please make more like this. Better than I do cars.
Just saw a 1974 Toyota Celica on one of these "will it run?" channels. It had a beefy Duplex Chain on its little 1600cc. Sarted crying.
Thanks4 the class I have 1 ready to rebuild it was buring oil then I saw my cool hose under high pressure so I pull the engine found pistons ring stuck an timing chain set need replacing the balance shaft bearing where I can get any 2by and torque specs 4the balance shaft bearing cap
You are excellent.
@@伊藤大介-e6dThank you, very kind!
very useful as a reference for my BMW maintenance.
thank you very much for all your explanations, I love all your videos, they are very precise. thank you for everything you do
Hello from the uk I really like your engine rebuilds where everything is explained I’m only 20 minutes into this video but I think I’ve seen this problem before on another from that young lad from Norway EMS I think but not sure getting back to the problem the auxiliary belt breaks and goes behind the front pulley into the sump where it gets distributed everywhere oil goes theirs a new piece that goes behind the pulley now to stop this happening,I just wanted to get this comment in before the end because I’m sure you’ll work it out 🎉
Good guess, I get in to that at the end of the teardown;D
@ don’t spoil the video for me 😂I’m retired now but I’ve worked as a mechanic in the past but I drove trucks for the last 25 years of my working life,the cars back then were so easy to work on it’s laughable,I think people get the wrong idea thinking that because you’re working on cars that you must be a petrol head when in fact it’s the engineering that’s interesting anything that bolts together took a lot of working out and precision it fascinates me have a good day 🙏
@@richlee5578 I guess it's possible that piece of serpentine belt could slip in to the engine without leaving visible marks on the front seal? That would be a good explanation...
@ yes I’m halfway through your video now and the piece that you took from the sump looked like the belt and the the further damage to the tensioners could have arisen from trauma 😜caused by the belt going inside,I think I mentioned they now do a plate that fits behind the crankshaft pulley to counteract this so obviously quite a common problem I’d say.
If you follow that link it’s the belt inside the sump he finds it at about 17 mins in.
Haha, we all have the same "what is this stuff...?" reaction to the "mistery" gasket in the engine:D
@ I know that’s what triggered me 😂
Any updates on the n43? Love this video btw!
I'm just finishing the low oil pressure fix video xD
@ can’t wait to see it!
May I recommend the purchase of a breaker bar? :D That poor little ratchet breaking those head bolts. It was surely in a lot of pain.
the problem is the alternator pulley that siezes and then it starts wearing the fan belt and it gets stuck around the crank pulley and then slips into the sump then obviously blocks the oil channels
Damn I just changed my serpentine belt. I have to check if it starts to wear. No wear after 500km.
Yes, that is what happened. The piece that I found in the engine was just thin enough to squeeze between the hub and the radial seal, without leaving major damage. I always thought that would destroy the front seal, but I was wrong:)
@@BimmerZen My serpentine belt was tightly wrapped behind the crackshaft pulley but it didn't break the seal behind it. I was very lucky.
@@mestari6289you can remove the belt and then test the alternator pulley with your hand spin it in your hand and see if it slips left to right if it doesnt its locked and will eventualy wear the belt
@@BimmerZenim from south africa have been watching many of your videos i really love the indepth work you do.i have worked on many n46s/n42s as i am a mech anyways goodluck with the project👌
Hello again I’ve finished watching this video now and yes you realised what it was it actually gets forced past the crankcase seal but of course with it being a seal it returns to normal leaving no evidence,excellent video I’ve watched a couple now and will watch all what you put up because I’m not familiar with these engines but my wife as got a 2012 3 series 330d with about 120,000 miles on the clock and it’s runs great I have x type jag diesel 2.2 with 190,000 on and still going strong unbelievable for a jag 😂but it’s front wheel drive good on the snow but very hard to work on space wise it’s very tight took me 2 days to change the alternator so I’m hoping to get a cheap BMW soon to make my life easier anyway sorry for waffling on but I am retired and nowt else to do apart from watching other people work 😂😂
I think your information was the last missing piece to this mistery. Thanks for sharing your insight! I will take a closer look at that front seal when I'm back at the garage. I was under impression that the radial seal would be damaged when the belt gets squeezed inside, but I guess there is enough space and flex in the seal.
Another subtle clue that I found during editing the video is that the chain tensioner hex head had oil grime and what looks to be belt fibers on it. That means it was replaced before the belt failed, so the piece would not be able to get inside during chain replacement.
@ it’s just coincidence that I saw a video the other day where the same thing happened to a bmw so I can’t take all the credit as soon as I saw what looked like a piece of belt it just came flooding back,I think you’re right about the other stuff being unusable it’s not worth the risk.
can you please help me find a BMW N46 engine
Plastic mesh in the oil pickup tube is a shame.
The cheap reason why the engine has died.
BMW is went crazy on cost cuts.
But the engine definitely can be overhauled.
@@Oleg-fp9hn I have since gotten a very good hint on what happened and this time it was not the plastic rails fault. That piece of belt was squeezed under the front radial seal and that caused all the damage to the rail and clogged up the pickup. Not servicing the oil leaks and serpentine belt was the root cause.
@@BimmerZen yes, right. but is case steel mesh all this debris will not came into oil system and ruin rotating assembly.