Back on the road again

"SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman" (dasborgen) 03/23/2015 at 23:26 • Filed to: E36, BMW, M3, headgasket

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I did my headgasket on my M3.

It took a week (including 5 days waiting for the head to get back from the machine shop)

Car started on 1st crank. It had a check engine light due to a vacuum leak. It was a hose I had left unconnected. The CEL went away by itself and I recovered probably 30whp between the previously mistimed engine and leaky HG both fixed

Where are ArchDuke and Logansteno? They are peons when it comes to E36s compared to me

uofime > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 03/23/2015 at 23:31

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That's a clean head.

What was it at the machine shop for?

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > uofime 03/23/2015 at 23:32

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For decking...it wasn't warped, but I wanted the modest bump in compression ratio. And also I had them pressure test it and hot tank it

uofime > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 03/23/2015 at 23:35

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cool

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 03/23/2015 at 23:40

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Yeah well...

I managed to fix my sagging glovebox without buying anything, so who's the real winner here?

You still, obviously.