O great BMW Oracles of Knowledge - 95 525 Head Gasket ;(

[winfred]

i have squashed all but a couple leaches, the remaining ones either pay fairly well or amuse me, i value my one day off and have no problem with saying no

You'll do it again If you're good enough to do the M50, all your 'friends' will be pulling their smoking, leaking heaps into your garage for you to fix. Thats the boat I'm in now. Just did a 95 golf headgasket on the weekend.

Dave M

[Blitzkrieg Bob]

now that you've done it, buddies will show up with beer and parts looking for help.

[winfred]

yea but i know where to buy beer and not piss away my weekend, i bet scott can find the beer store too

now that you've done it, buddies will show up with beer and parts looking for help.

[Scott C]

yea but i know where to buy beer and not piss away my weekend, i bet scott can find the beer store too

I have to admit, I would have been tempted to drink very heavily if this did not fix the problem - that was a LOT of work and even though I found a place that would swap a rebuilt head (ground valves, seals, pressure tested, milled) for $950 + $50 shippping, I would have been in tears (YES TEARS) just thinking about having to do the swap again.

To top it off, the refrigerator died just prior to this, and that was sadly a big expense (it was a 30 yr old subzero and of course not much else fits in 24" depth location - it did encourage me to get my EPA certification so I could buy R12). My son's car (neon, my backup) was torn apart for rusted brake and fuel lines (yes he started it during break 2 months ago, you get this picture) and that was my backup. So I have been driving a 1982 Mazda RX-7 (project) that looks like hell (but is mechanically very sound and has NO rust, just awaiting paint) during this fiasco.

Scott

[Scott C]

now that you've done it, buddies will show up with beer and parts looking for help.

Buddies won't cut it, better be the budwieser girls or I won't be touching that car!

[winfred]

sounds like my first car a 83 rx7, looked like ass paid $300 for it did a brake job and a tune up or two over 30-40k miles and sold it for $300 when something died in the starter circuit and i didn't feel like screwing with it. probably the most fun you could have with 100hp

So I have been driving a 1982 Mazda RX-7 (project) that looks like hell (but is mechanically very sound and has NO rust, just awaiting paint) during this fiasco.

Scott

[Scott C]

sounds like my first car a 83 rx7, looked like ass paid $300 for it did a brake job and a tune up or two over 30-40k miles and sold it for $300 when something died in the starter circuit and i didn't feel like screwing with it. probably the most fun you could have with 100hp

It is a ball to drive - no antilock brakes, no traction control - if I want to spin the wheels (in first gear only of course with 100HP), I can.

FYI - I used to have a lifter noise after the 525 was warmed up - now stry after replacing the head gasket - the engine purrs like a kitten with no clatter - not sure why but I am not complaining. (The only diff I used cheap 10W40 oil vs M1)