Unfortunately the aluminum alloy that was used on the M52/M54 era engines tended to get a little weak as it aged and especially if it was overheated (which mine was at some point before I bought it) and that causes threads to pull out, which has happened to me on my valve cover and I need to repair them. To do that I used this time-sert kit:
M7 x 1.00mm Time Sert Kit:
https://amzn.to/3J7QbKM
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Great video, and thanks for all of them.
Small add: IF someone was super cautious, they could buy a normal tap of the same thread pitch in order to start the threads. Then take the bottoming tap in to finish.
That's the method I sheared off the threaded stud on my oil level sensor (OLS). I extracted the OLS studs, and re-tapped each hole, then replaced with bolts of the proper length and pitch.
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is there a recommended torque amount for the bolts
Hi jason! stripped my m54 gm transmission housing threads.real oem states the bolt as M6x16. what size time sert do i need to repair those threads.
there are 20 bolts in total and 8 of them are stripped. the pan was leaking before i bought the car and i found this out while doing my transmission pan filter and gasket teplacement.
Please help.
The thread at the very back of the engine was stripped for me. I had to remove the wipers and the cover to get at it ( or take the engine out). Massive pain in the ass.
Nice video. I saw the piece flying! But so did you 😀 I tried this to my E53 rear chassis bolt on aluminum part, when it stripped couple of year ago, method was almost the same but the thread did go in by turning and then taking the mid piece of after it was in. Good way to save threads easily
Tip: use a lot of grease, slowly turning the tap back and forth to prevent it from breaking. Btw, we have the same tool you might want to try it out 🙂
It makes me feel better to see that this happened to you too. Two years ago, despite taking all precautions I stripped the exact same threaded hole in my E46's head (cyl 1 exhaust side) and thought it was my fault. Like you, I fixed it with a Time Sert and the VC torqued back down to spec like nothing happened.
There's a peculiar feeling of terror that grips you when you drill the head during the repair and see aluminum shavings come out. Have faith and see the job through.
Literally Did this exact job last year. Highly reccomend the thread sert. The precise , quality and build of the tools makes the job go perfectly smooth. Use cheap tools, get cheap results. Simple as that
if you are drilling anything tougher than aluminum use a real oil WD 40 isn't a lube
I’m in the prosess of replacing headgsket on ny m54b30 and have recived the head from the machine shop the other day. Now I’m installing the studs for the camshafts and I notised that six of the studs have a little longer section of threads! Do you now where these go?
Have had success with helicoil on all of my oil filter housing bolts and a couple valve cover bolts. Would definitely use timeserts on head bolts. I put the tap in my drill and go slow and back out a couple times.
I’ve got a 02 330i that has been sitting for 3-4 years not running. Supposedly the CCV needs to be replaced and the intake box and boots are removed. What things should I probably go ahead and figure in replacing to get it back up and running?
Wow, that engine is so clean inside!
6:02 congratulations for the nice big chips in the chain timing.
This is the second time within 24 hours that you’ve uploaded the exact video on a repair that I was going to do!
Man you had me stressing when you were holding that insert with gloves on over that open engine.
Brilliant demonstration, thanks Jason.
Looks like you lost a lot of weight!
Thanks for your invaluable videos man!
Looks like you are getting in shape, congrats!
Had to do several of these in my M54 head last year. PO stripped several. Had a hard time getting the one in the back left corner. Still had trouble tightening one or two of the bolts. Ended up putting liquid gasket on the rubber gasket all the way around and snugging it down best I could. So far no leaks!