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Gave up on the Amazon dream, did ya?
Never mind.
-- oil all over the exhaust side of the block, from the valve cover oil cap all the way down to the motor mount. Vapors come out when the oil lid is removed, so I'm assuming clogged flame trap assembly. I can fix that, but I made a big fuss about it with them. The rear gasket on the cylinder head (blocking the distributor drive for the 740 application of the B230)is intact, and has no fresh oil -- just general grunge. An IPD plate will go on right away if I get this car. Oil inside valve cover is clean (no milkshake). And that motor mounts should be replaced.
Sounds like my '89 740 turbo when I got it. A 99 cent galon of kerosene is a great place to soak the daylights out of that oil box. It'll weigh half a much once the gunk is flushed out. And gasket remover spray is great for melting baked-on oil from the underside of the valve cover. Maybe you'd want to remove the cam and clean it, too.
-- car smells like an ashtray. This may be the kiss of death... I don't know if I can deal with the smell for the three or so years for it to dissipate. Any ideas outside of taking it to a professional detailer?
Rob, with my '84 GL from the junkyard which was left all winter with a window open, I got rid of the mildew smell. first I removed the seats and carpets. Shampooed the carpert on the ground using a rotary shampooer I have. For the seats, I made up a spray bottle solution of liquid Lysol and water then sprayed the cloth with a mist of this. Maybe I had some vinegar in it, too. then I wrapped each seat in a large black garbage bag and let it sit a couple of days.
Did the same with door panels, armrets, etc. Once things were back in, I still had some of the odor, but I kept using an aerosol of "Ozium" (available at Wal-Mart). In time this cleared things.
I did buy a bottle of Fabreeze, but never had to use it. It works by "encapsulating" the offending odor. But I wanted to get the odor out of the car as much as possible first.
-- an automatic transmission. Gees, I hate autos, and I may just swap my M46 over from my '83 this summer if I get this car. If I'm too lazy, then I'll have to learn to live with the AW, I s'pose.
Now, now, Rob. We had this talk before.....
You live in a congested downtown, you have no garage, and your drive two wheels up on the curb just to change the oil.... and you want to swap in a transmission?!!!
Or, were you just figuring on bringing the job up to my house this summer where we would gang up on it, and teach the boy how real car-guys work, and so the wives could lounge out by the pool while we sweat under the car, and the beer chills, the steaks marinate, and no special tools are needed?
(Thank God he doesn't want to change the body color)
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1989 740Ti 1986 240DL 1984 244GL
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