BMW V8 E70 X5M - First start after ENGINE Rebuild - S63

This video shows the lead up moments to the first start of my X5M after doing a full engine rebuild in my garage at home.
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Tags: E70 X5M BMW S63 first start N63 engine start S63 engine build twin turbo v8 BMW M5

[@thedirtsurfer2666]

This makes me excited because I'm rebuilding a BMW 550i with the n63. So watching your videos helps me make sure I don't miss anything and is getting me hyped to have my car running again soon

[@dnl35projects]

It's honestly just a matter of patience. Watch as many videos as you can, use BMW manuals and clean the parts (and your workspace) as much as you can. It is not really as hard as it looks, but really time consuming. It's worthwhile though specially if you really like the car

[@weijia1659]

good job daniel ! well done

[@dnl35projects]

Thanks

[@mlife7992]

Nice work bro

[@dnl35projects]

Thanks

[@frederickhalljr8947]

Hey guys I wish there were guys like you that could work on motors over here like that because they cant and I live in california I have an X5M. They don't even want to replace the bearings at the bottom of the motor because they don't know how to do it. But thank you for showing me

[@dnl35projects]

I'm glad you liked the video. Thanks !

[@srt2fst]

Nice, i just bought one of these 😅

[@dnl35projects]

awesome ! they are great cars if serviced correctly

[@srt2fst]

@dnl35projects awesome, thanks for the content... I need to service my trans and diffs. I like to change all fluids so I know when it was done 😅

[@caioderobi9206]

Kicked in the guts!

[@dnl35projects]

hahaha

[@greggregorich8048]

high pressure gas pumps they r 2 on this engine life spam 120k miles (10 years and they have recalls also ccv hoses too 10 year recall time )

[@dnl35projects]

Correct !

[@felixramos5808]

Warranty extensions not recalls:)

[@JulioCanoJackson]

I love your content man is awesome! It’s helping me out a lot, as I’m about to get into the same deal 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 Where are you from by the way?

[@dnl35projects]

Thanks ! I’m in Sydney, Australia - happy to give you a hand with your car if you live nearby 👍

[@AaronsTalks]

Wow nice work. If this happened to me , I wil auction the car as dead vehicle haha

[@dnl35projects]

hahaha Yes fixing it takes a long time

[@reeserideoutxxx]

Hi I'm in the US and just got the block and heads back from the machine shop. Where do you recommend to get a rebuild kit with most of the gaskets and bolts etc?

[@dnl35projects]

Hi, I'm in Australia however its still more convenient for me to buy parts from US since they are cheaper and easier to find in stock. I get 95% of the parts from FCP Euro because these guys are amazingly quick with sending orders out and it would get to me within a week. There are other sites like ECS Tunning, BimmerWorld you could also find good parts at a great prices. If youre rebuilding an X5M (S63 non TU) you should get these part numbers: 11112158085 (Block gasket set) - 11122159374 (engine head - gaskets set- have all gaskets to the engine head but not the headgasket itself) plus the headgaskets you choose - I only use Elring on my builds because of price and quality. I hope that helps :)

[@stripping-santa]

Yes that helps thank you so much!

[@user-ns9gp8dn7m]

The S63 has two cooling reservoirs, one for the engine and one for the turbines. How many liters of coolant are in each reservoir? Is it the same type of coolant?

[@dnl35projects]

It depends on the car but you can easily use 15 litres if your system is empty. I’d use the blue Copland however you need to ensure that’s the current coolant in there cause you cannot mix them

[@user-ns9gp8dn7m]

@@dnl35projects Cool, in my case it's also an X5 M E70. Then I could put the same coolant in both reservoirs.

[@apriliagp77]

What was the total cost of rebuild? I have pretty loud rod knock at 161000 miles and looks like I'm headed down that path.

[@dnl35projects]

Hi, I spent about $10k (Australian dollars) but half of that was to sleeve the block and repair the work the first machine shop did ! If you have a perfectly running (or lightly smoking) S63 or N63 there is a possibility of doing the rebuild for under US $4k - Fingers crossed your crank isn't damaged

[@Rudy_Mnogo_Njegovan]

What for is that cooler 90 degrees opposite to all others?

[@dnl35projects]

You meant that cooler laying flat in front of everything ? Thats part of the low temperature system (cools the intercoolers)

[@Rudy_Mnogo_Njegovan]

@@dnl35projects I thought passenger side intake is for intercooler? Driver side is oil cooler, right?