LS1 BMW E30 Build (THE GMW) - Part 6 - FIRST START UP FAIL!

[@howey1975]

Really love how you guys don't shy away from the stuff that goes wrong. I hope once the car is finished and driving that we'll see a rundown of how it handles the road and, hopefully, the strip.

[@HackshopGarage]

Thanks mate, absolutely we will be doing a episode or two on that

[@tobyrange7654]

This has fast become a must watch channel. So sick 👌 good job men 🤙

[@HackshopGarage]

Thanks mate, much appreciate it

[@0SuperTacoMan0]

Very nice! Can't wait to see some fly-by clips soon.

[@mr.h.36]

that exhaust is tuff!!!

[@aaronhogan2371]

Love it @hackshop boys. Super clean build. Can't wait to see the road test vid.

[@HackshopGarage]

Thanks mate, we are keen to put it through its paces

[@Madbart66]

Great vid as always boys. 👌🏼

[@TheShedSesh]

Magnificang boys.... guts dropped when the pressure didn't come up. Glad there wasn't major damage.... oh, and it's summer... kind of, need some t-shirts in your store 😉

[@HackshopGarage]

Thanks mate, it was quite the roller coaster of emotions working on it haha and as for Tees, we are in the process of organising them now

[@stevepeters3032]

Really like this channel. Keep it coming lads.

[@jpstrim]

I feel the frustration guys, thankfully its sorted and wasn't new engine time!

[@HackshopGarage]

Yeah it could have been worse

[@BFxr6T]

Good work guys! Another great video! 👍 keen for the next one!

[@bryanmercer9942]

Well done, going to be a fun car to drive 👍🏻👍🏻

[@bigal878]

Good video and well done on the honesty of what happened with the ‘shit happens’ incident.

[@HackshopGarage]

Thanks mate, sometimes things just don’t go to plan haha

[@bigal878]

@@HackshopGarage it could have been a lot worse mate. Anyway it’s going now. I look forward to seeing a ‘road test’ of the GMW when you can. I bet it sounds great in the flesh.

[@nickcrosskill9035]

Nice boys!

[@Skarajew]

Heart sank fellas. She'll come around

[@RussellBooth1977]

There's also a bung behind the alternator which should be opened so that the oil pump can be primed up before starting the engine which is the way I did it after doing a hydraulic lifter replacement & an oil pan gasket replacement when I had to get the alloy oil pan welded up. Note the oil comes out like that in my engine sometimes - a bit glittery,I did check the oil pressure before I did the job & it tested as per Chevrolet specifications & with a warm engine :- 30 PSI at idle speed 37 PSI at 2000 RPMs 60 PSI at 4000 RPMs I actually pulled the oil pump apart & packed it with Molybdenum disulphide grease which is what I also coated the hydraulic lifters with as well as the new Rollmaster timing chain & sprocket kit. They do have a minimum oil pressure specification of 6 PSI at idle speed but if it got down that low I would be starting to check the oil pump & bearings. I would check the oil for the first 10,000 kilometres or so because the hydraulic lifters take up a fair bit of oil & so do the oil passages,I filled my engine up with about 6 litres of oil & dumped it out 5000 kilometres afterwards - only 3.8 litres of oil came out but it didn't happen again on the next oil change,I was using Repco 10W30 semi synthetic oil back then & now I use Nulon 10W40 full synthetic oil once every 10,000 kilometres or 6 months, whichever comes first. My father had trouble with that in his 3.8 litre V6 engine in his 2000 model VX Commodore because when he decided to slap a 2004 VY Commodore V6 engine in they decided to pull it apart & reseal it. They jammed the oil pump up with petroleum jelly & they had no oil pressure & a hydraulic lifter noise on startup,I don't know what happened but the oil pressure shot up to 60 PSI with a cold engine so the it must've had an air pocket in the oil pump. Why was the engine changed ? At 380,000 kilometres he elected to replace the engine rather than replace or get the cylinder heads rebuilt as it was ran on LPG & had exhaust valve seat recession so the bottom end could still be fitted into another car, the engine also needs new pushrods because they were scuffed on the tips !

[@Imperialautodetailing]

Was gonna ask if the pickup was maybe giving you dramas with the aftermarket sump, then hit that part of the vid. damn aftermarket sumps.

[@dazaspc]

Starter motor could have a broken magnet? Good job guys

[@HackshopGarage]

We honestly have no idea. It was one hell of a mystery

[@ls2surf485]

Will it be street legal?

[@samuelbuttigieg4111]

Weres the fairlane?

[@HackshopGarage]

Coming soon mate, still sorting the diff out

[@octane_matty]

starter probably from a opposite side bellhousing

[@TorqueMediaau]

gut wrenching boys but luckily it was a somewhat simple fix.

[@sphmowing2817]

What’s the specs on the engine?

[@HackshopGarage]

Stock LS with a mild cam mate

[@davidthompson245]

DOH!

[@kieranfarrell5714]

Milk crates.... Is their anything they can't do!

[@HackshopGarage]

They are an essential item in any shed

[@hqwoody327]

I felt the pain and disappointment when the oil pressure dropped. Mark it up to experience, boys!

[@HackshopGarage]

Haha thanks mate, that’s all you can do really ey, lessons learnt

[@GerardBendotti]

@@HackshopGarage Liam seemed pretty cool and reasonable about it all.

[@timwhalan6417]

👍🏻🍺