The Hack Jobs Unfold - Garden Find V12 BMW E31 850i Revival - Project Marseille: Part 2

In this episode, we set about bringing back to life this legendary 1991 BMW E31 850i 6-speed that's been decommissioned for the last 10 years. But the big 12-cylinder lump had some "expert" work done on it which makes things a bit more difficult.
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7:28 "Again, there's a proper tool for this, which I don't have, so I'm going to go with the smacky-smack..." It sounds like you had the right tool the whole time...

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[@bounzig]

Love your channel and your work! I recently restored a 528 e39 -97 that's been sitting for 6 years with new automatic, brakes, rims, alternator, cooler, brake lines and so on... It's such a nice and smooth car to drive and it's now my daily. You can't tell it's a 350000km car :)

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[@cyclonicleo]

Sreten, you're a madman. Don't ever change. Love the new intro/outro too.

[@Pana_John]

This Guy has worked on so many 8 series now it's basically muscle memory

[@bbking5465]

The happy hour of the week! I enjoy like nothing else the videos plus the great sense of humor.Good job Sreten. Be careful with the helicoil of the spark plug threads and the metal savings.There are some tips how to eliminate the savings into the cylinder.

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guten Abend from England. This is by far.my favourite youtube channel and I'm learning all sorts about bmw . I have a 2005 530i best car I've ever had

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Really? What they said?

[@cletusfordwicke7608]

Fantastic video. You helped me with my 850 several years ago, another of your virtues. Can’t wait to see the Helicoils go in. You are such an inspiration!

[@BrentReyno]

I’d love to see a collaboration between you and Derek from Vice Grip Garage one day. Similar senses of humour, completely different cars

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[@philipschneider750]

A man of expertise! You immediately notice that there is no typical backyard mechanic messing up! A man who still appreciates the good old BMW and cherishes and cares for them! There should be more people like you who have experience with BMW's filigree and complex technology. You have my like and subscription! Btw: The E31 850i Is my absolute Dream Car but not only because of the Design! Its also because of the Engine! The M70 is one of the Sexiest engines that BMW ever produced!

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I've never heard anyone else call it 'go go juice' I love it, I'm not alone.🤣

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A little rubber artists roller works perfect for applying sealant to a gasket or anything flat.. lasts forever, easily cleaned, small and cheap. Applies a perfectly even thin layer every time.

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This channel is awesome, wish videos were released more frequently. Would love to see revival of a neglected E82 some day as that is my current daily.

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Love the ironic comments , complaints of other people's workmanship and the mumbling during work . Great info and intresting projects always ! Thank you for the entertainment !

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Love the fact you are always positive and have a great attitude.

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Ok we’ve seen English, Deutsch, Spanish and some Poland here and there but when are you planning to speak a full phrase in Italian apart from “Numero Uno”? 😂 Fantastic video as always, for a car enthusiast this is heaven, greetings from Southern Italy and hope you come visiting in these parts some days 😇

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Dear Sreten, you're doing great media content! It's like action & comedy and a little bit detective. Keep up the great work!

[@rezaq1]

Again, brilliant video Streten. I had an E31 840Ci Sport about 12 years ago. It was silver with the optional 17” BBS split rims. I purchased it from its first owner, and actually picked it up from Selfridges private car park in London where it was stored!! It cost me £3500...

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Everyone's favorite sound effect... The smackity smack of a fuel pump ring being removed or reinstalled 😂

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This channel is the best if you like gears and german cars. Thanks for the good times.

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I never liked mechanic works but this guy made it joyful

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This channel should have many more subscribers.

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That's a great channel and a great dude. I wish you soon to have a bigger garage (not much bigger since it still needs to be cosy). I enjoy very much your videos and although I'm not mechanic I very much appreciate the way that you repair the cars, your effort ALWAYS do the things the proper way and the way that you are doing the explanation (which is never boring)... even when you bump your head .....I can't wait for your next video!!

[@gkue6004]

Hi Sreten, as a former mechanic in Germany (US now), I absolutely love your videos. You take such pride in your work. That is so rare nowadays. Watching your professionalism is so rewarding. And you used to work in IT??? How did that happen? lol. Keep up the good work.

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I think you are hilarious and if you were in the UK I would love to get my work done by you FANTASTIC really enjoy your humor and effort on these motors

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After so many great projects even I now know that the o-ring of the thermostat goes on the OUTSIDE! I guess I am becoming a like-minded dude. 😄

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'Befallen'. Good word. Nice. Love the the project, love your ocd style of working.

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Admiro mucho tu profesionalismo en la mecánica.. te sigo ya tiempo, me crees si te digo que nunca he tenido un BMW, y no soy mecanico, pero aplico tu metodo en mi carro y casa.... Saludos desde Puerto Rico... eres el mejor!

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Love the new intro and outro. I`m not gonna get bored watching this chanel ever.

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One of my Favourite BMW'S looking forward to this re-build - Awesome

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My favourite bmw from that era. Love to see it up and running again soon and I am certain it will in your capable hands. Love this channel. By far my favourite.

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I was in Germany in 1994. I listened to Soundgarden's immeasurable album Superunknown in a basement, in a town called Kamp Lintfort, for a week. Because that's how I roll.

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Gotta say this is easily the best BMW repair channel on youtube, most of the other channels copy each others content and it gets rather boring.

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Positive news 'the tensioner is good'. Hope it works out with the re-threading.

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Best of luck with this one mi amigo! And you deserve a bigger garage, I am rooting for you! On other channels I am always with my finger on the skip button, not on this one. No useless chatter, always great content. One thing I like is that you you don't do that x5 time speed up build, you do some kind of stop motion time skip explaining what you are doing...

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Ждём третью серию !!! Крутой канал !!! Прикольно самому додумывать, что он говорит, когда не знаешь английский)))

[@ELGlueckert]

Man this thing was poorly maintained, thankfully there is someone like you to fix all the previous mechanic screw ups.

[@charlesredstone6989]

Another super video Sreten thank you, what a blow those stripped plugs, those words 'that was a bit loose...' so ominous, hope you can fix it.

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maaan I love those deep bucket rear seats on the 6 and 8 series

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3:00 my go to strategy for bedroom-stuff

[@matthieum.2809]

The burnt MAF and the destroyed threads of the cylinder head are really bad news. I can't wait to see how you gonna fix that. Bon courage !

[@bernardarayes2475]

Threading spark plug holes made me anxious about metal shreds falling in the combustion chamber 😨 Other than that, love the expertise, the humour, the amount of work achieved in every video. A true car guy's channel! And the fact that he's a German working on German cars!

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Legendary - my favourite car maintenance channel. Love the humour - “females they’ll come running to you” 😂 Can’t wait to see the spark plug thread repair ☺️

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I really really enjoyed watching your video and listening to your narration, thanks for sharing!

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"there is coolant, cool" - Sreten Mpowerovic

[@davidhollis1117]

Crossing my fingers for you for glück. Spark plug threads are a biiiiitch of a job, especially where access is limited...so basically on every car. If anyone cab do it - you can!

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Amazing job as always. So satisfying

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Thanks for the great video. I hope you can fix it with the thread. Keep it up.

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The new intro and outro are just... whoa! Classy!

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Brilliant as usual. Made my day. Can’t wait for part zwei...I mean part dos !! 😉

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1428 евро за дмрв? офигеть! На самом деле у меня такая же ситуация была с w210 - был установлен китайский аналог, который стал сбоить. Я его поменял на ещё один аналог, но тот сразу не понравился мерсу. В итоге купил оригинальный bosch за 7000р( сколько там щас? ~90$ чтоли) и не жалею. Уважаю автора за неподдельную любовь к BMW, очень приятно смотреть.

[@kwtreecare4023]

I know you will hate me for this.... I LOVE when you run into problems and more things are broke. It means we get loads more content and enjoyment from watching you fix it. Just a shame parts cost money!

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Great stuff once again! My favorite youtube channel

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30:06 I have asked a similar question about the dogs with behavior issues that end up here. I think it is because they know we will not reject, instead, help them. ;P

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Spark plug thread repair, easy for you!

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I need some of those carbon fiber towels.😄

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Loooooving the new intro and outro🔥🔥

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A rodent or angry human do not get your sarcasm so they ate all the remaining clean carbon fibre towels. Epic episode my man! This one was interesting as it had so many issues that you had to figure out. Excited for how this continues!

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My wife disturbed me while I watched this video, gave here the angry face. Got a little explaining to do later - totally worth it.

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The most interesting man in the world ;) Nice reference to Dos Equis

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Instead of going out to the club these days I like to stay in and watch M539 Restorations at night 🤷🏻‍♂️.

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i literally could not tell if “carbon fiber towel” was for real i thought i was missing out lmao

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Great Video as usual!

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Good luck. Nice work 👍🏽

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That's an epic outro! Great video overall

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It's begun! The Highline has officially become a parts car, LOL!

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I wish you a new big garage in this New Year bro ! 😁

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Helicoil kits to replace stripped plug threads have been around for years

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Awesome! Saving the video of Bmw:s most beautiful car til tonight! :)

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[@Alan_Edwards]

In my experience having to buy parts made by a specific OEM is not just a BMW thing. I have come across it before with some GMs I have owned and it always without question, cost a shit ton more too. I have to believe they do something with the design of the part to purposely make it difficult for others companies to remanufacture duplicate parts.