it's just a good example of what not to do.

plus, a sock stuck in an engine is fairly funny. i'm envisioning him driving around with one bare foot.
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'68 gray 2002 pig-cheeker - '74 verona 2002 - '74 turkis 2002ti(-i) project - '97 Ford Ranger parts hauler - '06 astro black MINI Cooper

from none other than e46 fanatics. Would you expect anything less?
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speed costs money how fast do you want to go

(nt)
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'69 Nevada sunroof--"Wolfgang"--bought new
'73 Sahara sunroof-- "Ludwig"--mine since '78
'87 eta E30 coupe--"Johannes"
+ Fiat Topolini (Benito & Luigi), Renault 4CVs (Anatole, Lucky Pierre, Brigette)...
and Kermit, the Bugeye Sprite

Nice, a broke E46 M3 driver that wants to go to spee dee to fix his problem...

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ok, ive given this a little more thought. like i said i am very tight with money right now, but i have a few resources that might help me out. i have my moms AAA card for a free tow, i have a chevron card that my dad thankfully lets me use and spee dee oil change takes chevron cards. im gonna go down there right now to see if they'll be able to help me with the problem
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<shudder!>

Cheers,

Ray
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'73 ///M2 2.5
'84 ///M635CSi

Many,many years ago, we were doin' a valve job on a Ford 350 V8.
My cousin handed me the intake manifold to bolt back on.
The engine would not run.
We pulled the motor apart to see what could've happened.
When I pulled the heads...socks/rags had been sucked down and were wrapped around the valves, hanging into the cylinders.

My cousin had stuffed socks/rags into the intake manifold ports & forgot to remove them before he handed it to me.
We got the socks out...put it back together and it ran fine.

This was at least 25 years ago, and to this day, I still emphasize the fact that it was NOT MY FAULT!!!
8-)
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'72 02 Weber
'75 Opel Ascona Weber S
'82 e21Weber S
'84 535iS
'86 535i Uber Beater
'89 325iS
(2)'89 325iC's
15+ parts cars
http://myworld.ebay.com/fosters.3

fibers like that *CAN* embed themselves in the (VERY) soft main/rod/cam bearing surfaces, causing the metal around the embedded fiber to raise slightly, which is bad. depending on how bad the sock was shredded, i might either be very or not at all concerned about it. E46 M3s have had a recall on the main bearings (up to 02 model year i think) so many of the dealer techs can swap out at least the main bearings in a couple or few hours. (The techs in the bay next to ours at the dealership used to do them so fast it seemed like they were done in about 45minutes!!) BEST advice i could give any new BMW owner is get to know your dealership techs!! why? because many of them take work on the side ... ;)

p.s. i was going to post this at the e46 site but didnt want to bother with registering...
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...someone on motrealracing posted this pics. Just thought id share, gave me a laugh :-)
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72tii - Whitey
74 - Blacky

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