engine and drivetrain Gasket Set

[1972-2002]

Please remeber i am a NOOB. I ordered two gasket sets for my car and upper and lower engine gasket set. How do i find out what each piece is for. some are obvious like the head, valve, exhaust, intake, timing but there are some i don't have clue where they go in.

 

Any help.

 

Garry

[hanksjim1]

Like the rest of us, get real familiar with the Realoem (select "archive" to see our cars by model and year):

 

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=2552&mospid=47140&btnr=11_2366&hg=11&fg=10

 

this should give you decent exploded views of just about everything.

 

 

[bill.in.mt]

Most of it will be obvious as you dismantle stuff. If there is a gasket, match it and replace it. There will be some extra o-rings and stuff that go nowhere, in all likelihood. They may be included for other models or for stuff you don't end up taking apart.

[FB73tii]

+1 on the above^^. It's been a while since I bought a full gasket set, but it occurs to me that if you are doing a full rebuild some gaskets, o-rings, or crush washers may not be included in the sets. The distributor cover bolt seal (a thick copper washer) and distributor shaft O-ring come to mind, though I could be mistaken  Also, the cylinder head gasket kit comes with individual exhaust manifold gaskets--many of us use the shielded 320i one-piece exhaust gasket (P/N 11621723876) instead. Here's what should be included in the kits:

Top End Set (11 12 9 065 722)
--Head gasket
--Valve cover gasket

--Valve stem seals (this P/N is for the new style seals)
--Distributor housing gasket
--Upper timing case gaskets
--exhaust manifold gaskets
--intake manifold gaskets
--exhaust downpipe gasket
--large crush washers for the head end plugs

Bottom End Set (11 11 1 734 114)
--Oil pan gasket
--Rear crank seal
--Rear crank seal gasket
--Front crank seal
--Lower timing case gaskets
--Oil filter housing gasket

--Oil pump O-rings
--Water pump gasket
--temperature/pressure sender crush rings

--various block plug crush washers

 

Fred '69 & '74tii

Edited October 9, 2013 by FB73tii

[1972-2002]

thanks for the info especially about parts that might not be for my engine. and a special thanks to FB73tii for the detail list. I have become familiar with the parts page but it is really hard to tell what goes where sometimes.

 

Garry

[TobyB]

Yeah, there are quite a few in the generic sets that don't go to anything US- when you take apart a 320, you find some of them,

but some are for things like a carbed 316 that we never got.

 

t

[eurotrash]

Here's a question..

 

In two separate motors I have torn down,  there seemed to be a seal on the crank, crushed between the timing chain gear and the pulley.  It was definitely something other than hardened sediment.  And in both cases, I found it on the crank, pressed into the seal side of the gear, around the crank nose..  I can't seem to find any info on these bits..  Nothing definitive, anyway. 

Is it something that should be there on reassembly??

Anyone noticed this before?  Surely I'm not the only one..

[Preyupy]

BMW never officially showed it on the parts microfiche but it was a thin O-ring.  They used it to seal the seam between the front crank journal and the timing gear.  Without it on the really early engines they had a small leak of oil that would work it's way between crank, gear, pulley and past the threads on the nut holding the pulley on.  I just put a VERY LIGHT film of sealant in the chamfer on the gear before I press it on.  Never had a problem in over 30 years building M10's this way.