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I want to repair a cracked engine block

I have a 1998 pre-facelift 740i with a M62B44 448S1.

Don‘t ask me how, but my buddy and me dropped a nut in the Zylinder before we tried to star the car.

Now the engine block is broken right at the coolant canal. As you see, coolant flows in the Zylinder under pressure.

I know that it’s a financial write off, but I love this car as it was my first car.

My options now are:

  1. New engine I thought about just buying a used engine and just switching the engines but it’s way to expensive here in Germany.

It’s either: > 3,500€ for a good engine and weeks of switching the engines or > 1,500€ for a professional to put the engine in.

  1. repair the engine block I have a guy in southeastern europe, he‘s a friend of my fiancés family and loved my car when it was still running. He’s a mechanic and wants to help me get my car back running.

He’s has a guy with the machines to apparently repair the engine block. He apparently has done this work on some N54 Engines and says that he can safe the block. Until now he has only seen videos of the issue, the car is still in Germany.

  1. source a new engine block Find a used block (nothing on the market right now in Germany), let the guy grind the block and pistons and build the engine back up again

Conclusion: With option 3 (and 2) I would have a fully overhauled engine and would switch out all the wearing parts.

Risks: A: I would have to haul the car to southeast Europe and the could look at the engine after my invest of at least 500€. B: the repaired block could rip again or break and I‘m in the same spot again C: the could rip me of and in the end it could be more expensive (low risk and without the engine the car is trash)

Questions:

  1. do you think, that the engine block can be repaired?
  2. how high is the possibility to find a cheap (< 800€) block I could use?

Thanks for your opinions guys!!

u/best_cooler — 3 days ago
▲ 7 r/askbosnia

Can I war an „orthodox“ cross in Sarajevo and Mostar?

I hope English is acceptable here.

I am German and my girlfriend as well (she‘s from Serbian decent though) and we will visit Neum, Mostar and Sarajevo this year. Her grandpa is from Bosnia and even though his family is from republika srpska, they identify mostly identify Bosnian and a bit Serbian.

I know all about the war(s) but was will take aback when friends from Serbia where harassed and driven out of Sarajevo for having Serbian plates.

I obviously have a German car, but I wear a necklace with a cross that would be interpreted as „orthodox“ and my girlfriend as well.

I bet that it’s no issue in Neum, but what about Sarajevo and Mostar? I try to be as respectful as possible, but I still don’t want to put away my show of faith which I haven’t taken of for a couple of years.

I would have never though that this could be a problem, but still I don’t want to put my girlfriend in danger.

I’m so respectful to the culture that I would always just order sirnica and Pita ;)

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u/best_cooler — 2 months ago
▲ 555 r/fussball

Elfmeterregel

Jedes Mal fuckt diese Regel so ab.

Wieso beschneidet man den Torwart immer weiter, sodass auch wirklich jeder Elfmeter reingeht?

Kane darf antäuschen wie er mag, aber wehe der Torwart bewegt sich eine Sekunde zu früh. FIFA killt den Sport

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u/best_cooler — 2 months ago