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The n42 and its buddy's are piles of crap but a lot of there trouble is down to the silly service interval and chain tensioner s , I have seen a few where the broken chain guides get sucked through the "Plastic" strainer and into the oil pump to be ground up and stick the oil pressure relief valve ....

I found it eventually I must install my Tis on my computer http://tis.spaghetticoder.org/ Is a bit of a pain . here are the links in case any one else has the same problem http://tis.spaghetticoder.org/s/view.pl?3/04/27
http://tis.spaghetticoder.org/s/view.pl?1/01/04/73

I am rebuilding my friends S50b30 to go into his e30 325i sport , and I am looking for a chart with the bearing sizes that correspond with the different colours , The orginal bearings were only a little worn and the crank was just repolished so still just under 60mm the problem is the colour marks o...

They wot fit directly Heads are different , you would need to make up an adaptor plate to match bolt pattern and to space them out a bit . Not sure your ecu would like the Itbs with orginal map , . I looked at it as I have a spare set but didnt bother because I am going turbo , so not so much of an ...

Yea good few mins of stuff.

Need a new key i am afraid , cant replace the battery , did you try recoding it ?

found this last night on youtube , wish there was more programs like this .
Its a bit old but very interesting,
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I bought a few bit off j2b, arrived on time and where in great condition. He even Phoned to let me Know they were on the way .
Great to deal with .

I have two ,both of them are waiting for engines ,have two s50,s and a m50 in the shed just trying to build up funds to rebuild the engines

e38 728 sumps will fit

OH like that ,NICE!

I have two s50 b32 and will be making one good one out of the two and fitting to my own car , but I like the old non vanos m50 and its a bit of a pet project , just to do somthing different . I reckon megasquirt might be the way forward . I will do a v8 conversion at somestage like yourself , I drov...

It looks like i will finally get around to building my M50 B30, after some long delays. I have a non vanos M50b25 and S50b32 crank/rods/and pistons . so the plans is to rebore the m50 to take the s50 internals . I also have a set of s50 throttle bodys that I will be fitting . I am just wondering wha...

Ye I know it would be a load of hassle with the more modern ecu, tha run,s on a Kan bus system , but I know where i can get the loan of a proper dianostic machine for the bmw .
I have already done a s50b32 swop and now I want a bigger challange .

I guess not !

Has any one though of swapping a m57 diesel engine into the e30. I have had a the loan of a 530d for the last few days and love the torque its manual and its fast not fast for a diesel , proper fast , my friend has a 530i petrol and it seems slower than the diesel. I just think in the e30 it would b...

I have done this on the m50 it nearly drove me around the bend . pipe from head goes to the lower of the two pipes on bulkhead and the other one to the pipe that runs along the block to back of water pump

Dont thess ecu's get upset if they dont see the dsc /abs and you nees cluster as well I believe.
they are a sweet motor though. worth the hassle , I would like to see it done.

I think your right ecu should be fine if its bringing in the pump .
Best of luck !

Did you get her running ?
As for the OBC I am not sure how to unlock the imobilzer on it As I dont have one

But I believe there is a code you enter into it ( like the old radio code )
Glad you are getting there , I thought you might have barbequed your ecu.

Are you getting power on the soild green wire in the bulk head socket (C101) this is broken through the odc immobiliser . If no then pop down the cover above the glove box and you will see to green wires in a two pin plug one end of this goes over to the obc un plug the obc and link out the other en...

There is a red wire that feeds all three relays that must be connected to premenant live , there is also a ground on the e36 loom that needs earthing , You need to check pin 7 on the body loom ( I think , ) there is a post about it here http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t...

I looked through your thread and completly missed that Uwe !
I dont know what hose I will use yet Uwe I have lots of bits and pieces of coolant hose lying about at home .
Is the second little pipe for the little return line from rad to expansion tank ?

I am sure that I saw someone on here fitting a S50 out of a lhd, and it had a nice steel pipe going around the back of the head to connect the expansion bottle , From what I can remember they werent sure there would be enought clearance in the e30 . I have done a few searches but cant find this arti...

Are you using E28 m5 mounts ,
I have heard of lads using ford transit engine mounts on 325i sports that they were diffin regularly

Here is my write up on a Irish forum , its a bit shorter than the 30 page job ,
Hope it helps http://www.e30owners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4827

I guess so

I had a similar "cough" with my car , it turned out to be a faulty tps it was on a m50 engine but the econometer did just what you are saying , I would a tps , the econometer gets its signal from the ecu

Why dont you just change the spigot bearing to a e36 one . I dont think you will find a gearbox mount to direct fit , but have seen a thread where some one used a e30 box on a m50 engine (same problem just opposite )and they made up a spacer to go under the rubber mounting of the gear box and bent t...

Are you using standard e30 m/c ?

Hi, I am confused. No CSL has a MAF. They run the MS S54 with some extra software that works on a similar princpal to Alpha N. The E.Gas [fly by wire] is far more responsive on the CSL than a standard E46 M3 as the MS S54 ECU has less to do, as there is no MAF compensation calculations through the ...

I have a b32 Uwe ( two actually one good top end one good bottom end ) I dont think I will be going alpha n with the s50 as I have no way of reprograming the ecu . I can see the problem with a map sensor on itbs now , I would love to know how they got it to work on the e46 csl . I might mount a map ...

the maf is an excellent bit of kit and far more accurate for better running and mpg, and even power if mapped right.. Tbh, Alpha N is only any good on WOT.. If you are making a plenum, removed the guts of the maf and stick it in the opening to the plenum.. If you keep the I/D the same you won't nee...

As far as I know the 3.0 liter S50 is running more or less Alpha-N anyway and companies like Evolve can remap it. The 3.2 is a different thing altogether. I wouldn't run a ITB engine with a MAP sensor, heared all sort of problems with this setup on S14 engines. It can be done, but why? The resons w...

I was just wondering have any of ye thought of using an apexi neo to do away with the maf and use a map sensor on a s50 , or even an m20 for that matter , although I reckon you would need to fit an extra throttle pot for the neo on a m20 as it only has a tps . Its just a though as I would love to ru...

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