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e46 touring m52 2.8 engine
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:58 pm
by wess
my e46 2.0 touring's engine has just died it is the m54 engine i have got a spare m52 2.8 engine will that fit in with out to many problems
Re: e46 touring m52 2.8 engine
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:39 pm
by E30BeemerLad
Not without all the hardware I'd guess like ECU (your M54 will be double vanos)
Re: e46 touring m52 2.8 engine
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:51 pm
by Blitz
You mean you have 2.2 M54? Why would want to put an older engine in?
Re: e46 touring m52 2.8 engine
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:01 pm
by wess
because i have the m52 2.8 in my e30 and i have a spare complete 2.8 car with a good running engine plus i think the 2.8 is a better quicker engine
Re: e46 touring m52 2.8 engine
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:11 pm
by DanThe
No, wont work, E46's are full of canbus shite.
Whats wrong with the engine? Would be a lot less hassle to rebuild it
Re: e46 touring m52 2.8 engine
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:15 pm
by wess
i can get another engine or reduild it but case i had the 2.8 here allready it would have been less money oh well
Re: e46 touring m52 2.8 engine
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:33 pm
by Andyboy
wess wrote:my e46 2.0 touring's engine has just died it is the m54 engine i have got a spare m52 2.8 engine will that fit in with out to many problems
The 2.0 is an N42/N43 Valvetronic.
If you mean 320i then it's a 2.2. I would imagine a double vanos M52TU 2.8 will go in - the M52TU and M54 engines are very similar.
Re: e46 touring m52 2.8 engine
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:41 pm
by wess
ya its 2.2 m54 mite try that then cheers