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Unidentified wires on m50 engine loom!!
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:58 pm
by E30Charlie
Hey, I have 2 wires that comes from the trunking by the starter. The 1st is a thick wire with about 10 small wires and a wrapped shielded centre with another 3-4 wires. 2nd is a round metal connector with locking ring (simular to an ITT connector) These have been cut when the engine was removed any ideas? or a link to an m50 engine loom diagram. The engine is out of a 525ix not sure wether it was manual or auto.
Cheers, Charlie
Re: Unidentified wires on m50 engine loom!!
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:00 pm
by DanThe
It was an auto, and that plug is for the auto box. It can all be cut out of the loom
The other bit, how many wires? If its 4 it will be for the lambda sensor
Re: Unidentified wires on m50 engine loom!!
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:54 pm
by E30Charlie
Cheers Dan, the other plug has 2 wires and is female.
Re: Unidentified wires on m50 engine loom!!
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:05 pm
by DanThe
Pics will help for proper identification

Re: Unidentified wires on m50 engine loom!!
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 11:35 pm
by E30Charlie
have identified the metal 2 pin connector as another auto gearbox wire i think so thats 1 problem solved.
Cheers
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:34 pm
by E30Charlie
Just want to confirm that this is an auto gearbox wire before i chop it out the loom. There is also a 4 pin wire which im unsure of, was wondering do i need 2 connect anything to the 2 flywheel sensors on the m20 gearbox im using? and finally im guessing i have 2 run a main starter feed from the main e30 terminal?
