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M52 B28 engine help

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 4:08 pm
by yung-gun
Afternoon gents. Just bought a very very reasonably priced M52B28 and i just wondered about this whole Nickasil thingy.

What do i need to look out for? or is it just usa?

Re: M52 B28 engine help

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 7:42 pm
by DanThe
Its irrelevant now, just do a compression test before you go to the trouble of converting

Re: M52 B28 engine help

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:28 pm
by yung-gun
Yeah i'm deffo going to. it was only 30 quid

Re: M52 B28 engine help

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:30 pm
by yung-gun
Yeah i'm deffo going to. it was only 30 quid

Re: M52 B28 engine help

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 11:29 pm
by PaddyEnglish
DanThe wrote:Its irrelevant now, just do a compression test before you go to the trouble of converting
Is is irrelevant because he has bought the engine already or is because it was a problem in the past, but not anymore?

Re: M52 B28 engine help

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 9:07 am
by DanThe
Its irrelevant because the high sulphur fuel was around in the mid-late 90's which was 15 years ago now, any worn engines would have died by now if they were going to 8)

Re: M52 B28 engine help

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 11:11 am
by PaddyEnglish
That's great news. So is there anything to look out for when buying an m52 2.8?