engine number location on 1990 320

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beardymat
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Post Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:11 pm

pretty much as above

anyone shed light on the location of the engine number on my 1990 320i auto and can it be read without removing/stripping

any help appreciated lads(and ladies of course) :wink:

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Post Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:13 pm

eh what ya doing to me car??? :roll:
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Post Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:16 pm

need the engine number for the vic form daz

nothing dodgy goin on mate :twisted: :twisted:
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Post Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:18 pm

beardymat wrote:pretty much as above

anyone shed light on the location of the engine number on my 1990 320i auto and can it be read without removing/stripping

any help appreciated lads(and ladies of course) :wink:

cheers
mat
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Post Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:38 pm

pheewwwwwwww


thort you were gonna flog me engine then lol

if you get an idea where it is i can look on my breaker and see how hard it is to see no??
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Post Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:44 pm

not to worry daz

she`s stayin in one piece,you`ll get her as you saw her

ive pm`d massive so hopefully he`ll find the number for me an i wont have to get grubby
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Post Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:48 pm

Have a look at the bottom of the dipstick, there should be a flat area with a number right at the bottom of the block, may need cleaning up.
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Post Fri Sep 30, 2005 2:11 pm

found some numbers just behind the nearside engine mount

they read

20 6K A
20294817

in that configuration(or somethin like that!!)

anyone tell if they look right for the engine number or if ive just found some useless random numbers

:D :D :D
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Post Fri Sep 30, 2005 2:14 pm

could well be mate
just checked a v5 and 8 digits is right
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Post Fri Sep 30, 2005 2:19 pm

thought that might be the case daz
the top ones look like a model code of sorts with the lower being the actual number,take it there are no letters on your v5 just numbers
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Post Fri Sep 30, 2005 2:26 pm

yeah all no,s on mine mate and they seem to all start with a 2 as have just checked 4logbooks mate so should be it i reckon :thumb:

i just gotta find the money for you now :cry: :cry:

glad your not in mad rush but will sort it as soon as i can as want this one off road soon Daz
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Post Fri Sep 30, 2005 2:31 pm

no worries daz

im a patient man and besides which im enjoying having an e30 i can drive when i want to.was starting to get me down having to walk past the sorry looking sport on my drive every morning knowing that i wont be driving it soon. :cry: :cry: :cry:

anyway,thanks for the help chaps :wink: :wink:

mat
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