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Richie178
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Post Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:09 pm

is the e30 325i the same engine as in the e34 525i?
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Post Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:11 pm

Depends on how old the E34 is... later E34's had a 24 valve unit.
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Post Wed Apr 05, 2006 5:20 pm

1990 is when e34's switched to the m50 24v engine
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Post Wed Apr 05, 2006 5:30 pm

So an 1988 525 would have the same engine but different ancillaries.
I only know this because I put some 525 injectors into my first sport, fook ed it up for a bit until I got it sorted!

So same engine in essence
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Post Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:06 pm

so a 12v 525i engine is the same but would need new ancillaries? im new to this so would the ancillaries b hard to come by?