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mattay
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Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:50 pm

hi iv found this e30 318is for sale an was lookin at it outta interest when i realised that the inlet is different to mine 318is any no why pls

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... &rd=1&rd=1
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Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:53 pm

it doesn't look like an M42 if you ask me

coulds be out of a later model
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Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:12 pm

I saw that too,doesn't look like the inlet on mine. Nice car though.
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Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:13 pm

Ask the seller for some more pics of the engine bay, that engine looks more like my M40.
Ask him what it says on the log book. Anyone can put is stickers on the back.
Interior looks right for an is though
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Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:16 pm

that looks like an M44 1.9 out of a late E36 318iS to me
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Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:23 pm

Its deffo not a M44 its a late M42 lump.

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Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:34 pm

hmmm yer but it made me wander thats all cuz it looks kinda funky
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Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:49 pm

Definately an M42 from an e36.

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