320i engine swap

[breitlingboy]

Just picked up another 320, a 89F car with only 25000 miles on a replacement engine.
Would this be a straight swap for my tired 320 86D engine?
Would I need to swap the loom? If so, how difficult is this?

Cheers

[Andy_magic]

I'm pretty sure they pretty much drop in, you'll have to change water pump, thermostat housing etc to tailor it to your car.

[320Touring]

Just picked up another 320, a 89F car with only 25000 miles on a replacement engine.
Would this be a straight swap for my tired 320 86D engine?
Would I need to swap the loom? If so, how difficult is this?

Cheers

I think the biggest problem would be that the two cars have different control systems..

the 86D will be L-jetronic and the 89F will be motronic

It is possible to do the swap, but TBH, I'd suggest looking about for a pre 1988 320 as a donor so that its plug in and play

[Andy_magic]

It's only a matter of changing the sensors over ETC.

Maybe you could do a motronic conversion?