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FAQ / REFERENCE => M42 Reference => Topic started by: carlosuss on March 19, 2009, 05:44:53 PM

Title: m42?
Post by: carlosuss on March 19, 2009, 05:44:53 PM

Hi, i'm new to the forum. I recently bought a 94' 318is, how do i tell if its a m42 or an m44?

Title: m42?
Post by: 3seriesNut on March 19, 2009, 06:10:08 PM

94 should have a m42. unless its had a engine swap.i bought a 91 the other day that has a damn m44 in it. so you never can tell

Title: m42?
Post by: Thurber on March 29, 2009, 02:54:56 PM

The intake manifolds look quite different.  Like 3seriesnut said, you should have the M42 in the '94.  The M44 appeared about 6 months into 1995.  

The intake manifold of the M44:
(http://www.realoem.com/bmw/thumbs/c/x/9.png)

The intake manifold of the M42:
(http://www.realoem.com/bmw/thumbs/b/p/6.png)

Title: m42?
Post by: HoJo Ti on May 26, 2009, 06:41:32 PM

Quote from: Thurber;69118

The intake manifolds look quite different.  Like 3seriesnut said, you should have the M42 in the '94.  The M44 appeared about 6 months into 1995.  

The intake manifold of the M44:
(http://www.realoem.com/bmw/thumbs/c/x/9.png)

The intake manifold of the M42:
(http://www.realoem.com/bmw/thumbs/b/p/6.png)

The E36 M42 and the M44 use essentially the same manifold. That is the E30 M42 manifold.

Title: m42?
Post by: psyyambmw on May 27, 2009, 10:24:46 AM

pretty ez, just identify the maf, the thing that attached to the air filter housing/cai. :cool:

if it look like a box with the black squal on top like the pic below. It's an m42
(http://www.geocities.com/chapchai/pic/bmgcai001.jpg)

Title: m42?
Post by: psyyambmw on May 27, 2009, 10:35:34 AM

If it looks like a black cylinder, on e36er 318. It's an m44.