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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / Intake swap e36 to e30

« on: July 07, 2008, 09:28:50 PM »

IIRC the oil pans are different. Maybe the pick-up tube as well.
Time to put some loc-tite on the pick-up bolts and anything else internal.
The E36 may also have the serpentine belt. Which is good if you have all the accessories.

So are you saying that I need to swap the oil pan and pick-up also?
Thanks for all the help guys.

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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / Intake swap e36 to e30

« on: July 07, 2008, 11:20:38 AM »

Do I have to swap the intake manifold from a '91 m42 to drop in a '93 m42 in my e30?
I'm taking the 242k mile engine out of my '91 318is and putting in a 127k mile '93 318i.  I'm swapping the mounts, ps, a/c, ect..

1)Will the e36 engine harness plug into the e30 computer?
2)And do you have to swap the intake manifolds?

Those are my two questions. Thanks for any help.

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How-To's / What's this?

« on: June 20, 2008, 01:34:42 PM »

So I bought an m42 car this last Wednesday everything checked out okay except for an oil leak coming from the upper oil pan bolts, (no big deal) the top of the block was dry.  On my way home from work Thursday night the oil pressure light came on so I checked the oil and it was only 1/8 from full, I topped it off just to be sure, the oil light was still on.  So I did some reading an found this thread.  So I pulled my lower pan to check the upper pan bolts, they were not to spec but seemed to be tight enough to hold the gasket in place.
  So now here is my question... What is this in my lower pan.  Obviously the dime is there for size reference although looking back at all the money I have dumped into my engines it would be nice to open them up and get it back out.
So what is it??