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AlexF2003

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29th Feb, 2008 at 06:48:12pm

m52 was an alloy block only....

M50 was cast iron...

Least the ones I have seen are LOL

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1st Mar, 2008 at 10:12:31am

Read this and weep my friend :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M52

On 13th Jul, 2012 Ben H said:
Mine gets in the way a bit, but only when it is up. If it is down it does not cause a problem.

AlexF2003

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1st Mar, 2008 at 11:27:25pm

The American market M52 used a cast iron block, and so, was unaffected by this problem.


Thats the old M50 engine - just called a new name to keep the americans happy!

Like the S52 - which is an M52 with LESS power to meet emissions LOL

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