Menu
Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Reply to thread
Click here to become an Official Member of BMW Club Malaysia
Download Form
Home
Forums
The BMW Range
5 Series
E34
M50B20 finally Kaput
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="seech" data-source="post: 17180" data-attributes="member: 4572"><p>It finally happened, my M50B20 finally died. After spending a small fortune on a complete gearbox overhaul, the engine decided to call it a day and has died. The engine oil is now white sludge which probably indicates that the head gasket is gone. I can't say that this was unexpected as I have had numerous issues with this engine in the past.Can read about the rest of the story in the links below:<a href="http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25801" target="_blank">http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25801</a><a href="http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26706" target="_blank">http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26706</a><a href="http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27085" target="_blank">http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27085</a>I have put up my recently refurbished gearbox for sale. Details in the link below:<a href="http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29045" target="_blank">http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29045</a>Now currently considering either a complete swap to M50B25 or 1JZ. Either way should have more items up for sale when the work gets underway.Anyway have anything they need from an M50B20 please let me know and I will see if it can be removed from the engine. Please PM me if you need anything.Very, very sad as I didn't want to spend all this money..........</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seech, post: 17180, member: 4572"] It finally happened, my M50B20 finally died. After spending a small fortune on a complete gearbox overhaul, the engine decided to call it a day and has died. The engine oil is now white sludge which probably indicates that the head gasket is gone. I can't say that this was unexpected as I have had numerous issues with this engine in the past.Can read about the rest of the story in the links below:[URL="http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25801"]http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25801[/URL][URL="http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26706"]http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26706[/URL][URL="http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27085"]http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27085[/URL]I have put up my recently refurbished gearbox for sale. Details in the link below:[URL="http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29045"]http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29045[/URL]Now currently considering either a complete swap to M50B25 or 1JZ. Either way should have more items up for sale when the work gets underway.Anyway have anything they need from an M50B20 please let me know and I will see if it can be removed from the engine. Please PM me if you need anything.Very, very sad as I didn't want to spend all this money.......... [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Home
Forums
The BMW Range
5 Series
E34
M50B20 finally Kaput
Top
Bottom