m20 or m50?

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Work Hard - 19 Apr 2004 17:56 GMT

Hi there,
will an H registered 1991 BMW have an m20 or m50 engine?
tia,
Jamie

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Dave Plowman - 19 Apr 2004 19:18 GMT

> will an H registered 1991 BMW have an m20 or m50 engine?

Might help if you said the model and actual date of registration, as the
M20 changed for the M50 around that time

If it has plug leads, it's an M20.

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Work Hard - 20 Apr 2004 12:40 GMT

> Might help if you said the model and actual date of registration, as the
> M20 changed for the M50 around that time
>
> If it has plug leads, it's an M20.

Hi Dave,
'tis moot now; I was bidding for a car I didn't win, but it was a '91 'H'
520 - I suspect it did have the M50.
Thanks anyway,
Jamie

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Fred W. - 22 Apr 2004 12:04 GMT

> 'tis moot now; I was bidding for a car I didn't win, but it was a '91 'H'
> 520 - I suspect it did have the M50.

It's easy to tell by looking, if this comes up again in the future. M20 has
no black plastic cowling, all exposed engine parts are aluminum (valve
cover, intake manifold, etc.).

OTOH, M50 has black plastic cowling over the valve cover and injectors and a
black intake manifold.

-Fred W

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