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Car Forum / BMW Cars / March 2006BMW E34 touring
What could be the most suitable motor for E34 5-series touring from year 1993-1995? Thanks Jukka "Jukka" <jukka.pievilainen@nospam.nokia.com> haute in die Tasten: > What could be the most suitable motor for E34 5-series touring > from year 1993-1995? 2.5 litre with 193 HP. Careful with the 4 Litre V8: Auto gearbox will probably not live longer than 160.000 km unless ATF has been changed frequently. Frank  Signatureplease replace spam-muelleimer with fk-newsgroups for e-mail contact Citroen - Made in Trance > "Jukka" <jukka.pievilainen@nospam.nokia.com> haute in die Tasten: > > > What could be the most suitable motor for E34 5-series touring > > from year 1993-1995? > > 2.5 litre with 193 HP. Seconded. My 525i SE E34 has over 170k miles. Engine has never been touched, apart from routine servicing. Did have a new w/pump about 3 years ago though, if that counts. Pulls well. Doesn't use or lose any oil, and is still very quiet. Excellent engine IMO. Mike. > Seconded. My 525i SE E34 has over 170k miles. > Engine has never been touched, apart from routine servicing. > Did have a new w/pump about 3 years ago though, if that counts. > Pulls well. Doesn't use or lose any oil, and is still very quiet. Excellent > engine IMO. > Mike. ditto here mike...we have a '95 e34 525it & will be turning over 140k any day now - never an issue other than the routine including w/pump, therm & rad. can't say enough about that power plant. the less than 25k e39 m5 has had more signifcant maint than the e34. > > Seconded. My 525i SE E34 has over 170k miles. > > Engine has never been touched, apart from routine servicing. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > therm & rad. can't say enough about that power plant. the less than > 25k e39 m5 has had more signifcant maint than the e34 Yup, those engines seem bulletproof. From what I gather, even 170k is a comparitively low mileage, compared to what you can expect. 2-300k is not unusual. I forgot to mention it, but mine is a '94. With the wider grill. Mike. > > ditto here mike...we have a '95 e34 525it & will be turning over 140k > > any day now - never an issue other than the routine including w/pump, > > therm & rad. can't say enough about that power plant. the less than > > 25k e39 m5 has had more signifcant maint than the e34 > Yup, those engines seem bulletproof. From what I gather, even 170k is a > comparitively low mileage, compared to what you can expect. 2-300k is not > unusual. > I forgot to mention it, but mine is a '94. With the wider grill. They can suffer from sticking valves through poor servicing or too gentle driving. Symptoms are a rough idle. Signature*I used up all my sick days so I called in dead Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. > > > ditto here mike...we have a '95 e34 525it & will be turning over 140k > > > any day now - never an issue other than the routine including w/pump, [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > They can suffer from sticking valves through poor servicing or too gentle > driving. Symptoms are a rough idle. Hehe. There's not much fear of mine suffering from that then. I don't thrash it, but it frequently gets driven hard. In traffic on a good road, I use sports mode quite a lot. Makes it just that bit more responsive when it comes to overtaking, as it only has to change down one gear instead of 2. It does get regular servicing though. Mike. > What could be the most suitable motor for E34 5-series touring from year > 1993-1995? 525i or 525tds. The 520i is a bit slow off the mark and no cheaper to run. SignatureWho needs a life when you've got Unix? :-) Email: john@unixnerd.demon.co.uk, John G.Burns B.Eng, Bonny Scotland Web : http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk - The Ultimate BMW Homepage! Need Sun or HP Unix kit? http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/unix.html www.Strathspey.co.uk - Quality Binoculars at a Sensible price If you're in a country outside of the US, and if you got the $$$$$, you may want to also consider looking for a E34 M5 Touring. I believe they came with the 3.8 liter S38 engine. Now that would be a "suitable motor" for the E34 5 Series Touring.... > If you're in a country outside of the US, and if you got the $$$$$, you > may want to also consider looking for a E34 M5 Touring. I believe they > came with the 3.8 liter S38 engine. Now that would be a "suitable > motor" for the E34 5 Series Touring.... And only available in left hand drive :-(........ SignatureWho needs a life when you've got Unix? :-) Email: john@unixnerd.demon.co.uk, John G.Burns B.Eng, Bonny Scotland Web : http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk - The Ultimate BMW Homepage! Need Sun or HP Unix kit? http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/unix.html www.Strathspey.co.uk - Quality Binoculars at a Sensible price > What could be the most suitable motor for E34 5-series touring from year > 1993-1995? If you can find one, an ALPINA B10 4.6 would be nice - 340bhp/480Nm, 0-100km/h 6.1s, 275km/h/170mph... A |
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