M50 Engine Overview and Pre-Purchase Inspection
BMW has been in the business of manufacturing automotive engines since 1928. Over nearly a century, the Bavarian giant has designed and developed engines of various configurations and sizes. However, what it’s most renowned for is its inline-six engines. Some noteworthy examples from recent times include the turbocharged B58 that powers several models in BMW’s […]
M52 Engine Overview – The Good and The Bad
The BMW M52 engine is a naturally-aspirated, inline-six engine that the German manufacturer introduced in 1994. It succeeded the BMW M50 engine — the first to feature BMW’s VANOS technology — and shared much of its design and construction. Over its six-year production run, the M52 engine was available in multiple versions that would make […]
BMW E36 3-Series Buyers’ Guide (2022)
Ever since its inception, car enthusiasts around the world have awaited each new generation of the BMW 3-Series with great anticipation. The model that really put this series on the map was the BMW E30. It wasn’t just successful, but it also defined what people could come to expect from BMW’s entry-level offering. Its successor […]
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BMW Coolant – What to Get and What to Avoid
Coolants, or antifreeze as it’s sometimes referred to, is a fluid that plays an integral role in regulating the running temperature of your engine. When an engine is running, it produces extreme amounts of heat that, if not managed, can cause catastrophic damage to various parts of the engine. The cooling system, including the coolant […]
BMW VANOS Explained — What It Does, Why It Fails and How to Fix It
Variable valve timing was a true game-changer when it first appeared. Born as a means to achieve the ultimate performance, but also efficiency, VVT was quickly adopted by almost every major car manufacturer out there. This, of course, includes BMW who dubbed their approach to variable valve timing as VANOS, or Variable NockenwellenSteuerung in German. […]
BMW N52 Engine – Everything You Need to Know
By the mid-2000s, BMW had built itself a reputation for developing excellent examples of naturally aspirated inline-six engines. At the turn of the millennium, it revealed the M54 (and the performance-oriented S54 shortly after) and cemented itself as one of the best in the business when it came to the six-pot layout. Needless to say, […]
BMW N51 Engine — All You Need To Know About SULEV
The N52 succeeded the highly-successful M54 and powered multiple BMW cars between 2004 and 2015. While it became one of the most reliable and popular inline-six engines BMW ever made, it had a lesser-known sibling called the N51. Interestingly, the N51 is near-identical to the N52, powering the same cars and available during the same […]