03-12-2011, 02:33 PM
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Seek to understand,^Value
Location: San Jose, California
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 17,153
Mein Auto: 02 BMW 525i M54 automatic
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cn90
Aluminum block.
You are better off with a "new" engine.
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Hi Cam,
I tried to figure out which engines had not only aluminum blocks but non-ferrous cylinder liners - but I had to give up:
- What is the metal for the E39 short block, cylinder liners, & camshaft head (1)
Why, specifically, is the OP better off with replacing the engine if he has the aluminum short block?
- Is it because the labor is much more to 'fix' the aluminum block engines than to simply replace them?
- Or is it because the chance of 'fixing' the aluminum block engines is too low (due to heat-related cracks, bolts pulled out, warping, etc.)
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