Hate to do this but... can someone run a carfax for me??
03-22-2007, 05:09 PM
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Re: Hate to do this but... can someone run a carfax for me??
I just had the seller check the numbers on the engine block and it looks like the block hasn't been replaced and is a nicasil block. 
So yeah. Guess I'm not buying that one!
Back to the drawing board. I'm kind of thinking that a 325i like E30 chassis would be even better, and probably easier to turbo as well.
So yeah. Guess I'm not buying that one!
Back to the drawing board. I'm kind of thinking that a 325i like E30 chassis would be even better, and probably easier to turbo as well.
03-22-2007, 05:29 PM
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Re: Hate to do this but... can someone run a carfax for me??
Bah, screw a beemer... The blocks might be bulletproof but all that extra electronic ---- is just bound to fail. They look clean, and if I had disposable income I could pick some that I like. Don't plan on buying one, ever, though.
03-24-2007, 01:07 PM
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Re: Hate to do this but... can someone run a carfax for me??
just thought i would throw this out there....i wrecked the ---- outa my old hatch a bunch of times and later on i looked it up on car fax and it said that it has never been wrecked...so i quit trusting it...dont you have to turn ---- it in order for it to be on car fax....
03-24-2007, 01:33 PM
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Re: Hate to do this but... can someone run a carfax for me??
My bike has a nicasil sleeve. 
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03-24-2007, 01:40 PM
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Re: Hate to do this but... can someone run a carfax for me??
The Nikasil problem
BMW used Nikasil, an aluminium, nickel, and silicon alloy, to line the cylinders of the M60 engines. The cross-hatched Nikasil linings react with the high sulfur content found in lower-quality gasoline, such as that used in parts of the United States. This reaction causes damage to the very top of the cylinder bore, where there is the most contact of the burning mixture and the cylinder lining. The damage prevents a good seal from forming between the piston and the cylinder wall, causing a loss of compression in the combustion chamber. This "leak down" will cause M60s with worn linings to exhibit a rough idle, and if the problem continues unchecked, the engine will not start.
The only permanent fix for this problem is the replacement of the short block with the equivalent block using Alusil linings, which do not exhibit this corrosion problem. After the problem was found, BMW issued an extended six-year, 100,000-mile (160,000 km) warranty to cover these engines at no cost to the owner.
The composition of the engine can be found by checking the serial number stamped into the engine block:
M60B30:
* 1 725 970 - Nikasil
* 1 741 212 - Nikasil
* 1 745 871 - Alusil
M60B40:
* 1 725 963 - Nikasil
* 1 742 998 - Nikasil
* 1 745 872 - Alusil
BMW used Nikasil, an aluminium, nickel, and silicon alloy, to line the cylinders of the M60 engines. The cross-hatched Nikasil linings react with the high sulfur content found in lower-quality gasoline, such as that used in parts of the United States. This reaction causes damage to the very top of the cylinder bore, where there is the most contact of the burning mixture and the cylinder lining. The damage prevents a good seal from forming between the piston and the cylinder wall, causing a loss of compression in the combustion chamber. This "leak down" will cause M60s with worn linings to exhibit a rough idle, and if the problem continues unchecked, the engine will not start.
The only permanent fix for this problem is the replacement of the short block with the equivalent block using Alusil linings, which do not exhibit this corrosion problem. After the problem was found, BMW issued an extended six-year, 100,000-mile (160,000 km) warranty to cover these engines at no cost to the owner.
The composition of the engine can be found by checking the serial number stamped into the engine block:
M60B30:
* 1 725 970 - Nikasil
* 1 741 212 - Nikasil
* 1 745 871 - Alusil
M60B40:
* 1 725 963 - Nikasil
* 1 742 998 - Nikasil
* 1 745 872 - Alusil
03-24-2007, 01:41 PM
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Re: Hate to do this but... can someone run a carfax for me??
So if you run good gas you won't have this problem?
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