I was looking today at a 97 528i and the thermostat housing has a bleeder built in. Seems to me that might make bleeding these swaps 12x easier. Anyone ever tried it?
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Assuming you are talking about the m20 I've never had an issue bleeding mine.
Edit. Sorry just realised what forum this was on. I just always press "new content"...Last edited by e30davie; 04-14-2018, 04:18 PM. -
M52 swap. This is the 24v swap sub forum.
The traditional way of doing this swap is with e30 radiator and e36 thermostat housing. Which means you have no bleeder anywhere in the system.
This seems like an easy fix to that.Comment
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Hadn't noticed this. I just tossed one away too. Good thing new aluminum replacements are cheap. I think I bought a Uro one for less than $20."I'd probably take the E30 M3 in this case just because I love that little car, and how tanky that inline 6 is." - thecj
85 323i M TECH 1 S52 - ALPINEWEISS/SCHWARZE
88 M3 - LACHSSILBER/SCHWARZE
89 M3 - ALPINEWEISS II/M TECH CLOTH-ALCANTARA
91 M TECHNIC CABRIO TURBO - MACAOBLAU/M TECH CLOTH-LEATHER
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^ in theory the overflow tank should be self bleeding.
In actual practice it only starts to self bleed after you have bled about 95% of the air out already.
One thing I noted today is that the hose that I used on my swap and that many other people use will not work for the e39 housing because the hose bottlenecks right after the end that goes on a normal e36 thermostat housing.
An e39 hose may work. Will have to do some research.Comment
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