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  • ClayW
    Grease Monkey
    • Apr 2011
    • 377
    #1

    So, What Is This?



    Picture from an `89 325ix Touring
    1987 325e Commuter Project Blog

    1967 1600 Project Blog: www.TX02.blogspot.com
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    • CorvallisBMW
      Long Schlong Longhammer
      • Feb 2005
      • 13039
      #2
      Whatever it is, it's not factory. Looks like possibly an auxiliary heater for the water/coolant system?

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        • flyboyx
          R3V OG
          • Sep 2008
          • 8371
          #3
          i'm trying to think of a reason to pass coolant through this thing. i keep drawing a blank.
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            • TehRaydarlover
              E30 Addict
              • Mar 2013
              • 543
              #4
              Coolant to oil heat exchanger, to warm up the oil on extremely cold days?
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                • chuckdizzle
                  Wrencher
                  • May 2011
                  • 211
                  #5
                  I've never seen one of those in an e30 before, but I think some of the above suggestions are correct and that it's a sort of heat exchanger.

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                    • Julien
                      R3V OG
                      • Feb 2004
                      • 7471
                      #6
                      isn't that picture from fresh_td's touring?
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                        • iXguido
                          Mod Crazy
                          • Nov 2009
                          • 726
                          #7
                          Originally posted by mbonder
                          What are the coolant pipes that run above the intake manifold and then down toward where the A/C compressor would be?

                          Also, looks to have 126k or maybe 128k miles, can you confirm?

                          Looks like a really nice example, good luck!
                          Originally posted by fresh_TD
                          It's a secondary heater box built for cold climate..milage is 120,628

                          Sent from my Samsung Note 4

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