What about the casting # on the head?
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Look at the engine from the passenger side, there should be a brace from the intake manifold to the valve cover, if it attaches to the high side of the valve cover it is most likely a 325i engine, if it goes across the valve cover and bolts to the low side it is likely an etta engine, then again I have a parts car with an engine that I will need to tear apart and measure to confirm what it is
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First my '87 sedan
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I hope this helps out, guys. Thanks for helping me out.
Justin
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it's an eta motor, that probably came out of an automatic.Erick Mahle | FullOpp Drift | YouTube
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Originally posted by Mr. AndersonComment
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Difficult to tell for certian from the drivers side, can you shoot it from the passenger side? The runners on the etta intake are smaller, but that can be deceptive in a picture. It does have the 88-up electronics.
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Nice idle control valve.Comment
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I'm fairly new to these motors so please help me out:
Thanks to rwddrift we now know that this is an eta motor.
Kronos: How do you know that it has I electronics on it?
rThor432: I sense sarcasm. I'd like to fix what the PO did an half-ass job on. Please help.
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Do you know what the build date is on this car? Is it possible this is a super etta engine?
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He says that the motor is from '86, and the car is an '87. Super ETAs came in '88.Erick Mahle | FullOpp Drift | YouTube
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Originally posted by Mr. AndersonComment
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Yes, a bit :D.
You really need the right hoses, intake boot, and accessories to match the wiring harness. If it's an "i" harness (appears to be..) then you will need the "i" idle control valve setup, because with the eta setup the plug will be in the wrong spot.
Ideally, with the "i" engine harness, you should have an "i" engine. You'll have to fool around with the vacuum hose routing to get the hoses for the "i" idle control system to work with the eta intake boot.
Also, do you have a vacuum line to your brake booster? Cant tell in the pictures.Last edited by rThor432; 03-09-2009, 08:01 PM.Comment
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He says that the po said it was an '86, but based on the pictures the PO was sloppy, so I'll take that with a grain of salt and recheck everything.
I see what looks like an early etta intake manifold and 88+ wiring, look at the plug bolted to the front left of the manifold. If the installer was using whatever was lying around to make this run there is no telling what is what without looking at each individual piece, I'd like to know what ECU it has.
Last edited by napabavarian; 03-09-2009, 08:36 PM.
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Looks like a ETA.
Could it be a SETA?1985 325e 2.8 Turbo VEMSComment
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I see what you are getting at, but I believe the '87 325i should use the smaller plug, 88-up I and s-etta wiring looks similar.
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