My E30 318i is eating coolant, I replaced the head gasket, but it's still eating coolant even after machining the head, I've decided to swap the motor, but tracking down an M42 from an E30 is proving difficult. I've read a few threads that say you can drop an early OBD1 E36/ti M42 in by swapping the oil pan and intake over from my E30.
Two questions:
Two questions:
- Assuming an OBD1 motor, is this swap as easy as swapping the pan, intake, and leaving the knock sensors unplugged?
- There are a few belt systems on the E36 version, the one I'm looking at is the serpentine style, can I leave that on or do all the accessories from my E30 need to be swapped?
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