89 325is

[James Crivellone]

MR 325 runs this site.

Nice to meet yah! :drink:

[Matt86es]

Sorry about that. That's what I meant, but I was on my PSP and too lazy to type the whole complete thought. No disrespect guys.

[e34john]

Compare the eta and "i" valve covers. They look different, and as far as I'm concerned, they're not interchangeable. The only difference I can think of off the top of my head is that the "i" cover has the letters "B M W" on it, while the eta cover has a BMW roundel on it.

any other visual differences? im looking for an e30 right now and i had the same questions too, i dont know what to look for and most sellers do not know what they are talking about.

[91Saleen#15]

That late its an 89, it should be a 325i and on the valve cover would have BMW instead of a roundel.

Well, I checked the valve cover and it does have the BMW instead of the roundel, so it must be a B25. Nevertheless, the tachometer does have a 4500 redline. Someone must have changed the speedometer cluster out to fix a problem. Maybe if I run a carfax on it, the truth will be revealed.

[tnE30fan]

realoem.com

Don't know if you've already done so, but you can try going to http://www.realoem.com/bmw/select.do and input the last 7 digits of your VIN. It should tell you if it was an "i" or otherwise at birth.

[bddog]

If the ICV valve is mounted on the valve cover then it is an eta

[91Saleen#15]

Carfax tells all.... Its had 3 different odometers in it in the last two years. The last one reads about 25k more miles than the original one had when it went bad. Carfax also said it had the catalytic converter overhauled not long ago because it wouldn't pass CA emissions. Lucky me.

[nkell09]

Carfax also said it had the catalytic converter overhauled not long ago because it wouldn't pass CA emissions. Lucky me.

Good ol' CA emissions...