just got a 1990 bmw 525i my first bmw i found traces of oil in the coolent, replaced a hose got air locked will not stop over heating i was going to pull the head . built a lot of motors over the years but never had a beemer engine a part could any one shed some light on this madder i dont want to put a chevy motor in it the car is mint thanks for your help this site is
Yea the timing belt and water pump, if it has a plastic impeller, needs to be replaced at 50k! this was the only engine that i know of BMW decided to put a timing belt in go figure. I have a '90 525i too. mine has 285k now and still running strong. most people don't know about the timing belt and thats why you dont see many m20 engine anymore. ;(
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Yea the timing belt and water pump, if it has a plastic impeller, needs to be replaced at 50k! this was the only engine that i know of BMW decided to put a timing belt in go figure. I have a '90 525i too. mine has 285k now and still running strong. most people don't know about the timing belt and thats why you dont see many m20 engine anymore. ;(
ok i got the head off and checked it for cracks did not see any head gasket looked ok looked like a good seal to block no leaks between cylnders maybe i will pull the pump and check that and the belt looks a little tired so i will change that also and i did not know about the plastic impeller maybe that was the problen all along any info is welcome and many thanks
A plastic impeller would be the reason for the overheating, but not the oil in the coolant, I suggest you have the head checked out by a pro and fit a new head gasket.
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got the head checked it had to be milled looks like a bad tork job dose any one have any problens like this and what is the proper tork got 3 different answers so far one from the dealer was bring it to us because i was not lic, mec dddddddd the two books have different spec. ? i,m doing this job once so i,m asking a lot of questions thanks to all this forum been good to me
got the head checked it had to be milled looks like a bad tork job dose any one have any problens like this and what is the proper tork got 3 different answers so far one from the dealer was bring it to us because i was not lic, mec dddddddd the two books have different spec. ? i,m doing this job once so i,m asking a lot of questions thanks to all this forum been good to me
A quick & cheap way of checking your cylider head is to lay it
on a sheet of glass,this will alow you to see for your self if all is well.
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1990 525i heating problens 
just got a 1990 bmw 525i my first bmw i found traces of oil in the coolent, replaced a hose got air locked 
will not stop over heating i was going to pull the head .
i dont want to put a chevy motor in it 
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