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Re: 85 E28 M5 motor time (archive)
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Posted by Alex on March 14, 2001 at 21:20:01:

In Reply to: Re: 85 E28 M5 motor time posted by IERACER on March 14, 2001 at 18:50:08:

Well, I wouldn't say it's _really_ clean. The paint's in decent shape, (except for the front spoiler, which has a patch of white showing through), it hasn't been hit, although it's got a few door dings, etc. It's metallic grey with grey buffalo hide leather seats. It's a nice car.

Why does it need a new motor? Well, it doesn't--YET. But the motor is blowing a little smoke (blue smoke, oil) at cold start (prolly the valve seals starting to go), and although the motor still pulls strongly, I know perfectly well that it's going to need a good going over in another 20k miles. Best to start planning for that now.

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