Re: New To Group; Advice Needed!

["Jeff Lloyd" <jslz3@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alexander,

The eta is one of the best motors ever made, I personally got 200,000 out of 
mine before I wrecked the car, last word the person who bought the motor was 
still running it 2 years later.  The eta can benefit from a few performance 
mods that will bring the horspower to i levels (chip being #1 the dual i 
exaust #2)  and you will still have more torque then A i motor (getting ~38 
mpg), Check the head bolts, Make sure they are the new style, this is 
somthing that goes, and change the timing belt Religiously every 50-60k and 
the oil every 3,000 mi you should get 400,000 mi out of one of these motors 
without a problem.  The head gaskets Notorosly weap oil, this is a low 
pressure return line and is nothing to worry about.  I'm sure others on this 
list can help you better. but I say go for it, I love ETA's

I boought my '86 in '95 for $3000 but it was far from flawless
Good luck

Jeff Lloyd
'96 Z3 1.9
RIP '86 325 ///e power

>Hi To All,
>I am "graduating" from a tired '87 VW GTI, and went to
>have a look today at an '87 325 four door. The car was
>in outstanding (near perfect) condition, and had
>99,000 one owner miles on it. I thought that by '87
>that BMW had gone with the more powerful "i" motor,
>but a little 'net research proved otherwise, and this
>car does indeed have the "eta" motor. This ordinarily
>would not be the first choice, but I drove the car and
>it was flawless. I found the low end torque to be
>impressive, and could probably live with it.
>I have two (well, maybe three) questions; I offered
>$4500 for the car, which was a little more than I
>thought the car was worth (the owner was looking for
>$4900); maybe not? Also, is there anything that I
>should be aware of in terms of problem areas with this
>particular car? It has new tires, a recent power
>steering pump, and has been serviced exclusively at
>the dealer. I would really prefer to have an "is" two
>door, but this car was really in exceptional
>condition. From my experience with VW motors (mine has
>over 200,000 miles on it, burns very little oil, and
>still working on the original clutch), German motors
>seem to last forever. With the lower redline of the
>"eta" engine, will durability be as good? TIA :-)
>Alexander MacLeod


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