Re: bmw-digest V9 #1127

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Frank Natoli wrote
>
>Is it true that BMW is manufacturing 2.5 liter engines with
>aluminum sleeveless cylinder blocks? And that BMW engineers
>are worried that high sulfur U.S. auto gas will cause
>premature wear on these engines? And that a quiet recall of
>the few vehicles already in the U.S. with such cylinder
>blocks is currently occurring? What is the metallurgical
>difference between what BMW is doing versus what Chevy did
>with the Vega 25 years ago? Thanks.

Hi Fellas

Is Frank refering to the M52 and M52Tu block ? I had one apart recently but
it was sleeved. ???
Curious. Any body seen one without sleevs?

Osh
RMS

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