M50b25 engine and box

[kdevitt]

Change of plan - sorry for any hassle lads.

[Venom]

Bought this recently from a driver.net site member. Was sold as a clean engine - slight crunch in second. Details provided were:

yeah, its my own engine, i have that car sinse 2009y and never abused it.

new air pipes
new sparkplugs
new valvestem seals
new oil
new vanos repair kit
new valve cover/spark plug hole gasket
new gaskets under intake manifold
compretion good in all cylinders
m50b20 single mass flywheel with corect presure plate and cluch plate fitted
ecu has performance chip in it profesionaly done specialy for my car, by my friend.
car had 0 issues whan it was parked in my garage about 2 years ago.
only thing i can foult is 2nd gear was a bit sticky when box cold (sinhranisator starts to go)
and a bit of knocking noise for 2 sec on first cold start on colder morning (hidraulic tapit, dont know which one) its not damaging anything

My garage went to fit it yesterday and it's not quite as clean as I want for my car. In short, the inlet manifold has a substantial amount of oil in it. Each sparkplug looks fucked, and covered in oil. The oil filter has substantial amounts of metal filings in it. There is also silicon spewing out of several areas that should be sealed with gaskets. Compression figures were very good, but I'm not willing to spend the cash to take it apart, fit new gaskets etc etc.

So letting it go for a lot less than I paid - EUR250 takes it. Bare in mind that will barely buy the inlet manifold off one if these things these days.

Its sold as seen quite obviously - the engine was running when sold to me, but I personally wouldn't be happy without taking it apart and fitting the new gaskets etc.

Armando's? Good price all the same. Glws I'd have it only hands are tied due to a wedding.

[RossYB]

Honestly feel for you. Nothing worse than getting stung, Especially from a long term forum member!

I assume you've tried to contact him with no result?

Anyway best of luck selling.

[JohnH]

That's a pain in the stones. Glws

[Hobbs]

Is it single or non-vanos? If its non-vanos i might take a chance on it.

[kdevitt]

Hi, its a single vanos engine.

[Steve320]

Is it single or non-vanos? If its non-vanos i might take a chance on it.

If it's vanos you can still turbo it Hobbs would be nice in the compact


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Hobbs]

Is it single or non-vanos? If its non-vanos i might take a chance on it.

If it's vanos you can still turbo it Hobbs would be nice in the compact


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Haha!! Thats a fair point! Only problem is, i've an extreme dislike for turbo's! A supercharger though on the other hand............