Quote Originally Posted by pauliE3X
My 525i has been for sale for a while with nobody biting, so I'm thinking of maybe swapping the engine into my E36 318.

The 525 is auto and the 318 is manual so would this cause any problems? As you can probably gather, this is way beyond my technical ability so I'd be getting somebody else to do the work:blush:
I started with automatic e36 and put 2.5 m50 manual in and had issues with reverse lights and at the beginning it wouldn't start because ecu was saying it was in gear.bit of fiddling with wires fixed the starting bit but I still have the reverse lights issue.reverse lights always on,i did sort it however a while back but have since undone the wiring to fit parts and cant remember how I done it..must have a look one of the days.good luck with your swap,