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View Full Version : How can you tell the difference??? SilburSurfer 01-10-2008, 01:24 AM How does one tell the difference between the 95 3.0 liter engine and the newer 96+ 3.2 liter engine? like say someone swapped in a 98 engine into a 95 m3 how can you tell before purchasing? Help would be much apprecaited. L3000C 01-10-2008, 01:54 AM one of the easiest ways to check is to look at the oil cap, in the 95`s, it is in the rear, and in the 96-99 it is in the front... the vanos cover is also silver in the 95`s, and black on the 96+. other than that it gets pretty hard to tell if not impossible without checking the vin on the block...... TheM3nsah 01-18-2008, 04:20 AM IIRC the oil filter housing is slightly different, i may be wrong though M///BMW 01-19-2008, 08:41 PM one of the easiest ways to check is to look at the oil cap, in the 95`s, it is in the rear, and in the 96-99 it is in the front... the vanos cover is also silver in the 95`s, and black on the 96+. other than that it gets pretty hard to tell if not impossible without checking the vin on the block...... +1. RiCoZM3 01-19-2008, 10:09 PM one of the easiest ways to check is to look at the oil cap, in the 95`s, it is in the rear, and in the 96-99 it is in the front... the vanos cover is also silver in the 95`s, and black on the 96+. other than that it gets pretty hard to tell if not impossible without checking the vin on the block......:thumbup: Exterior...side markers are different.:cool JunzieB 01-24-2008, 05:37 PM Also if i'm not mistaken, didn't the intake manifold change as well...:dunno |