Thread: E83 or F25?
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Old 03-07-2021, 11:43 AM
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I've owned an m54 E83 as well as the N52 and used them both as a delivery driver in the city...aka running 10-14 hours a day doing HARD city miles like a taxi cab.

Focusing strictly on the engine aspect the M54 is going to be MUCH cheaper to fix if you have any issues.

The N52 has some expensive bits like the electric water pump, eccentric shaft motor/sensor and to address any CCV issues you replace the entire valve cover (or you can try your hand at the unofficial CCV replacement off ebay)

N52 has more oil gaskets which are guaranteed to leak at some point as all BMWs tend to do.

Also it seems like every time you do anything on the N52 it calls for new aluminum bolts since you're not supposed to reuse them.

Other than that I think they're both great vehicles and VERY capable in the snow which normally wouldn't apply to Texas....
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