Reply With QuoteETK lists 4 radiators for the 520, and one of the part numbers it lists is the radiator of the US 525i. So yes, it should fit and work.
Major Contributor
Radiator
Hi!
I wonder if someone can help me with the radiator.
Mine BMW is a 1994 520i (I guess this type was not supplied to USA) with M50 engine. Here is the links to pictures with the pictures of the radiator which came out of the car:
www.geocities.com/t_marat/radiator.jpg
www.geocities.com/t_marat/radiator2.jpg
www.geocities.com/t_marat/radiator_code.jpg
Unfortunately this radiator is broken beyond any repair (frontal collision). I was looking at the radiator on Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...iator_code.jpg
It is from 1992 BMW E34 525i, and I would tend to think that it should also fit mine car. But it looks a little different from mine; the plastic part is smaller.
Will it fit mine BMW (1994 520i, Euro car)
Thanks.
Major Contributor
ETK lists 4 radiators for the 520, and one of the part numbers it lists is the radiator of the US 525i. So yes, it should fit and work.
Major Contributor
but mine is an Euro car, not US spec. And if you look at the pictures, they are kinda different. The plastic 'bottle' on the side of the radiator being sold on Ebay is small, not big as on mine?
Major Contributor
Well, I know it's a Euro car since US never got the 520i. What I am saying is: a part number for a 94 Euro spec 520i rad. and the one for a 92 US spec 525i are the same.
realoem.com
Major Contributor
Yes, you are right the part numbers are the same. However, if you look into the pictures I posted, and also at the drawings that realoem.com shows, you will see that they are different from the radiator picture that is on Ebay website. They are simply different, the plastic part does not run to the bottom of the radiator, instead it goes roughly half way.
Sorry to be asking the same question over and over, but they are different, at least radiators shown on pictures are different. And there is also another one being sold:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT
Just look at the picture on the site, and look at the picture I took and drawings at realoem. Realoem drawings and the ones that came off my car are similar. The one being sold on Ebay is different! Again, the plastic 'bottle' to the right of the radiator does not go to the bottom of the radiator.
I hope my English was clear.
2 Grand Master
Get a brand new one. I'll bet that eBay one gets up to $120-$130. I got a brand new Nissens off eBay for less than $180. The one thing you want to make sure with these cars is to take car of the cooling system.
Ralph Mendoza Jr. - Long Beach, CA
Big, Big Time Poster
Or, how about this one?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/New-R...spagenameZWDVW
item #: 8006932890
Buy it Now price: $179.50
It is aftermarket, non-BMW, but it may be worth it.
Big, Big Time Poster
Or here is another....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/92-BM...spagenameZWDVW
item #: 8007540883
at $25.00 now, 4 days to go.
Out of a 92 525i, and has been tested good by a radiator shop.
2 Grand Master
Is your car a manual or automatic transmission? Different radiators.Originally Posted by t_marat
Ralph Mendoza Jr. - Long Beach, CA
Major Contributor
Mine is manual.
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