jonoe30 53 Report post Posted January 19, 2017 I've just been having a quick browse of TradeMe/Japanese car auction sites for E90/91 325i LCIs for a friend and I'm noticing that most of the imported 325i LCIs from Japan are fitted with the N53. It's my understanding that the N53 was never sold in the NZ market due to our high sulphur content (50ppm vs 10ppm in Europe and Japan) clogging injectors and other components. The N52 is pretty trouble free apart from usual water pump replacement... are the N53s going to become our new troubled, buyer beware engine ala the N42? I'm imagining regular injector replacements because of our fuel? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olaf 3235 Report post Posted January 19, 2017 I thought Japan had the high sulphur content, not us? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonoe30 53 Report post Posted January 19, 2017 Just now, Olaf said: I thought Japan had the high sulphur content, not us? Here's where I got the info: Japan http://transportpolicy.net/index.php?title=Japan:_Fuels:_Diesel_and_Gasoline#Gasoline NZ http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2011/0352/latest/whole.html#DLM4044783 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charles28 117 Report post Posted January 28, 2017 Hmm my LCI 530i E60 just has the N52K so no direct injection, still has the same 200kw rating.. but fuel economy figures are not as good. Still, i'm probably better off without that direct injection. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olaf 3235 Report post Posted February 19, 2017 On 1/20/2017 at 10:45 AM, jonoe30 said: Here's where I got the info: Japan http://transportpolicy.net/index.php?title=Japan:_Fuels:_Diesel_and_Gasoline#Gasoline NZ http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2011/0352/latest/whole.html#DLM4044783 thanks for that; I stand corrected! very interesting reading. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
