» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | 1999 M3 Swap 09-07-2023 10:10 PM 05-02-2024 08:18 PM 6 Replies, 329,683 Views | | | | | | 12-21-2013, 10:34 PM | #1 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Lakeland, FL Posts: 229 | Weird sticker on DME I pulled out the engine today as phase 1 of the M52 swap. My existing DME has what appears to be some type of aftermarket label on it (I think ). I can't read anything on it except that it says ECU #1500. The car shows signs of being cared for at some point in its life (not by the previous owner) as it has a nice Supersprint Exhaust on it. Anyone recognize the tag and what if anything it means? Thanks! Glenn | | | 12-21-2013, 10:51 PM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 | Maybe it's s used DME? __________________ ...steven BMW CCA #146825 1996 BMW 328ti • 2003 MINI Cooper S • 2016 M235i www.bmwcca.org | | | 12-22-2013, 01:06 AM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 1,364 | That's what I am thinking. | | | 12-22-2013, 07:56 PM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bremerhaven, Germany Posts: 977 | Quote: Originally Posted by 1996 328ti Maybe it's s used DME? | Indeed. If you can find a manufacture date (perhaps the 950518?) or week, you can compare that against the car's build week. The original part and car are usually in pretty close sequence. | | | 12-22-2013, 08:06 PM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Lakeland, FL Posts: 229 | I am finding a couple of interesting things on the car now that I am tearing into it. It has a replacement BMW driveshaft as well that is dated from 1999. Odd that it needed a replacement after only 4 years. Everyone is probably right, it is likely just a replacement DME. I will probably pop it open to verify it doesn't have a chip in it before just tossing it in with the engine & tranny. | | | 12-23-2013, 12:36 AM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,464 | Quote: Originally Posted by wake74 I am finding a couple of interesting things on the car now that I am tearing into it. It has a replacement BMW driveshaft as well that is dated from 1999. Odd that it needed a replacement after only 4 years.
| Just because the driveshaft has a mfr. date of 1999 doesn't necessarily mean that's when it was installed. Any number of things could have happened, including it being NOS and sitting on a shelf/warehouse for a few years or more before it purchased/installed; maybe someone bought it, never installed it, then sold it on a forum/ebay several years later; or maybe the car actually did have a lot of miles on it after 4-5 years and it needed replacing. When I bought my current ti, it had 120k on the clock and the driveshaft was done. Who knows how long the PO drove on it w/o replacing. I've heard of driveshafts on these cars going out after 80-90k and lasting as long as 175+k, depending on how the car was driven and maintained. __________________ 1995 318ti Base - Cosmosschwarz/Sandgrau R.I.P. 1997 318ti Active - Alpinweiß III/Sandgrau 2013 328i Coupe - Le Mans Blau | | | 12-23-2013, 06:35 PM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 890 | Gonna guess that the OP has a 1995 TI........ __________________ SOLD!!! 1999 332ti //M Sport Titanium Silver M3 S52 3.2 I-6 Engine, M3 Clutch w/ ti Getrag Trans, Z3 3.15 LSD medium case diff and half shafts, OEM Hatch Spoiler, Eurosport HP Underdrive Pulleys, FDM, 17" DS1 rims, M3 Front Struts & Springs, M3 Instrument Cluster, 3-spoke //M steering wheel with tri-color stitching, SSK, CCFL Angels in Depo projectors with 5k HIDs | | | 12-23-2013, 07:39 PM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Lakeland, FL Posts: 229 | Was there something flawed with the 95 driveshafts? Yes it is a 95. | | | 12-23-2013, 08:32 PM | #9 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bremerhaven, Germany Posts: 977 | It never hurts to give the month and year the car was built when asking a question: it helps folks know what you have. | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |