1996 BMW 740iL for sale
 

Hi everyone, I thought I'd throw out an extra bone for my BMW on ebay. Here is a link if you or anyone you know that may be interested.
Dave
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=003&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=130072832733&rd=1,1

Should do well 100+ its in the first 24 hours.

any issues with the block? i used to be a bmw guy and had heard about the alumasil blocks (or was it nicasil?) being a problem, and many were recalled and repaired. thanks,
gregg

No Nikasil issues with this car
 

Great cars. I own a '99 740i Sport, no problems. Spent a few hundred on the upper control arms, that's it.

In 1996 the M60 was replaced with the M62 series engines.

BMW used Nikasil, an aluminium, nickel, and silicon alloy, to line the cylinders of the M60 engines. The cross-hatched Nikasil linings react with the high sulfur content found in lower-quality gasoline, such as that used in parts of the United States. This reaction causes damage to the very top of the cylinder bore, where there is the most contact of the burning mixture and the cylinder lining. The damage prevents a good seal from forming between the piston and the cylinder wall, causing a loss of compression in the combustion chamber. This "leak down" will cause M60s with worn linings to exhibit a rough idle, and if the problem continues unchecked, the engine will not start.

The only permanent fix for this problem is the replacement of the short block with the equivalent block using Alusil linings, which do not exhibit this corrosion problem. After the problem was found, BMW issued an extended six-year, 100,000-mile (160,000 km) warranty to cover these engines at no cost to the owner.

The composition of the engine can be found by checking the serial number stamped into the engine block:

M60B30:

* 1 725 970 - Nikasil
* 1 741 212 - Nikasil
* 1 745 871 - Alusil

M60B40:

* 1 725 963 - Nikasil
* 1 742 998 - Nikasil
* 1 745 872 - Alusil

I've gone over the car top to bottom. This car is worth the money. I didn't put it in the listing, but I had the heads off to do a valvejob because the water pump failed and I suspected the head gaskets were starting to fail. I don't want this car to bite me in the butt after it is sold. I have gone over it with a fine tooth ratchet because my name and my shops name is on it.
The E32 740's were the ones with the engine problems. Mostly all were recalled and I haven't seen an issue with a V8 in over six years.
Basically, it was a choice between keeping my ML430 or the 740il. and the choice was obvious.
Dave

12 hours to go. Looks like it's sold!