1.8 or 1.9 ?

[postman]

Hey all,

Purchased my first ti 3-4 weeks ago and found out I had a milkshake in the oil pan........ But, found another ti in TN and the wife drove rental car one way to pick up and 680 one way miles later I now own 2 1995 318ti's! Here is the question! They both are 1995 and one has a production date of 8/1995 and the 2nd is 9/1995. I went to change the oil and the 2nd ti has a different filter. Everything is pointing to 1996 1.9L! I do NOT know if this car had an engine swap or not! Any ideas? Thanks everyone

Pete

[dave45056]

Late production M42 engines use the M44 oil filter housing. If you want to make sure both cars are M42's, take a look at the camshaft position sensor. M42's have the sensor on the exhaust cam, M44's have it on the intake cam.

Good luck on your car(s)... post pics!

[wolferj-RIP]

Good info Dave.

Pete;

In case you didn't know, the M42 is the 1.8, and the M44 is the 1.9...

Good luck, welcome to the .org, and enjoy your ti's!