Help!!! - E39 S62 Engine For Sale!!! - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

sajStars · 28th April 2009, 23:04

Not sure what to think - but just been offered a S62 M5 E39 Engine for £350.00 Delivered!!!

As many of the board members know - i went through a nightmare having to change and my engine in my 00 plate M5. So this offer sounds - to good to be true??

I asked him if it worked and it said yes - giving me a 30 day warranty, telling me its come out of a 51 plate motor.

He told me he was a breaker and heard that i needed an engine. Does anyone know how i can check a pullled engine so that i dont get ripped off? key points below:

1. VANOS - is there a way to check the state of the gears, switches?
2. How do i check that the engine is not stolen or anything?
3. The guy wants me to pay first, and then they will deliver. not completly dodgy - as i should be covered by credit card.

thoughts boyz and girlz

Infamous Q · 28th April 2009, 23:31

If it's too good to be true.....then it's most likely is.........

dave_gt · 28th April 2009, 23:32

That's one hell of a cheap engine. A bit too cheap really.

My old modified Nissan Primera uses a fairly common Nissan engine, the 2 litre, 4 cylinder SR20DE. The going rate for a bog standard but decent running SR20DE out of a breaker is about £400.

£350 is about the price of 2 new MAFs for the S62 and about 3.5% of the cost of a new S62 engine. IF it turns out to be legit, £350 is the deal of the century for a working engine. Bearing this in mind, there is a very good chance it won't be working or legit.

It's basically a £350 gamble. Like you say, by using a credit card you should have some protection but it is just too cheap to think it is owt other than dodgy.

razahyde · 28th April 2009, 23:35

you are going to get scammed

your next thread will be, "i got scammed and never got my engine"

i just purchased a motor and the seller was confident enough to stand behind it that he is not asking for my money until fedex freight has a hold of the engine and it is on its way to me.

sajStars · 28th April 2009, 23:54

mmm, considering that i just ebayed my old engine, with a scratched cylinder and water in the block for 800, i did think it was to cheap. however saying that - if i pay using a credit card then i should be protected, so when it arrives i can check it over i suppose.

does sound like a scam though!!