My M30B28 engine has bad compression. I bought another block without the head so my plan is the swop the engine and keep my own cilinder head.
I removed a gasket as shown right, the brown one. Can i also use the other type in the picture, the black one. In other words; does it matter whits one to take?
My pistons have the piano top.
As long as it's the right size, and not say a 3.5 gasket for an engine with a much larger bore, you should be fine. The gasket likely has 2.5/2.8 on it somewhere.
Mike W.
02 525ita. Wife's, aka grocery getter
02 530i. New to the fleet, 3 pedals.
03 QX4, AKA the Datsun. Finally got the 4WD vacationmoble to stop smoking.
07 Xterra. Still on the DL, a purchase from hell.
Check out www.realoem.com and make sure the part number matches with the gasket you want to use. When selecting your BMW, click on the "classic" section; there, you will see our E12's listed. Select your year and model and the engine section will have exactly what you are looking for.
