They are part of the European propaganda, and it is irrelevant, even if, they are the worst engines in the world . The idea is this; If it is European then it MUST BE good.
BMW M54 with paper piston rings? Why not M50 and M52? Both engines were made from solid materials, while M54 were made from recycled aluminum OG 1.9 tdi 90hp can run on fries oil, same as BMW 2.5 TDS Do you hear that modern engineers? Vegan diesel was already made!
As an Audi/VW tech I’d thought I’d chime in. You missed the best German engine. The Volkswagen 2.5L 5 cylinder. There are still tons of them on the road after decades. Also the Ea888 engines are garbage especially the earlier ones..
ahh yes thanks for pointing that out the 2.5L should've been included! The Gen 3 EA888's have been known to be reliable, but yes its specific to which gen
I can vouch for the BMW M54. I've got an E39 530i , ten years to date with 0 engine issues , smooth, pokey straight 6 with reasonable punch at any rev range.
I'm sorry but with the M54 the beancounters already had to much power and influence. Major parts of the engine are made of plastic while it should have been metal. Plastic wears and breaks over time, metal doesn't. Like (for instance) that coolant pipe that is situated underneath the intake manyfold (thus quite hard to replace.... ). That coolant pipe is plastic. Not good. Same for the thermostat housing, also plastic (Easier to replace, but still it is bad.... ) Earlier BMW engines had more metal parts, thats better.
@@ecavity Fair enough.... to be fair I haven't put big milage on the motor so Ive just been lucky I guess so far to of had 10 years of direct personal experience of excellent reliability. I can only corroborate my own experience.
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Oh, yes! The OM603 I had in a 300D W124, its a miracle, grest engine, I love it! But it consumes like 9 liters per 100 km. Hmmm, but why the M256 of Mercedes? Its lots of power with little displacement? I would have expected the true hero, the 8 Cylinder M278 with 4.7 litres displacement, which runs smoothly like with less than 10 litres/100 kms or in sports mode like a racing car, at 220 km/h still doing sprint accelerations I have never had in any other engine (and on average I am doing that one still at less than 11 litres per 100 km/h). This M278 (the later one from march 2015 on is the more reliable), powers the S500 Coupé and Sedan (in the US its called the S550). In my example it comes with 9 gears and without 4 Matic which makes it extremely efficient, it takes as little as the 6 cylinder engine in the E400. The mentioned OM 648 (320 CDI) was great at its time, took like 8.3 per 100 kms, with not shy at all driving. But would not buy it anymore. So actually I would have expected the OM 642 in this list, that drives almost with the power of an 8 cylinder engine with huge accelerations and st 250 km/h still with reserves. It only takes 6,7 liters in the W213 station wagon and is the most efficient power block I ever had. However, thanks for the great video, I loved it! 😊
Hi Tobias, thanks for sharing your experience! While we work hard to research on primarily the reliability factor, we are a small team who might not have had the privilege of driving and owning the beautiful Mercs you mentioned (it would be a dream!) to truly understand even more nuances like you kindly noted. So we really appreciate it when viewers like yourself like the video and share your stories that come from having first hand experience 😃
Think German engineering, think about greedyneering and planned obsolescence. The real reliable ones are all old engines from cars you can no longer get. Some like VW EA888 are also limited to certain market areas and are not even that reliable except maybe compared to even worse engines of modern days. Also when these engines don't fail, the gearbox they are connected to is certain to fail.
162kw and Tiptronic ZF8 will last very, very long. 3 years and 50k km later (bought at 110k km) only needed chain change, thats it. Wonderful combo. But if you like driving fast, better fill up E98.
@@TheRokas9944 I hope it does,, but how do you know it will? So far is likely quite new havinc such low mileage. A typical 90s car did 300K km with normal maintenance unless it was Italian, British or Opel. Good ones did way more.
no man m54 and v12 bmw is not so reliable to go2 the all time list. bmw have 2 reliable engines - m57 diesel and m50 gasoline, hold the performance tuning and still running and running
What are the TSI engine doing in this video ? 😅
They are part of the European propaganda, and it is irrelevant, even if, they are the worst engines in the world . The idea is this; If it is European then it MUST BE good.
The Gen 3 EA888's have been known to be reliable, but yes its specific to which gen
@@SeatsAndWheels Yup! You are one highly ethical European, who wouldn't delete posts ...
BMW M54 with paper piston rings? Why not M50 and M52?
Both engines were made from solid materials, while M54 were made from recycled aluminum
OG 1.9 tdi 90hp can run on fries oil, same as BMW 2.5 TDS Do you hear that modern engineers? Vegan diesel was already made!
As an Audi/VW tech I’d thought I’d chime in. You missed the best German engine. The Volkswagen 2.5L 5 cylinder. There are still tons of them on the road after decades.
Also the Ea888 engines are garbage especially the earlier ones..
ahh yes thanks for pointing that out the 2.5L should've been included! The Gen 3 EA888's have been known to be reliable, but yes its specific to which gen
1.8t mpi > any 2.0 tfsI
i own the m57 tu2 its magic only done 155k.powerfull and reliable,nuff said.
nuff said indeed!
I can vouch for the BMW M54. I've got an E39 530i , ten years to date with 0 engine issues , smooth, pokey straight 6 with reasonable punch at any rev range.
I'm sorry but with the M54 the beancounters already had to much power and influence. Major parts of the engine are made of plastic while it should have been metal. Plastic wears and breaks over time, metal doesn't. Like (for instance) that coolant pipe that is situated underneath the intake manyfold (thus quite hard to replace.... ). That coolant pipe is plastic. Not good. Same for the thermostat housing, also plastic (Easier to replace, but still it is bad.... ) Earlier BMW engines had more metal parts, thats better.
@@ecavity Fair enough.... to be fair I haven't put big milage on the motor so Ive just been lucky I guess so far to of had 10 years of direct personal experience of excellent reliability. I can only corroborate my own experience.
@@mattwarren69 Thanks for sharing your experience!
The engine in the video isn't a m54. The first pic is. After that it's the n54 turbo
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German engineering is unmatched, they are some industrious people, its in their DNA
@@johnraynarvoiceover as long as you don't have politicians that (on purpose?) ruin the entire industry!
@@johnraynarvoiceover indeed it is unmatched!
If your going to mention the bmw m54 you should really not show the n54 twin turbo. Smh thumbs down waste of video.
you wrote wrong on the om648 one :D
oh yes you're right, thanks for the pickup!
Yaywhooo! The 1.9tdi! 2:38
😀
1.9 td 105 Ps, 480.000 km till now, and no issues
The m54 was also in the X3, X5, e60 5 series and z3.
1.9 SDI?
m113
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What made the M70 was the awesome hydra lock and not starting across the fuel rail ask me how I know! 🤣 🤣 6:11
how do you know! 😄
1.8T Bam engine???? The bottom end is from a mk1 Golf ❤
its not, the whole 1.8T MPI family was based on an old Mercedes engine :)
Oh, yes! The OM603 I had in a 300D W124, its a miracle, grest engine, I love it! But it consumes like 9 liters per 100 km.
Hmmm, but why the M256 of Mercedes? Its lots of power with little displacement? I would have expected the true hero, the 8 Cylinder M278 with 4.7 litres displacement, which runs smoothly like with less than 10 litres/100 kms or in sports mode like a racing car, at 220 km/h still doing sprint accelerations I have never had in any other engine (and on average I am doing that one still at less than 11 litres per 100 km/h). This M278 (the later one from march 2015 on is the more reliable), powers the S500 Coupé and Sedan (in the US its called the S550). In my example it comes with 9 gears and without 4 Matic which makes it extremely efficient, it takes as little as the 6 cylinder engine in the E400.
The mentioned OM 648 (320 CDI) was great at its time, took like 8.3 per 100 kms, with not shy at all driving. But would not buy it anymore. So actually I would have expected the OM 642 in this list, that drives almost with the power of an 8 cylinder engine with huge accelerations and st 250 km/h still with reserves. It only takes 6,7 liters in the W213 station wagon and is the most efficient power block I ever had.
However, thanks for the great video, I loved it! 😊
Hi Tobias, thanks for sharing your experience! While we work hard to research on primarily the reliability factor, we are a small team who might not have had the privilege of driving and owning the beautiful Mercs you mentioned (it would be a dream!) to truly understand even more nuances like you kindly noted. So we really appreciate it when viewers like yourself like the video and share your stories that come from having first hand experience 😃
Think German engineering, think about greedyneering and planned obsolescence. The real reliable ones are all old engines from cars you can no longer get. Some like VW EA888 are also limited to certain market areas and are not even that reliable except maybe compared to even worse engines of modern days. Also when these engines don't fail, the gearbox they are connected to is certain to fail.
I hope EU legislation changes and European car makers turn their direction, but i isn't looking good
Why of course, Skoda is making better VolksWagens than the VW. What else is there to say?
yes some of these engines certainly can only be found in used models now
162kw and Tiptronic ZF8 will last very, very long. 3 years and 50k km later (bought at 110k km) only needed chain change, thats it. Wonderful combo. But if you like driving fast, better fill up E98.
@@TheRokas9944 I hope it does,, but how do you know it will? So far is likely quite new havinc such low mileage. A typical 90s car did 300K km with normal maintenance unless it was Italian, British or Opel. Good ones did way more.
Where is n52?
ah yes another one from BMW that could / should've been added to the list!
EA888 Gen1 & 2 were too much issues!
no man m54 and v12 bmw is not so reliable to go2 the all time list. bmw have 2 reliable engines - m57 diesel and m50 gasoline, hold the performance tuning and still running and running
Why M57s and not N57s?
Way more chain issues
M20?
After intro I quit watching coz as BME lover I know you have choose 500% wrong engine
there's actually 6 BMW engines throughout the video!
MADE IN GERMANY....!!!!!
YA!
TSI ??? RELIABLE ??? Wat a joke
scoda diesel.....
škoda is from vag, uses all the same engines as vw and audi
@ElectroBytezLV Skoda's are better VW's.
@ElectroBytezLV yes indeed for the engine, though the rest of the cars are probably made in different factories
@@squidproquo2241 there's certainly some great value under the Skoda badges!
Bro asking to subscribe before we watching the video
Missing the S58.......one of the most tunable engines in the history.
JUNK!