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BMW M51 Straight 6 engine

From 1991 to 2000

 BMW M51 Straight 6 engine  From 1991 to 2000
 

The BMW M51 is an inline diesel engine produced by the upper austrian BMW plant in Steyr from July 1991 through February 2000. Its predecessor is the BMW M21, the successor is the BMW M57.This is a straight six-cylinder diesel engine from the car manufacturer BMW . The vortex chamber engine with distributor injection pump was produced in series from 1991 to 2000, and the pre-series production started on April 2, 1990 at the BMW plant in Steyr .  The predecessor, the M21 , the successor is produced since 1998 M57 , a common-rail diesel with direct injection . 

Technology 

The M51 is a water cooled turbocharged inline six-cylinder - diesel engine with Bosch VP20- swirl chamber injection . Some engine variants in addition to the turbocharger have an intercooler, these engines are in BMW vehicles by the word tds be seen.  The M51 has a from gray cast iron produced engine block and a chain-driven overhead camshaft ,actuates the two valves per cylinder. Unlike its predecessor, the M51 has a hydraulic valve lash adjuster with hydraulic tappets .  amount for all motors bore and stroke 80 x 82.8 mm, which results in displacement of 2497 cc of a, BMW, however, are in operating instructions and 2498 cm³ of. The compression of the engine is 22: 1.  Fuel injection is controlled by the Bosch DDE 2.1 engine control unit .

The engine was also used in the Opel Omega and replaced the four-cylinder turbo diesel engine with 2.3 l displacement. Opel highlighted the high level of refinement, the high torque at low speeds and the simultaneously low fuel consumption. In this embodiment, the diesel engine had turbocharging on with intercooling and electronically controlled fuel injection, exhaust gas recirculation (recirculation rate up to 35% of the total volume flow) and adapted to this engine oxidation catalyst with 1.8 l volume. The maximum boost pressure of the exhaust gas turbocharger was 1 bar. With 38.5 kW per liter displacement, a remarkable power density was achieved. The intercooling caused by reducing the nitrogen oxide emissions , a thermal relief of the engine. The last BMW M51 for the Opel Omega was produced on 27 November 2000th

With the introduction of diesel engine in the 7 Series ( BMW 725tds ) in April 1996, there was a revised version of the M51D25 OL , the M51D25TÜ OL (TÜ = technical revision). The highest torque of 280 Nm reaches this engine at a speed of 2200 min  . The increase in the maximum torque by 20 Nm was achieved through a series of detailed improvements: Injection and mixture formation were retuned and the exhaust gas turbocharger developed thermodynamically. In addition, the air mass supplied to the engine is no longer as previously on boost pressureand charge air temperature determined, but directly via a hot-film air mass meter . Digital Diesel Electronic (DDE) is now networked via CAN bus . For lubrication of the engine oil with viscosity SAE 5W-40 is recommended. 

 
Combustion chamber
Configuration Inline-6
Displacement 2497 cm3
Cylinder bore 80 mm
Piston stroke 82,8 mm
Cylinder block alloy Cast iron
Valvetrain OHC
Compression ratio 22:1
Combustion
Turbocharger Single turbocharger, tds-engines also have an intercooler
Fuel system Swirl-chamber-injection
Management Bosch DDE 2.1
Fuel type Diesel
Cooling system Water-cooled
Output
Power output 85-105 kW
Torque output 222-280 N·m
Dimensions
Dry weight 132 kg

 

BMW M51 Straight 6 engine  VAUXHALL-OMEGA

BMW M51 Straight 6 engine in VAUXHALL OMEGA

engine capacity Bore × stroke Power at min -1 Torque at min -1 construction time
M51D25 UL 2,5 l (2497 cm³) 80 mm × 82.8 mm 85 kW (115 hp) at 4800 222 Nm at 1900 1991-1997
M51D25 OL  105 kW (143 hp) at 4800 260 Nm at 2200 1991-1996
25 DT  96 kW (131 hp) at 4500 250 Nm at 2200 1994-2000
M51D25T UL 85 kW (115 hp) at 4800 230 Nm at 1900 1996-1998
M51D25TÜ OL  105 kW (143 hp) at 4800 280 Nm at 2200 1996-1998
M51D25TÜ OL 105 kW (143 hp) at 4600 1998-2000
M51D25M1  100 kW (136 hp) at 4400 270 Nm at 2300 1994-2001
Engine Bore × Stroke Displacement Power at min−1 Torque at min−1 Compression Year
M51D25 UL 80 × 82,8 mm 2497 cm3 85 kW at 4800 222 Nm at 1900 22:1 1991–1997
M51D25 OL 105 kW at 4800 260 Nm at 2200 1991–1996
X25DT 96 kW at 4800 250 Nm at 1400 1994–2001
M51D25TÜ UL 85 kW at 4800 230 Nm at 1900 1996–1998
M51D25TÜ OL 105 kW at 4800 280 Nm at 2200 1996–1998
M51D25TÜ OL 105 kW at 4600 1998–2000
M51D25M1 100 kW at 4400 270 Nm at ? until 1999


Applications:

  • 1991-1996 E36 325td (M51D25 UL)
  • 1996-1998 E36 325td (M51D25TU UL)
  • 1993-1996 E36 325tds (M51D25 OL)
  • 1996-1998 E36 325tds (M51D25TU OL)
  • 1992-1996 E34 525td (M51D25 UL)
  • 1991-1996 E34 525tds (M51D25 OL)
  • 1996-2000 E39 525tds (M51D25TU OL)
  • 1996-2000 E39 525td (M51D25 UL)
  • 1996-2000 E38 725tds (M51D25TU OL)
  • 1995-2001 Land Rover Range Rover 2.5 D/DSE
  • 1995-2001 Opel Omega
  • 1992 UMM Alter II (Very rare model only one was made, the car was made in Portugal with the engine, gearbox and electronics being made and fitted in at BMW's Munich plant)

Land Rover Range Rover 2.5 D Performance

Power 136 bhp
Top Speed 101 mph
0-60 mph 16 secs
Torque -
CO2 Emissions 304 g/km
Euro Emissions Standard 2
Miles Per Tank 475 miles
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