The
BMW M41 was a
straight-4
A straight-four engine (also called an inline-four) is a four-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft.
The vast majority of automotive four-cylinder engines use a straight-four layout (with the ...
turbocharged
In an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger (often called a turbo) is a forced induction device that is powered by the flow of exhaust gases. It uses this energy to compress the intake gas, forcing more air into the engine in order to pro ...
indirect injection
Indirect injection in an internal combustion engine is fuel injection where fuel is not directly injected into the combustion chamber.
Gasoline engines equipped with indirect injection systems, wherein a fuel injector delivers the fuel at some po ...
Diesel engine
The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is a so-call ...
produced from 1994 through 2000.
M41D17
With the M41 engine the first four-cylinder diesel engine was introduced by BMW.
Then engine derived from the six-cylinder
BMW M51
The BMW M51 is an inline-6 cylinder 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.
Description
The M51 is a water-cooled and ...
engine and shared 86% of the components, resulting in only 14% being newly developed.
This engine became available in several models of the E36 model series
* 4-door sedan
* 5-door touring
* 3-door compact
Fuel consumption
A fuel is any material that can be made to react with other substances so that it releases energy as thermal energy or to be used for work. The concept was originally applied solely to those materials capable of releasing chemical energy but ...
is around in combined use (EUR) in the 318tds 4-door sedan version.
Applications:
* 1994 - 2000
E36 318tds
See also
*
List of BMW engines
BMW has been producing engines for automobiles, motorcycles and aircraft since 1917, when the company began production of an inline-six aircraft engine. They have been producing automobile engines since 1933.
Motorcycle engines
Automotive ...
External links
* The UnixNerd'
BMW M41 engine pagewith photos, history and common problems.
M41
1994 introductions
Diesel engines by model
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Straight-four engines