Why Buy a 2000 BMW Engine from Auto Power Source
Every 2000 BMW engine here is used OEM from a low-mileage donor vehicle, cataloged and held pending sale, and each unit passes our six-step inspection: VIN-matching, ASE compression-test, noise and smoke verification, full visual inspection, multi-angle photography and palletized freight. Not one of the fourteen 2000 titles prints an engine code, so every code named on this page is our read of the nameplate and the displacement the title does state, taken with BMW production records. It is not a promise. Your own VIN settles it.
2000 is the year the E46 has fully displaced the E36 in our 3-series stock: the 323i, 323Ci, 328i and 328Ci are all E46, and the codes that brings are the M52TUB25 2.5L and the M52TUB28 2.8L. No M54 appears here. The M54B25 and M54B30 arrive for 2001, so a 2000 page carrying an M54 would be wrong.
The technical update is real hardware, not a naming flourish. The M52TU has different valve timing and a different cooling layout from the plain M52, and the M62TU likewise differs from the M62. Our live 1996-1999 pages are full of pre-TU M52B25, M52B28 and M62B44. We never merge the two builds in either direction, and because no 2000 title prints a code the TU attribution rests on the model year's production records rather than on title text.
The 4.4L units are all M62TUB44: the 540i (E39), the 740i and 740iL (E38), and the X5 (E53), new for 2000. The X5 carries an SUV oil pan and accessory layout of its own despite the shared family. A 4.4 is not the 4.0L M60B40 that fills our 1993-1995 pages.
Two five-litre traps sit in this one year. The M5's 5.0L S62B50 is a V8, while the 5.0L M70B50 on our 1990-1992 pages is a V12 - same litres, different architecture, no swap in either direction. The Z8 also used the S62B50, but no Z8 is in 2000 stock. The listed 750i 5.4L is the M73B54 V12, not the 5.0L M70B50.
The Z3 spans all three of its 2000 engines here: the listed 2.5L and 2.8L M52TU sixes and the 3.2L S52B32 of the M Roadster. The European M3 3.2 is the S50B32 and there is no M52B32. No M3 of any kind is in 2000 stock - the E36 M3's final US year was 1999 and the E46 M3 arrives for 2001.
Titles here are as supplied by the yard and we edit none of them: the 5.4L "750i" is the car the US sold as the 750iL, five rows print "Engine" where the rest print "Used Engine", and three Z3 rows print the displacement without parentheses. We invent nothing. No diesel appears in 2000 stock. You pay a fraction of dealer-new for identical BMW engineering, ship free on a heavy-duty pallet anywhere in the continental US, and get up to a 3-year warranty plus 30-day money-back. Text your VIN to +1-307-441-5554 or call 1-877-313-8995 and we confirm the family, the chassis and the body against your car before anything ships. We will not list what we do not hold.
Your 2000 BMW Engine Options: Compared
Most 2000 BMW owners face four real choices when the engine fails:
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| Option |
Cost |
Reliability |
Warranty |
Fitment Match |
| Used OEM (this collection) |
$$$ Best Value |
High — tested |
Included |
VIN-matched |
| New OEM (dealer) |
$$$$$ 2-4× more |
High |
Manufacturer |
Exact |
| Aftermarket / Reman |
$$$$ |
Varies |
6-12 mo |
May adapt |
| Junkyard |
$ Cheapest |
Unknown |
None |
DIY |
Tested used OEM hits the sweet spot — same engineering as new, fraction of the cost.