The BMW M57 is a straight-6 diesel engine produced from 1998 up to 2013 in BMW's Upper Austrian engine plant in Steyr.
Description The M57 is a water-cooled and turbocharged inline six cylinder diesel engine with common rail injection. It was revised twice during its production time. It is based on its predecessor M51. The block and the crankcase of the first M57 engines and the TÜ (Technische Überarbeitung = revision) engines are made of cast iron, whilst the TÜ2 engines are made of aluminium instead. The combustion chamber was also changed in the TÜ2. The injection pressure is in the non TÜ engine, whilst all other engines use a pressure of . For fuel injection, magnetic injectors are used, except from the TÜ2 OL and TOP engines, which make use of piezo injectors. The common-rail-system is made by Bosch and also controlled by a Bosch DDE 4 ECU for non TÜ and DDE 5 ECU for TÜ. All models are equipped with turbocharger and an intercooler. The 2.9L M57, which is found in E39 530d and E38 730d, as well as early models of E46 330d and E53 X5, is equipped with one Garrett GT2556V turbocharger. The 2.5L M57 non TÜ uses a Garrett GT2052V turbocharger, the 2.5L M57TÜ uses a Garrett GT2056V turbocharger, the 3.0L M57TÜ a Garrett GT2260V turbocharger, the M57TÜ2 a Garrett GTB2260VK turbocharger, whilst the M57D30TÜTOP sports a BorgWarner KP39 high-pressure and a K26 low-pressure turbocharger. The compression ratio reaches from 16.5:1 to 18.0:1, M57 engines with higher power output and more than one turbocharger have a lower compression ratio. Every cylinder has two inlet and two exhaust valves as well as two chain-driven overhead camshafts. The redline is 4750 rpm.
Technical data Version Displacement Power Torque YearM57D25 @ 4000 rpm @ 1750 rpm2001 @ 4000 rpm @ 2000–2500 rpm 2000M57D25TÜ @ 4000 rpm @ 2000–2750 rpm 2004 @ 4000 rpmM57D30 @ 4000 rpm @ 1750–3200 rpm 1998 @ 2000–3000 rpm @ 4000 rpm @ 1750–3000 rpm 2000M57D30TÜ @ 4000 rpm @ 1500–3250 rpm 2003 @ 4000 rpm @ 2000–2750 rpm 2002 @ 4400 rpm @ 2000–2250 rpm 2004M57D30TÜ2 @ 4000 rpm @ 1300–3250 rpm 2006 @ 4000 rpm @ 1750–3000 rpm 2005 @ 2000–2750 rpm @ 4000 rpm @ 1750–3000 rpm 2007 @ 2000–2750 rpm @ 4400 rpm @ 2000–2250 rpm 2006
Application M57D25 Bore x stroke: 2000 - 2003 in the BMW E39 525d 2001 - 2003 in the Opel Omega B 2.5DTI
M57D25TÜ Bore x stroke: 2003 - 2007 in the BMW E60/E61 525d or
M57D30 Bore x stroke: and in the Range Rover (L322) and in the E39 as 530d in the E46 as 330d/330xd and in the E38 as 730d in the E53 as X5 3.0d and in the E39 as 530d and in the E38 as 730d
M57D30TÜ Bore x stroke: and E46 automatic gearbox was software limited to 390 N⋅m (288 lb⋅ft) in the E46 as 330d/330Cd/330xd in the E83 as X3 3.0d and in the E53 as X5 3.0d in the E60/E61 as 530d/530xd in the E65/E66 as 730d in the E83 as X3 3.0d
M57D30TÜ TOP Bore x stroke: and in the E60/E61 as 535d in the E63/E64 as 635d
M57D30TÜ2 Bore x stroke: and in the E90/E91/E92/E93 as 325d in the E60/E61 as 525d/525xd and in the E65/E66 as 730d in the E90/E91/E92/E93 as 330d/330xd in the E60/E61 as 530d/530xd and in the E60/E61 as 530d in the E70 as X5 3.0d in the E71 as X6 3.0d
M57D30TÜ2 TOP Bore x stroke: and in the E60/E61 as 535d in the E63/E64 as 635d in the E70 as X5 3.0sd and X5 xDrive35d in the E71 as X6 xDrive35d in the E83 as X3 3.0sd in the E90/E91/E92 as 335d
See also List of BMW engines
References BMW E60 - Datenblatt (German)
Aftersales Training - Produktinformation. Kraftstoffaufbereitung Diesel. Page 4 (German)
TurboNews: Das Infomagazin von BorgWarner Turbo Systems February 2004, page 9 (German)
Kolbenschmidt: Valve Train Components and Cylinder Heads Passenger Cars Page 255 onwards.
Slideshare: BMW M57D30 Engine
Andreas39 in Bimmertoday: Die BMW-Sportdiesel: Von 524td E28 über 530d E39 bis BMW M550d F10. 21. January 2012, (German)
External links BMW Heaven - The BMW Knowledge Base The UnixNerd's BMW M57 engine page with photos, history and common problems.