E30 Zone

I went out to my car this morning, and jumped in to start the engine before scraping the ice off the windows, and it didn't start! Last night it felt a bit sluggish to start after not driving for a couple of days - had to turn over more than usual, and tbh it's started feeling a little slow to start...

209,000 on my iS though i'm feeling it could be weakening now - maybe i should change the spark plugs, they've been in there for the last 3.5 years...

Main niggles though are not the engine, but the rattles that eminate from both doors every time i go over a slight bump

Good pics :) Plenty of pics from Gordon there as usual! - People always bang on about Quality being important, but god damn - you just can't beat sheer Quantity sometimes :D nice one. As for the splitter... i like it i think - would have to see it in the flesh to be sure. I'm not sure if that makes ...

Hey guys, sorry i couldn't make it today :( Unfortuneately work is taking up a lot of time at the mo... (setting up a business with 2 friends, and i've got a lot software to get finished - databases and suchlike) Weather doesn't look too bad for you though - hope you caught some of the sun that's be...

ok, will bear that in mind, thanks.

Still not 100% i'll be able to make it but it looks promising

Hope to see you all on Sunday!

I'll probably be able to make this one - just checked google for Picket Post - it's on the A31 just east of Ringwood right? Can't imagine there are many Picket Posts in that neck of the woods!

I'll confirm in the week for sure whether i'll be there...

Hmmm - very tempting, and it's really close by for me....

BUT, i'm driving my car to Paris for a holiday with the missus, leaving at 2am on Sunday. Do i risk breaking it by thrashing it round the track???

I thought that although Ant still does his own chips, he now sells them himself through ATech, and the chips on the Zone shop are not his? Maybe that's changed again recently... Personally i'll be getting one of Ant's chips for my iS when i get round to it - i've heard nothing but rave reviews from ...

you will probably need the car jacked up. Make sure the car engine is cool or you might burn your hands. :mad: Do the reverse of this and all will be well :) :lol: so true.... if you jack the car up it won't drain properly as the bung is the lowest point when the car is level, and warm oil flows mo...

You'd have thought the guy, having rebuilt his car from scratch, would know that if the speedo and trip counter ain't working then the wire coming from the diff is probably broken, not a pair of Ã‚£15 fuses!!

Remembered about this topic when i left London today to head home and had already done 350 miles since i last filled up so i thought i'd see just how far i could go til the light came on... I was being a right pussy on the motorway, doing 65mph up the hills! But the light didn't come on until 400.7 ...

I get annoyed if i don't get over 400 miles out of a tank, but i'm tight with my fuel

I do step on the gas when there's a chance though so it's not all grandad style antics...

Soon as it get's dark. Does that mean you have to change it earlier in the winter?? Indeed, and you have to be breaking some law to be clocking up 3000 miles each day 8O I used to do mine once a year, but i think that was too infrequent (around 10k miles) - starting to do it every 5k now - on Halfr...

The original bulbs are white are they not? So surely you'll get an orange dash by using white LEDs?... My advice would be to a) experiment with resistor values - you should be able to get the dim function to work with the right resistor. The only reason that it doesn't work on another dash is that L...

This thread just made me wonder about a wobble i have - it happens when braking relatively hard above about 40mph. I guess it's more of a vibration through the steering wheel than a wobble though... Had a search for related topics and there was a suggestion of control arm bushes, but i've recently r...

OBC could be set to US gallons instead of UK. I think 23-30 is about the right difference for that to be the case... To change it, set the OBC to show consumption and press the tiny indented button in the bottom right of the OBC. It'll change from L/100 (litres per 100 km which is european - also se...

:lol: Nobody died, just a landrover defender on it's side with a 3500kg trailer loaded with 5000kg of hay on it's side. Was that westbound J18-19 by any chance? Saw a trailer tipped over and a vehicle of some sort tipped over on my way home from work - looked to be mostly on the hard shoulder thoug...

Your car looks awsome mate! Stunning paint and i love that BBS bumper - looks great, and the wheels too

In fact all 4 of those e30s look to be very well kept

First batch i wasn't keen on any of them.

Second batch, nononono etc except for number 5 - i like them

Maybe they need to be flatter - ie. not jut back so sharply into the dish, but they're nearly right. I think thye'd look good on an e30.

If it is the cam chain, it'll be between approx 2500-3500rpm and sound like a wee little chainsaw in your engine. Could be fixed with a new timing chain tensioner which is very very easy to do. Might need a new chain guide which is more of a pain and involves taking the timing chain cover off. Eithe...

I opted for the latter when i took mine off and decided it's something you shouldn't do too often - was a bit scared i was going to bend something

All ok though, just be gentle

tbh i'd stop if it was convenient if i saw another e30 broken down! I usually give a wave or a nod if i see another e30 - if it's an old person then they don't generally wave back, just ignore me or look puzzled (no offence to the older people here... which i'm getting close to). Saw a grey sport on...

Photo from my phone before the cars were expertly arranged by Chris and Iain...

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Yay - a pic of my car (no, not the M3) - didn't expect to see many of them!

And that's the corner of the rear bumper of my iS!! Wow! Forum fame at last

Was anyone else checking out the looks on the faces of the drivers going in the opposite direction as e30 after e30 after e30 passed them on the way to the castle? Admittedly it looked like some hadn't even registered the fact, but others had a look of total disbelief winkeye Cheers to Jon_bmw, Dan3...

put [ img] and [ /img] around the link (without the spaces) Great day, really glad i made it after getting to sleep about 6am this morning! (25th wedding anniversary i'd forgotten i was attending!) Sorry to those at Rownhams who probably stood around wondering where i was (Gortour and others) It was...

Bugger!

Better start looking hard for a new engine then i guess! I presume the excess fuel would be from overfueling due to the engine being cold? Don't know a lot about engines - what does it mean in practical terms that the cylinder bores and rings are worn?

This is me and my dad diving in the red sea...

Not sure what the guy at the top of the boat is doing but it looks like he's lighting a stick of ACME dynamite

Hmmm ok then... Still i must change it before it gets cold again (as i've promised myself the last two years) - It barely gets above the blue bit of the dial in the winter, and even stationary in the summer it doesn't quite make halfway! Seriously, it's rediculously cold driving like that in the win...

I guess the same reasoning can be applied to a thermostat which is stuck mostly/completely open? I've been running my 318iS like that for a couple of years now (with new thermostat in the boot!) and it's fecking freezing driving around in the winter!! Sounds like i should get off my arse and change ...

I guess "Tuesday" No, seriously... 0-60 in 8.2secs max speed 137mph 24mpg if not booting it You can get chips, cams, etc Those are my guesses. I have absolutely no basis for those answers at all, they are just guesses. I guessed at those figures. It's a guess :D No help at all i'm afraid, but you di...

Ahah! That could be the noise coming from the rear of my car too :) Had the rear subframe bushes replaced recently, and checked the diff mounting bush and it was fine, but i get a single knock usually if i accelerate in 1st or 2nd. Also been getting a worrying few knocks on a particular left hand be...

Oh and by the way, do you reckon i could pick up the parts from Euro Car Parts? Think this is dealer only mate. imo i wouldn't want to get timing gear from anywhere other than BMW - that's a very important part of your engine. Close tolerence engine bits and rubber parts - BMW, Big lumps of suspens...

I'm looking to replace these clips on my 318is too - where did you get yours from? My nearest dealer is a fair drive away, so I'd like to mail order them if possible. Anyone know of a good mail order service where I can get genuine BMW spares like these? I've previously used Motormec for my E24 spa...

BTW, the noise is no more than an annoyance really - it doesn't make any measurable difference to power, and doesn't indicate impending failure - the chain is supposed to be a lifetime part AFAIK. That's why i haven't bothered fixing mine... It's just a bit embarressing when accelerating - makes it...

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