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Do you mean where the semi see through bit joins the black plastic? cheers for your help guys, the leak isn't coming directly out of the bottom of the header tank, it looks like it's coming out more towards the bottom right of it (where it sits next to the rad). Tomorrow I'll try and take a pic of ...

yea i checked those things buddy but still no luck. Is a pain in the arse considering how new the existing radiator is. could it be anything to do with my head gasket? I was already concerned about the head gasket lately due to the amount of "mayonnaise" that's been appearing all the time despite th...

oops, really should have rephrased that. I meant to say that I regularly check the fluid levels and the coolant was just topped up last week (not changed) ! sorry for the confusion.

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hi there, I wondered if i could ask some advice. A few days ago i noticed my temperature gauge went sky high on my 318i m40 so i checked the coolant and there was none there even though it was changed last week. I topped up the coolant yesterday and checked it today and it had all gone!So I then top...

I lost control in my e30 in the wet once when i had crappy tires on it, the car span right round and hit the driver's side front panel at about 30 mph.
it was crumpled but i just bought a new one and screwed it on, then had it resprayed and it looks as good as new.

very strong car!

I had a slidy journey all the way to work. out it in second gear a lot for low speeds and it kicked the tail out everywhere. due to the traffic and the fact the car was so slippy it was undriveable I did a 3 point turn which turned into a mini dohnut then ended up walking into work. RWD is interesti...

my M40 1.8 does the same thing so it seems you're not alone. Mine hunts around between 600rpm and 800rpm at tick over and feels like it's going to stall

think it may be AFM too

The police are a bit harsh in that area. I got a caution there just for cycling fast on the icy high street with no lights.....sods made me walk back 2 miles

good job they didn't breathalise me although i'm not sure if it's illegal to cycle when you're over the limit

Keep an eye on the coolant level. If it doesn't use water, then the mayo can only be condensation. When the car uses water and appears to make oil is the time to worry! great thanks, I've been checking the coolant levels frequently along with the dipstick etc and it's not going down so I guess it c...

btw, forgot to ask. If my worst fears are true and the dreaded mayonnaise rears its ugly head again indicating my head gasket might be on its way out, would the engine be on its last legs failing a new cylinder head etc....?

and it's always driven nicely Here's the problem! Engines need to be thrashed from time to time. There's no worries about that :twisted: I should've rephrased it a bit though. I meant I look after the engine quite well so I drive it smoothly and I don't rev it until the engines warmed up properly. ...

hi, I was planning on a 240 mile round trip from Bucks to Canterbury this weekend so i thought I'd check my levels before the trip... Unfortunately I was more than a little surprised when i checked the dipstick and saw the dreaded mayo substance on there. :eek: The car's a 318i M40 with 125k miles o...

I've had my car around a year now (318i with 14" bbs) and the car had unknown brand tires on it (Roadrunner and Monza) really can't remember. Anyway, the tread was very high on them so i kept them on the car for months. They were always reasonable in the dry although the steering always felt extreme...

This nut is NOT an idle adjustment. It only has one correct position, and that's where BMW set it. DO NOT ADJUST THIS NUT!! oops I stand corrected. I kept mine at the same setting it was but it seems to adjust the idling speed (by tightening/loosening the throttle cable). Why is there only 1 settin...

318i1989 i presume your young lad. as said above, chips and cams will only give minor gains + 9 bhp, pointless in the long run. if you want to gain respect at college then bring your car to ants place yep am fairly young but i'm not at college. Either way I like the sound of having it tuned to high...

no I won't be tuning mine anyway. I just wondered if there's anyone out there who's gone against the grain and decided to tune the m40 to (possible) destruction

nice! that's a highly tuned M40. don't know what power it's giving out though. also it's got an auto box which'll slow it down a bit

hi I was just wondering if anyone has done any extensive tuning on their 318i M40 engine before, how much it cost and what power gains it got you? I've heard that they can't be tuned too much and people are reluctant due to the engines' top end wear problems By the way, I've no intention of tuning m...

Glad its all fixed now mate. Stop steam cleaning your engine, it fcuks up the wiring in multiplugs....trust me i fix em cheers Bobafett it's working fine again now! by the way I don't steam clean the engine, the photo is from google images of someone elses' M40 ;-) so just to clarify, what is the b...

hi there, I had some problems recently with my 318i running rough and I suspected it was due to the distributor cap / HT leads etc but it turned out to be to do with my throttle body. Check all pipes attached to the throttle body and check for splits or if any have become detached. I also had to adj...

brilliant, thanks for your help. Have just had a look at the throttle body and there's a small pipe beneath it that was not attached so I attached it again and it works as new! It's amazing how something like that ca n make it run so badly

yea I've heard a lot about the tappet, cam problems with the M40 unfortunately. Mine runs quite nicely usually. It's surprising that BMW made an engine with bad long term durability. Still, the M60/M52 Nikasil issues are just as bad...

great thanks very much I'll have another look tomorrow morning so I don't wake up my street mucking around with the throttle

cheers for your help

love the video Shaz, I miss the Autobahns from living in Germany 2 years ago. Much easier to go fast there than the roads near me in Bucks

Hire cars are my favourite cars to go flying down the Autobahn in

It's amazing how fast they go when you don't worry if it breaks

thanks Brian, what should I look for with the throttle body switch, does it need tightening? Is it the part of the the picture pointed out by the arrow? Also there's a loud clicking noise that sounds like it's coming from the side of the engine block shown in the picture (yellow *), could there be s...

Hi there, I've started my car today to expect the usual trouble free motoring I've had over the past year and I was surprised that just after I started the car it stalled. I restarted with a few more revs and it stalled again as soon as I let go of the accelerator. I though I'd leave the car for a f...

time to find some front fogs for my 318

very nice 316i Coldo! why did you sell it?

cheers wildew, you picked up on an interesting point there. After it hit a post a few weeks ago the foglight cover on the driver side was slightly damaged so to make it look even I took the other side off for now too. seen as they're both now off would anyone know if it would be an easy task to fit ...

I agree with you jonmsm about skipping the 325 conversion. It would be easier keeping it as it is seen as it runs nicely anyway and i'm a strong believer in "if it aint broke don't fix it". I can imagine they'll be a lot of hassle converting it. It would be a lot easier for me to get an old ragslag ...

have spent quite a bit of time and money on the old girl already.. :) new sound system (junked the heavy old multi changer) new Pirelli tires (old tires might as well have been made out of plastic) new car mats new euro style number plates refurbished alloy wheel Pipercross induction kit and heat sh...

love the white 318 mate! very simlar to mine but H reg and white!

here is a pic of the interior. would really like a leather interior , but also a 2.5 engine, Alpina alloys etc but I think I'm going to have to save a while if i'm to do that. i'd say the performance of the 318i M40 engine isn't too bad. It's been up to over 130mph before on the flat which I surpris...

thanks guys, I agree with you about the 14" alloys they are quite small but I think the car just about gets away with the size without looking too underwheeled. they are a bugger to clean though :) I like to keep it as standard as possible as I love the standard look of the E30 and the last thing i'...

1989 318i 2 door Diamantenschwarz black paint Sport cloth seats (velour) M sport 1 steering wheel M sport gearnob BBS 14" alloys Pipercross induction kit stainless steel twin exhaust tailpipe Pirelli P6000 tires owned the car for around a year and used to belong to my granddad (was kept in a garage ...

hi i had a problem with my instrument cluster. the rev counter stopped working which i ignored. Then the fuel economy meter stopped working. It was likely to have been a faulty SI board (the battery on the back of can go flat too if theyre too old. I bought a new replacement cluster from a BMW salva...

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