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The right front ARB bracket on the Touring has broken. Metal fatigue has taken it's toll - and it is only held on by the back bolt.

Are the brackets held on by just bolts into the subframe, or is it a nut and bolt affair? PITA to get on and off?

Brian,

Can see the damp stain running down from the bottom left of the vent. It may not be the only leak, but the most obvious at the moment.

So, once I've got it all off and cleaned up - any suggestions on what to seal it with on reassembly? Will most probably do both sides.

Thanks,

Scott

The hot weather has helped to dry out the right boot pocket of the tourer, so can now see where the water is getting in. It's weeping in around the oval vent that the sunroof drain plugs in to. What is the best way to seal this up? There is a fair amount of mouldy crud growing on it. It looks like t...

Any ideas on how to release a stuck folding seat? Left hand rear seat will not fold, when you press the lever down, you can hear the mechanism working, but the seat does not release.

Thanks,

Scott

Finally got around to taking some pics. H Reg 325i Standard everything Rusty tailgate Mystery fumes in the cabin Future plans? Find the source of the fumes, sort the suspension and as time allows, tidy it up. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y206/sdnikond70/Tourer/sd06292006004.jpg http://i6.photobu...

Made a turn past GSF on the way home to pick up some vacuum and fuel hose for the car. All good, 5 mins down the road, the coolant light comes on. Pull in to the nearest garage - check plenty of water in the expansion tank, wiggle the connection, start the car again. No coolant light. Get home, deci...

Did this recently -

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... ump+gasket

It's a really fiddly job. Good luck.

What needs to be unscrewed to remove the trim in the touring to get to the shock top mounts? I have had a go, but am obviously missing something, as have not been able to get the trim removed.

Cool - thanks

The vacuum line on my Fuel pressure regulator has split at the regulator end. It's bodged up with some tape at the moment, but obviously needs replacing.

Can I buy the pipe as a part (sorry realoem blocked at work)? Or will I need to make one?

Tired starter relay or solenoid? Think this can cause the symptoms of not starting when hot.

I'm sure someone with more technical knowledge than myself will be along shortly.

Thanks, looked at that thread, don't know how I managed to miss the bit that explains how to do it!

Hello, Steering on the touring is a bit floaty at times. Will be getting under the car at the weekend, but as a first point of call, the rubber "donut" in the steering coupling is knackered. There is play in the joint - can move it back and forth by hand. Have done a search on the forum and it appea...

Now that the radio has been stolen, there is a whole new world of mystery noises from the touring :) The rattle from the rear wheel has been sorted - was the cap on the BBS (cheers Chris-W), and am hunting down the others. I can hear the suspension working in the rear of the car. A "tssst-tssst" sou...

Garage will say engine needs to be lifted out. The subframe is in the way of the sump. I did it myself - gasket is Ã‚£6.95 from GSF. It is a finicky job to do without taking the engine out, took me an entire day to do. So three hours sounds reasonable. DIY Guide is at: http://www.bmwe30.net/cgi-bin/...

First question (total newbie question), what is the proper way to get the centre caps off of the BBS's? Are they clipped on and locked in place by the centre cap? Secondly, the rear centre cap is pretty loose, and appears to be the source of a rattle from the rear drivers side. Any ideas on how to s...

Mine has just come on as well - after I disconnected the battery (working on clocks). Reconnected battery and light was on. Drove it to work and back yesterday, and by the time I got home I noticed it was out. Disconnected battery to swap new speedo last night - lo and behold, oil check warning ligh...

Must add.. Was quite impressed with the police - car was fingerprinted etc. Didn't really expect them to go to the trouble. The "CSI" that came out to fingerprint the car reckons that the best result is for them to cut themselves when breaking in, as it is difficult to get fingerprints off of cars. ...

Mark - sorry did not let you know - managed to get some glass and fitted it on the weekend.

Thanks very much for the offer - you can let the doors go on to their final resting place

Just want something that I can learn on really - just wanted to make sure that I get something that covers the bases and won't need upgrading for a while. It will just be for the car - I'm going to have to put a new radio at some point (now that I have a bunch of wires hanging out of the dash where ...

Looking to get a multimeter - anyone got any recommendations on what to get, and what I should be looking for features wise?

Have been on the phone to the police this afternoon. Have got the crime logged etc. they reckon it's worth fingerprinting the car, so have passed on the details to an investigating unit. Will have to wait to hear from them. Mark - if you have the glass I will be happy to take it off your hands, othe...

They had a go at the passenger side lock too - that's totally knackered. Well done. e30Mark - it's a Touring, so the small bit of glass on the rear passengers door. I suppose I'll have to get the door card off to get the frame out. Anyway, for now I have that cool black bin bag and tape look going o...

Some little scrote has busted the left rear quarter glass (only after trying to break the drivers lock with a screwdriver) and had the radio away. Highly annoying - especially since it was a shagged old tape deck that had busted buttons and no display. Ripped the deck out hard enough to pull a myste...

So that's where I was going wrong?

Where are the best points under the e30 to place axle stands? May seem a bit of a daft question - but wasn't too happy with my choices last time I had the car up on stands.

Hello, Timing belt is the next job to do on the Touring. Got all the parts including the camshaft oil seal and o-ring, just in case they need replacing while I am in there. Question is - how easy is the oil seal to do? Is the camshaft pulley keyed so that it can only go on one way? Or should I just ...

Thanks Brian

The Touring has mismatched headlights - smiley on the left, normal on the right. Would like to get them both to smileys.

Is it possible just to replace the individual light, or do you need to do the cluster?

Thks,

Scott

Clear it is then!

Thanks!

What do you reckon?

Clear or smoked? Anyone with pics of red cars with changed indicators?

Was polishing a few panels on the car last night (it's starting to look less pink), and was putting some stuff away in the boot. Noticed a bit of water in the right rear storage compartment, knew it was only a matter of time until I found a leak, so decided to have a poke around. Removed the trim pa...

Replacing the sump gasket has fixed the leak - no oil at all out the bottom of the engine. For those of you that will need to do this job in future, good luck. It requires a fair bit of patience to get through. This took me an entire day on Saturday, but to be fair, I have not done much work on cars...

Hi, You may have seen my recent tale of woe regards my Touring: http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=34992 Well - on the advice given on that thread, I got hold of the spares, and changed the sump gasket yesterday. It was an absolute pig of a job, and took me the whole d...

Hello,

Hopefully going to tackle the sump gasket this weekend. Should the oil leak indeed turnout to be the rear crankshaft seal, is the flywheel going to have to come off in order for it to be replaced?

Thanks,

Scott

Search found 41 matches

ARB Bracket question

Help fixing water leak in boot

Stuck rear folding seat

Pics of the Touring

Sometimes....

Access to Touring shock top mounts

Vacuum line split at Fuel pressure regulator

Replacing rubber in steering coupling - how?

Touring suspension noise question

BBS centre cap question and rattle

Recommend me a multimeter

Car broken into

Where to put axle stands

Replacing camshaft oil seal

Headlight question

Brilliant Red Touring - clear or smoked indicators?

The "To Do" list just gets longer

A big thank you to the zone!

Flywheel off for rear crankshaft seal?