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Me, if you fix my is!

Well true to his piss poor form he has not even looked at my car all day. I have told him enough is enough and got my keys back.

Come on 320touring, save my bacon!

He has till 6pm then im going to ge the car so 320touring can have a look at it. Failing that I will get the garage recommended by fuzzy to give it a go. This combined with moving on thursday is not much fun!

He said he hadnt looked at the ECU properly yet only by checking pins? Not sure what he meant by that. Surely the fuel pump staying on all the time cant be good either?

I dont blame you one bit. After my heated discussion with him it appears he is just as interested to know whats wrong with it as I am. My complaint is he keeps putting it off and not spending time on mine. I just thought if you talked to him he could go through what he had done and his suspicions et...

Hi, im sure someone with some more knowledge will be along in a mo but if its any help my 320 cabbys engine blew and I swapped it gearbox and all from a 525i

I have lost count of whats been replaced/checked. Just had a 15 min barny with this mechanic. He says he has found a few faults like the fuel pump seems to stay on all the time and that even if the car is off the ECU gets warm? This is why he wants to remove the immobiliser. I did get a bit annoyed ...

I agree totally Spadge, he is going to charge me for removing the alarm too. DO you reckon I should tell him not to bother and get the car back off him. 320touring from on here has very kindly said he would have a look at mine this evening.

Here we go again! My mechanic says he now wants to remove my toad alarm and cliffor immobilise as he thinks they may be causing the bother. I told him if it aint fixed by tonight then im taking it elsewhere.

I move on Thursday! I need my car so badly.

Cool, ill give them a try on Monday. Thanks mate.

Im in Edinburgh fuzzy mate, im going to get it back off him tonight. Whats this place a Maybury called?

Thats what I thought fuzzy, he was clearly trying to rip me off and now a week later he tells me he cant fix it. Never had my time wasted like this before. I dont know what to do, no idea how to get it fixed now and im sure he is still going to try and bill me for his time.

Got the cam and crank shaft sensors kindly sent next dy deliery from Spadge. However they have made no diifference to the problem and now my mechanic is admitting defeat. This is a living nightmare.

You get proper mirror mounting strips from halfords. Basically double sided sticky pads.

Would an LPG conversion kit that is currently fitted to an E36 318is fit my E30 318is? If so has anyone any experience of having these kits installed and how much would it be likley to cost?

Hi mate, well I just bought a crank and cam shaft sensor from spadge as my mechanic tells me both need replacing. If this doesn't work apart from crying a bit ill get in touch. Really appreciate the responses I have had on here.

Hmmm good question. ill ask my mechanic.

Is it possible to get these new?

Hi Jason, thanks a million. Edward seems ok but he is very expensive and the first time he gave me the car back he had spent only 45 mins on it and not changed any parts and he billed me £200 god only knows what the final bill will be. He now wants to change the crankshaft sensor I can get this part...

Thanks a million mate. I do love the car to bits. Its my 3rd E30 now. Had to go for a 318 cause ill be doing loads of miles as im moving to Boness soon. If he does fix it id still like to get the car looked over and tuned etc so would really appreciate it if you can help with this. Not expecting fre...

Thanks wullie, The car is still with him, he is waiting to hear from the sports car breakers if they have a crankshaft sensor and an 02 sensor. God knows if these are the problem but he thinks they are! I reckon he is gonna hand me a bill for £300 and I just dont think he has justified it. Its not m...

I desperatly need someone in the edinburgh area who knows their E30's you may have seen my thread regarding my 318is.

If it had been insured fully comp I would have driven it into a tree by now!

if i hadnt alread thrown £400 at it id be half way to milton keynes by now! Even though im from Edinburgh. This garage restores older cars. The guy is Edward Labinjoh he was an ex le mans driver. How in the name of god cant he see what the problem is? Like I said its been with him a week, although I...

Im no further forward. My is has been at another garage now for the last week. The guy is ripping the piss. He initiallr rearranged some breather hoses and gave me a bill for £200 the car ran fine till it got hot then the kangarooing started again brought it right back to him and if you ask me he ha...

I changed the blue sensor cleaned the glossy black plugs and it again ran well untill it got up to temperature then started misfiring all over the shot and jerking about again. Any other ideas?

Thanks Martin, ill change that then. is it easy enough to do?

I read somewhere that e30's dont like the bosch 4 point plugs which I fitted two weeks ago. I changed them today the ones I took out were all black, after fitting the new ones I did 10 miles and it was sweet then the problem returns jumping and missing all over the shot!

Thanks for the responses guys, to sum it up the car ran really well after the injector was replaced for about 10 miles then it started jerking about stopping and going intermitently. The mechanic looked like he knew what he was doing. After the ICV replacement didnt work he ran the diagnostic again,...

Im totally puzzled as to what to do now

Andyboy wrote:
Bullys_special wrote:So am I better off getting a new ecu then? If so does it need to be an e30 318is specific one?
Yes.

The mechanic said an ecu fault would have showed up on the diagnostic test? He ran it again after fitting the injector and it didnt come up wit any fault?

Bloody hell! The mechanic fitted a ned injector last night £55 part £25 labour it rans relly well for 10 miles now its kangarooing all over the shot again! My kingdom for a decent mechanic!

Thats impressive andy, im gonna try that. ANy potential pitfalls? Does the engine turn over with the plugs disconnected?

Also wanted to mention that the self diagnostic system does not seem to be working i have followd the instructions but no light flashes at all?

Hang on!! If you have a 318iS that only runs on three, it's not the injector but the ECU. These ECU's have a coil driver for each cylinder and the iS ones were well known for failing on just one. So am I better off getting a new ecu then? If so does it need to be an e30 318is specific one? I can se...

lol, well im clueless as im no mechanic. I looked to see if I could remove the manifold to get at the existing injectors and clean them but I bottled it before I undid a single bolt. Too worried ill break something or not be able to put it back together.

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