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Strange, on closer inspection it looks as though the original springs have been left on the back, they are still fairly clean and black in colour - the 190mm long rears are greyish/white, appear brand new and match the colour of the front springs. Maybe the previous owner decided the fronts only sho...

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I want to use my 90/04 build 325is MTech as a daily driver, it's been summer driven only for the five years I have owned it and I want to have fun all year round! I want to revert back to the factory suspension. It was imported to Canada from Japan just before I got it and it had been lowered, previ...

The ad' says it's petrol, manual but it's clearly an auto when you look closely.

My MTech cylinder head has a casting ID on it indicating 2.7 ETA.

As far as I know my M20 is a regular 325i displacing 2.5 lt. Is this normal to have this cylinder head ?

I think there's two types, both the same size. One for vehicles with a/c and one not. I think this was the case when I was looking to get a replacement.

Sorry, yes I guess mine's a 1991 MTech II, would that be the exact terminology then?

Add this one to the survivors although it's not in the UK. http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i177/gaynor1961/The%20Baby/Thebabyyyy.jpg and from the side [url http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i177/gaynor1961/The%20Baby/IMGP0979.jpg [/url] and inside [url http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i177/gaynor...

Bump!! somehow

I think it's the same story as the E34 - battery is under the back seat on most except very early models. Here's a plan - open the boot with the key, that should be no problem. Then open either the clip for the boot interior light or the centre brake light (if it has one) which is located in the boo...

My E30 is all wrapped up in the garage for winter and my other weekend driver will get used more now. Has anybody ever experienced a very slow battery drain on an E34 from the odo' & trip meter digital readout staying powered up when the key is removed from the ignition and the car is all locked up?...

Does anyune know where I can get new CV boots at a good price? My local dealer is talking of £50 per end x two which will work out at £200. I am changing rear wheel bearings and one I know one CV boot is split so I am thinking of doing inner & outer on both sides now.

This thread was very useful for me. I intend to replace my inner sound proofing on my 325iS MTec as the foam is showing its age and slowly turning into powder. I called my dealer for the original foam 3 pc (Can$100) and also the M3 one piece which they have (Can$200). I wondered if the M3 one piece ...

Does anyone know the maximum recommended TIR specs' for disc brakes? Local dealer has skimmed the wife's front discs from her Toyota Matrix and she tells me there's some vibration now. I have checked the TIR and found 0.006" drivers side and 0.003" passenger side. Can't find anything firm on Google ...

Could be related - I had an 97' E39 523i and if you started it from cold and moved it a short distance then shut it down it done the same. Engine would get flooded so if you came to start it up it would just whirr over without firing up. Best left alone for a while for the juice to evaporate and the...

Not sure if it's "OEM". I looked at another online parts supplier and they list the GRAF pump and the LASO pump. If you buy from a dealer you will get an "OEM" part but it will most likely be one of these brands. Maybe one of these is the real OEM and the other is a copy? I don't believe Bosch make ...

I bought a complete cambelt & waterpump kit from FCP Groton down in the US and the water pump is made by GRAF. Says its made in Italy and it has p/n 1151.9.070.759 - 1151.1.719.836 on it.
Says it's suitable for E30 & E34 M20 from 10/87 - 91.
Hope this helps.

Great, thanks for the advice, it got me sorted. I knew I was in the right place but I had not come across this type of retaining device, simple really if I had examined the "pointer" on top of the cap.
Thanks again.

Maybe a bit daft but here goes.... My 91 325iS Auto has a long pipe next to the bulkhead which I beieve is the auto box dipstick but it has a black plastic round cap on it. To get to dip the gearbox oil & check colour, condition etc, how the hell do I get the dipstick out? I have tried unscrewing th...

If they are genuine OEM wheels they would have the offset or ET cast on the inside of the wheel generally. I know this has always been the case on my E34, E39 and my existing E30 rims.

Success it seems. I checked all four sensors, found resistances and left it at that, parked in the garage. Went out this morning to check the sequence of events as suggested and now when fired up the ABS light goes out. I have taken the car for a good run and no more problems, fingers crossed. I mus...

Found & checked the front sensors, getting just over 1k ohms on them so now I guess I had better start looking elsewhere for my problem.

Any immidiate ideas before I start digging into the previous posts for possibilities?

Thanks, Neil.

Reminds me a little of BC Canada Quite right. I'm on Vancouver Island and although we are in mid summer now with temperatures approaching 30C we still have patches of snow on the top of some mountains. Another big bonus here is the traffic volume - apart from the peaks when we get tourists like now...

Thanks Brian. Located these two connectors & got just over 1k ohms each so my rears are good. I guess the front sensors also have the same type of connection plug which I seem to recall seeing on each side of the engine bay. Same check here and then let's see if I find a duff one. BTW when I looked ...

My 325i Sport MTech is LHD - is the ABS ECU behind my glovebox or is it somewhere on the LHS as on RHD cars? Reason I ask is I have had an intermittent ABS light for some time and when I saw this comment I thought it may help me pinpoint the problem corner easily. Many thanks, Neil. Well I looked o...

I didn't say 'just' :wink:, but that was the main target audience, american need they're 4x4's and in South Africa the roads can get pretty shite! But I believe the were offered for sale in many territories. AFAIK BMW SA never marketed any 4x4 derivatives (apart from the X5 of course when it was la...

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ewww. automatic..

Yep, automatic, and I believe that there's a few about from previous posts. Suits me fine as I am not a boy racer,I'm cool with just sitting back and cruising. Still leaves others behind when I need to boot it. Cheers.

JHB TO CAPETOWN 12 HOURS SLIP STREAMING WITH A AMG MERC AND NEARLY ALL THE WAY THAT WAS SOME DRIVE. Ja Boet, done Joeys' to Cape Town many times in 12 hours or less, would stop for Glug Glug in Bloem' and Beaufort West and just keep movin, gotta watch out for those traffic cops behind trees & bridg...

Me too here in Canada. My 325i Sport MTech arrived here long way round - 1991 Germany to Japan and 2006 Japan to Canada. Spotless inside & out with only 59000kM. [img][img]http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i177/gaynor1961/IMGP0983.jpg[/img][/img] [img][img]http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i177/gayn...

incidentally, i found a neat shortcut for measuring them including all of their wiring... drop the glovebox cords off, remove the wiring cover above the glovebox and pull the connector off the ABS ECU and measure on the connector pins. this also checks out the connections to each sensor cable the c...

I'm considering an X5 at the moment for work. Currently have a Chev Silverado 6lt 4x4 truck which has its uses but filling up every 400km (15mpg) is gettin on my tits, every day I seem to be at the gas station. Here in Canada BMW do not sell diesels so my only choice is the petrol 3.0Si or 4.8i. and...

Something to look for when you get your rims back after refurb' is to scrape off the powder spray from the inner spigot centre where the wheel locates on the hub - go in @ 4mm. The whole rim gets a thick coat of powder coating and if this is not removed from the bore where it locates on your hub it ...

When the E39 was launched @96' the world motoring press agreed that it was "the best car ever built by BMW" and the car went on to win best luxury sedan for six or seven years with a lifetime achievement award before the new model was launched. I think that although the E39 does have some "issues" i...

I used Lap Tab in Birmingham
http://www.lap-tab.co.uk/
to do my E39 M parallels a few years ago and they done a great job for a reasonable price.

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