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My brake pad light is on constantly, but the pads have good life left in them. Before I go buy sensors to replace them with, is there a way to bypass them, by shorting the connector? So I can prove to myself what one needs replacing, or if infact, the issue isn't with the sensors at all (they both l...

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Brian, yes, I'm aware of the sensors. I'll whip the wheels off today just to check the pads and sensors are connected/present etc.

Brianmoooore wrote:Which brake warning light? There's more than one.

It's the brake pad sensor one, looks like this

All dash lights come on when starting, and go off after a second or 2.

Brian, you'll laugh at this. Its not the ABS light, its the brake warning light. The guy told me it was the ABS light when I viewed it, so it's stuck in my head. I never even doubted it! I feel a fool, but thanks for your help. I'll be checking the sensor tonight to see if its ok or if my pads are l...

Ok, I'll test the cables later on. Can I just use a multimeter? I don't have a 12v on a lead. Stupid question, but I assume I'm testing each cable to ground to see if I get 12v?

Is it the case I either have a relay in the glove box area OR on the pump? depending on cars age? Or do I need to still find something in the glove box area?

Based in Oxfordshire.

I managed to get the hose on last night, it seems to have cured my erratic idle issue. The old hose was split on the end as well as half way down the hose. I also looked into the ABS more. To confirm, I have a red/yellow cable on either side of the C101 connector, I can also see the cable coming int...

Been away for a week and want to get back to sorting some things. Is there a way to see what frequency the alarm is on so I can get a fob to match it? It looks OEM and I'd like to keep it. Also, the replacement hose has arrived but it slightly shorter (the bit to the right of my hand in the above im...

Start 200
Model +800
Body +200
Rust -300 (2x 150)
Equipment +300
Wheels +300 (BBS 15")
Suspension +100 (bushes)
Tax +120 (6 months)
Overall condition probably 5-10% extra

£1806. I did say circa £2k

There is 2 small pieces of rust, its not massive!

Will dig up some shots.

Pics of rust or car?

The wiki puts it at ~£2k. But what people would be willing to pay.

I'll throw it up and mods can delete if required.

1989 318iS in brilliantrot.
120k - good history with the car
sunroof
interior great apart from small hole on drivers bolster
Rust on O/S front wing (5p size) (+dent)
Rust on O/S rear arch (50p size)
1year MOT, 5months tax, recently serviced.

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Brian, I have the cable you mentioned in the engine loom plug, whats next? My funny idle could be down to this vent hose, ordered a new one: http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/1568/photo1vq.jpg I also have no idea how this got covered in oil, it looks like someone's split oil down 2 of the spark hol...

The switch looks fried inside, a new one is £10. Easiest thing. I'll add lubing the arms to the list. Can you expand on testing the AFM and TPS please? The ABS light comes on and stays on. The previous owner said he got it looked at but a few people couldn't get it sorted. I'll try to trace some of...

diable wrote:
illmonkey wrote:
ETA: what are the little gold clips called that you use to screw into? A few are missing/snapped.
Crimp lugs

Nope, but I found them. spire clips

The switch looks fried inside, a new one is £10. Easiest thing. I'll add lubing the arms to the list. Can you expand on testing the AFM and TPS please? The ABS light comes on and stays on. The previous owner said he got it looked at but a few people couldn't get it sorted. I'll try to trace some of ...

Bang on with the brass nut, it was missing. Window is down to the switch, by swapping them it works no problem. I'll order a new one. Cleared the ICV and it still isn't great. Car is a iS, so doesn't have a TPS. The ABS light is just that, a light that sits into the dash. So the issue has to be on a...

Something else I forgot to add. It knocks at the rear, going around a right hander with a bit of speed, sounds like the drive shaft is lose, or a bearing? It sounds rotational and goes faster/slower with the cars speed. As opposed to a static rumble

It's a 1990.

I'll do the fresh solder fix and see if it works. The seller said hes had garages look at the cabling and the sensors and its all fine.

Thanks guys. Failed to mention that the ABS light is on constantly, even though the sensors are fine. Looks like that wiki has a fix too.

Picked up a new 318iS this weekend and its got a few issues. First problem is my water temp gauge jumps about. It will generally sit at the correct position, but every so often it'll flick about. I imagine this is an earth issue? Passenger window goes down fine, but is very slow and judders when goi...

I'd rather not take the front wheels off, yes I know it doesn't take long! The idea is to chuck 'um in, drive for 15 minutes and spend half a day riding around interesting trails, not sitting on a tarmac road for 50 minutes to get there! I'm happy to have the rear sears folded down all the time, it'...

The place I want to take them is fast roads and boring. When I get there, its a forest to cycle around.

Humm, back to the drawing board again. I would like to have an other E30 and getting a touring made sense for the bikes. I know I can get a bike in the back on a 2 door but defiantly won't get 2 in the back! I have a bike rack, just don't want to use it. Never that confident with them. No matter how...

Want to use my bike a bit more over summer, so thought about getting a touring so I can throw mine (and sometimes the other halfs) bike in the rear. I've got a bike rack but don't trust them!

Is it easy to fit 2 bikes in the back of the touring?

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52108410506 - UK Drivers seatbelt holder

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It also struggles if you just tap the 'gas', goes to about 500rpm then comes back up to what it should be.

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I'm trying to figure this out, its getting colder so seems to be a bit worse.

Bringing this back up, now its getting colder it seems to be as bad as ever. Considering its the same issue and I've tested everything listed above, what do I do now? To confirm, the car starts fine first time. For the first 1 or 2 minutes the revs will settle, which I assume is the auto-choke. But,...

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