E30 Zone

Looking for a drivers side prefacelift rear light, just the housing needed. Thanks.

Are facelift base model black plastic bumpers mechanically different to body coloured, or are they just the same thing unpainted?

Looking at a base model and wondering if I can just get the bumpers painted.

Thanks.

Any ideas? Anyone feel like taking a look at the markings on theirs (if its genuine)?

So how do I tell if its genuine? The only marking on the casting is '3904', stamped on one of the machined faces.

Thing about this cylinder is, the last owner says it's only 10 months old. It looks pretty new as well

Thanks for the part number Brian, i'll be picking up one of those repair kits

Right, this might be a bit difficult to explain without pictures, but here goes: I have a problem with my clutch control system which I've traced to the master cylinder (M42 box btw). basically it seems to want to displace the fluid up the filler pipe rather than moving the slave. Rather than just b...

Question: Why is X-works still known as an 'E30 zone newbie'? Surely one of the mods must be able to come up with a more fitting title?

DanThe wrote:The master needs changing mate, that is where your problem lies. The res cap is vented so it wont make any odds if its on or off

Sounds likely doesn't it? What about the fact that it still displaces fluid in the bottle though? The bias of flow can't be equal to that and the slave can it?

I was told by a mechanic at my local garage (not E30 specialist) that they always bleed clutch systems with filler cap off, and that it shouldnt make any difference. I saw that the cap was not o-ring'd or pressure sealed in any way, so I assumed this was true? If the system was dependant on the seal...

Before I start on another problem, I have to thank DanThe for his help with the cooling system issues. Got rid of the air in the end by seperating the components and bleeding them one at a time. Thanks for the tip mate! Right, I'll tell the whole story here for clarity, and summarise the points at t...

Nice work! Ill see what I can find tomorrow

Ok, by taking right-handers very slowly on the way home the squeaking has pretty much stopped, and I don't seem to have lost much more oil. Perhaps it is just the lack of a bung? Any ideas as to where to get one? (no dealers near me, and the closest ones won't deliver)

Thanks Dan, I'll take a look. Just checked the oil level, and it doesn't seem to have dropped anywhere near as much as the level of leakage I witnessed lead me to believe. My dad came up with the idea that it might only be a leak when cornering - meaning the oil moves to one side and escapes. Sounds...

Right, after sorting the air lock I had, I took the car on a 10 mile drive. Pretty close to my destination I noticed a fairly loud intermittant squeeking noise coming from under the centre of the car near to my seat, so box/prop area. I pulled over and noticed a regular amount of oil dripping from u...

All sorted now thanks chaps, turns out a good bleeding was all it needed. Can't figure out where the air lock came from in the 1st place, but I'm sure time will tell if it happens again

You were absolutely right Dan, this evening I put the front up on stands. It took around 3.5 - 4 litres. Ran it for a while with header cap and bleed valve off, after the second attempt I managed to get the heaters to blow hot when revving the engine, leaving it to idle caused them to cool off again...

I had the car facing up my driveway, with a slight incline. The bleed screw was out of the rad. Are you suggesting I need to fill the header tank over half way to get enough coolant into the block?

@ Turk - Stat has been out and tested, also it only fits one way round.

An update: after completely draining the system and reassembling, it will only take 1 litre of water. I switch the engine on, and the level remains the same. Pulled the bottom hose off the rad, and water comes out, so id hazard a guess that the problem is between this thin bottom hose and the block....

Good idea, I can just about get my hand around the back to trace the path of the lower one [which you cant see much of], and it seems ok. the top one isn't obviously caught by anything either. I didnt remove them, but just to confirm they are in the right places, the bottom hose goes to a connection...

Jhonno wrote:Heater matrix piped correctly?

I'm guessing so, can't see how it would have worked before otherwise. If it was, would it interfere with the entire system?

Yup, that was a stupid question, just gave the bearings a good wiggle and it seems perfectly solid.

Dan, it feels pretty secure to me, what's the best way of checking?

Ok, just flowed some water through the radiator top hose, and it flowed freely out of the bottom.

True, but the radiator being blocked wouldn't cause the heaters to blow cold would it?

What i'm thinking atm is some kind of obstruction in the block.

This is pretty much driving me nuts now, so hopefully some of you will be able to come up with some suggestions: Last week the car was fine, after nothing at all untoward happening the car started oveheating. A quick testing session revealed that when the car was up to and above normal running tempe...

Thanks Ant, I'm guessing the early/late ecus are coded differently on the case, so I won't need to pull it apart to look at the ics to find out?

Pm sent as well.

my car is running an m52b28 with an m50 inlet, the ecu is standard e36 328. I've heard that a remap will unleash some more power with the less restrictive manifold - which makes sense. Is it possible to install a new EPROM in the same manner as most e30 ecus, or does it have a hard installed chip fo...

I was getting around 32-34mpg from mine, properly calculated from a full tanks usage.

A lack of metal behind that bodykit was my main concern. The ad does say that the previous owner used it as a daily, so a bit of neglect could result in that kind of appearance, but not necessarily terminal problems. if the side skirts aren't fitted properly they are a watertrap and the sills will ...

Repost perhaps, but the old threads aren't exactly overburdened with real information though are they?

A lack of metal behind that bodykit was my main concern. The ad does say that the previous owner used it as a daily, so a bit of neglect could result in that kind of appearance, but not necessarily terminal problems. But if he's used it daily and it looks like that, what else has he not done? It's ...

A lack of metal behind that bodykit was my main concern. The ad does say that the previous owner used it as a daily, so a bit of neglect could result in that kind of appearance, but not necessarily terminal problems.

I've been looking at this H26 for sale:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1599316.htm

It clearly needs some tidying, but does anyone have any personal experience with this car? What kind of condition is it in?

Thanks for the link, i'll try that tomorrow. This afternoon i'm just going to go for moving the actuator - i pulled the boot lining back on the right hand side, and the only interesting thing I can see is a white case, mounted maybe 300mm back from the filler cap, it has a power feed. Am I on the ri...

Hi Dan, I've searched for the red/black wire mod but brought up nothing. What does it involve?

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