E30 Zone

well its stilll running andy, tax due 1/8/2010 so theres hope for you yet mate

HairyScreech thats the one mate, wow how the hell do you know all that, it was the previuos owner to me that cut all the holes etc, the bloody alarm was a liabilty, ran abit rough on tick over went through everything trying to get the tickover smooth (airleaks maf etc etc) only when I put it upfor s...

HairyScreech, are you refering to my old e30 there, when you say the right hand chassis leg please ignore my lack of knowledge is that on the floor pan running the whole length of the underside of the car? didnt have that when I had her, had bgger all rust either, guess she hasnt been looked after t...

Cheers Alex had a look on dvla as well so shes still on the road, gess I,ll never get her back though

Hi guys still without an E30 at the mo and still wondering where my old one is, reg E286 TCV, white 325i Touring, sold on ebay two years ago to a guy from Wiltshire, who worked for a racing team for classic Aston Martins.
Anyone seen her on the road by chance or know if shes still running, cheers

Hi there been away for awhile now back(without an E30 at the moment :cry: ) Anyway I was interested to know if anyone knew of the whereabouts of my old E30. White 325i Touring Reg E286 TCV. Was sold on ebay last year to a gent who worked for an out fit that raced Historic Aston Martins, from the wil...

1996 e36 compact 318ti, wipers seem to be having a mind of their own at the moment, when on intermttant they will work fine then give two sweeps then normal single sweeps for a while then stop. When on first speed they will continually sweep then at any time just stop, they will also do this on seco...

could even be dry or cracked solder on the back of the clocks themselves, ive heard that a good spray of WD40 over the solder remedies this problem for a quick but long lasting fix

325i m20 engine what way up shold the AFM be mounted, mine has the plug uppermost along with the swingometer thingy being upermost.
I only ask because i,ve seen some the otherway up

Well easy to take out the cluster mate theres a sticky at the top of forum on how to take them out, shouldnt take no more than 15 minutes.

Just posted this in chat and told to post in tech so now I am, Question what way up should the AFM sit, mine sits with the sweeper thingy uppermost, although Ive seen some, with them the other way up, mine was with the induction kit fitted but now running OEM airbox, confusing I know but I need to k...

Anyone know if its a zoner who has the broken 325I on Wolsley Road Plymouth, front offside damage, red in colour?

heres a quick question, what way up should the AFM be mounted? should the sweeper bit be on top or should it be underneath if you get what i,m saying, mine sits ontop but ive seen others that are mounted the other way up, does it make a difference to its operation?
I await replies with interest.

Was thinking that maybe over time the cable may of got un-lubricated or out of adjustment on the linkage on top of the throttle body, only saying as the last owner of my Touring had done all sorts of nasty things under my bonnet some of which I,m still rectifying, but one of them was the throttle ca...

Welcome to the zone Tyra, dont worry you,ll get all the help you need and more I,m sure dont feel out of your depth, I,ve asked some of the most stupid questions on here and always got a mature answer to my problems

might see you on the road some time, coming from east Cornwall myself

Bargain cheers Dan thought Id ask just to be safe cheers mate

Speedtouch, im abit confused by your post please exscuse me, when you say diconnect the battery or ecu are you saying do this when the car is running, I,m just wondering how would the engine run with the ecu diconnected, obviously the engine would run without the battery connected sorry to be a half...

Just been cleaning the missus E36 compact and noticed thast the dreaded tin worm has started to eat away at the panel that is at the bottom of the windscreen 8O ive thetwo plastic covers off to have a look and its not to bad but with some scraping etc ive taken away all the bubbled paint work but it...

Anybody got their car and ruler handy for this one, I would but ive got the missus E36 today so cant sorry

Are we talking Officer Broadsheet or Trooper Tabloid here John, folded or otherwise, as for enduring help, well The guys from a local unit have been most helpful and agreed to lend us two bikes which I,ll be picking up after easter leave, can see one of them being used as my daily commute im sure I ...

Ok sounds dumb but what exactly is the newspaper test on the viscous fan, I,ve managed to stop mine with me fingers on many occasion when fiddling around in the bay with engine running, I,ve got an idea that my fan might be on its way out.

My other halfs car is an E36 compact 318ti, ie 1.9, wouldnt say it was a fast engine, doesnt really come alive until 4 grand are showing on the rev counter, good strong engine though, but over taking is another thing completly, Ive had quite a few moments of the ohmygodamigoingtomakeit :eek: when tr...

Just a quick question, does anyone know the correct original ride height of an 88 325i Touring, if anyone knows the height from the floor to the centre of wheel arch from front to rear, many thanks

Yeah no dramas with that dont forget you still have another 3 braking wheels

had a similar thing on the rear brake of my bike stripped and replaced piston seals and fluid and all was fine, was due to corrosion road salt etc and me not really using the rear brake as mch as I should.

If yo have the time to allow them to soak ie a damn good spray every night for a week say, then use a product called PLUSGAS its a penertrating oil come release oil, abit like wd40 but miles better, I swear by it after it got me out of a pickle with my swing arm bolt on my off road bike that had sie...

I,m with the 325i Touring bunch, ok yes Ive got one so might be biased towards them but they are sooo cool, and dare I say it practical (mmm I,ll be getting me pipe and slippers out soon) top suspension ace brakes and an engine that pulls like a locomotive. And welcome to the zone, You will also fin...

Yep my 325i Touring can get 300+ miles from a tank full, Ã‚£65 or there abouts to brim it and its Cornwall to Hereford and back on a tank full, mind you its just off the red when |I get back to Cornwall, when the speedo works Im doing 3000 rpm approx 70mph with the mpg gauge hovering in the late 20s...

take out fuse 11 and start the car, it will run for max of 5 secs then cut out, although I wouldnt put the fuse back in until I had finished the work. Just in case.

dony know if this will help you at all, but I know that Draper do some specialist tools for certain makes of cars.

Soon all will be well, just a little time and patience, both thin on the ground at the moment, 5 year old off for easter haha. anyway last owner,seems to of changed either the ignition lock or the door locks as the only key I have fits the ignition and not the doors, and the key doesnt look likean O...

Doyou know that is an answer that I would really like to know, any fellow zoners out there that could shed some light on this for us cheers

Strip out the waterpump and replace, if yoy mean the waqter pump isnt turning, they are prone to giving up the ghost ie coming away from their shafts I believe.

If its screaming like that through lack of oil then its lunching itself big time, have real good look around for the source of the sound one more time

MMMMMM looks interesting, mines got an AVITAR alarm fixed in it at the moment, every time you start the engine it locks the doors but sometimes it waits a couple of minutes before locking them, handy at the garsage when they shut the door and walk away, have to tell them to leave a window open, also...

Yep same here, some berk of a previous owner decided to lose the centre box and totally hashed the home made pipe work in its place, its a bit loud on the pulling away and a tad droning on long runs but I can live with it for now although when the otherhalf gets in it from her E36 which is whisper q...

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