E30 Zone

sorry i dont know what E number it is, anyone got one? Am thinking of buying one but unsure of what they're like, seen a few 540i's for Ã‚£5000ish I'm guessing they're pretty rapid, insurance is ok for me what about servicing etc and what sort of fuel consumption can i expect? My right foot isnt ove...

not really BMW but its all I got while my cab is being worked on. Ford Escort Van diesel, came out Sat morning to a completely flat battery, no ignition lights, nothing. Its a new battery, less than 6 months old and was replaced same time i fitted a new alternator. UIsed it Thurs night, then Sat dea...

shaz theres someone on Ebay who sells all sizes, they gotta be M12x1.5 he does all lengths think his name is wheel_nuts_and_bolts or something like that?

Search wheel bolts he's got loads on there

I think the olny problem is if its fitted properly (bolted through each turret, not using self tappers) then obviously a front wheel/wing knock could transfer the impact to the other inner wing Loads of Corsas/Saxos have em self tapped in place so they look cool on a Friday night but i bet very few ...

any ideas? shes been stood for a year and just finally got her back together, the only brake work done was when changing the rear drivers side hub and trailing arm assy, so the caliper was disconnected and re-fitted (and bled). Taken her out for a spin but the brakes do seem very soft, certainly wou...

Same as Zaust says Fuzzy, unburnt fuel being dumped into atmosphere (via exhaust) and igniting.. Higher powered cossies often do it with no source of ignition, and the last few yrs have seen every other turbo'd car have a flamer kit (a spark plug drilled into their exhaust and a switch on dash) fitt...

Cheers Iain, off to hammer the locking washer on this afternoon

Cheers everyone

I'd imagine Fuzzy's got one of the most tuneable for cheap power lumps... I remember seeing an E30 in Max Power 14 years ago with a YB Cossie conversion was in the running for car of the year, its what started my love affair with anything E30 or from Costin and Duckworths portfolio

It dawned on me lots of us are slipping 325 lumps into our old 320's etc but how many of you tell you insurance, and change the details on the log book etc? I'm guessing its a bit different when you're doing YB cossie or 850i transplants but for a straight forward like for like swap who tells what?

Never realised how much I missed driving my cab, its been well over a year had far too much on with a house move, renovate from top to bottom, training for work blah blah (couple of holidays in there too though) and finally got round to getting the cab roadworthy, been up and had 2 tyres swapped rou...

cheers tankas! well i went out and got another litre in her, so shes now got close to 4.5 litres of coolant mix and had her on tick over for 30 mins, the highest the temp gauge read this time was a fraction over half way, which I know is about right. No more air comes out the bleed nipple, just cool...

ahhhhh, that wasnt wrote down in the manual i followed! :roll: :eek: I started her up and ran her, heaters on hot on full blow for 10 mins and bled the bleed nipple on the stat housing, temp gauge climbed to just over 3/4 then i guess the fan coupling kicked in, didnt sound any different but then th...

both the bottom blue plug on the rad (think it was a drain plug) and also the bottom drivers side hose from the bottom of the rad, flushed it through for 5 mins with the hose gently and she stood for an hr draining after the hose went off... have massaged the hoses a bit so will try loosening a coup...

have drained all the old stuff out, flushed it through thoroughly and mixed 50:50 coolant/water and slowly filled her up, so far she's taken a little over 3 litres and stopped... anything I've done wrong?

had a quick look on here but couldnt find it, I'm sure its everywhere but whats the torque setting for wheels bolts?

Just got back from the dealer, picked up new hub nut andhe offered me a huge circlip which I dont need (think its for the wheel bearing but this hasnt been out) I asked him, and showed him on his exploded view about the washer with sides (best way to describe it - looks like a breakfast bowl with ho...

putting back together a new rear assembly and looking at a couple of exploded diagrams on net there looks like a washer (called securing plate) that goes between the shaft itself and the 30mm hub nut. The diagrams dont show it in relation to the hub itself, I'm guessing the shaft goes through the hu...

cheers mate

yeah im getting the stat itself, the o-ring and the gasket for the housing joins the engine so could this black remains be the old o-ring? whre i prized the housing apart there was no stat or O-ring in it! :cry: wasnt to osure if i needed to use an instant gasket or if the 2 housing parts offered a ...

if i replace my thermostat on my 325 do i use any sort of gasket between the housing and the cover (basically the 2 cast bits the thermostat sits between)? nothings specified but theres the remains of something stuck to both parts, possibly an instant gaket? bottom of my rad, drivers side theres a b...

Cheers mate
didnt think to look on Ebay, found a couple of sellers selling all lengths of 12x1.5 so i'll have a measure up tomorrow

i'm after some slightly longer (and tougher) wheel bolts for my E30, anyideas where i can get some? I got a couple from GSF but the dont look overly strong and I used one to run through an old hub i had laying around and it stripped the thread off the bolt!

Cheers Brainmoooooore Its the opposite with me, I let her warm up a few days ago on tickover on the drive and the temp gauge took a while to get out the blue, then within a couple of mins was close to the red :( I turned her straight off and hence me checking the stat only to find it missing! Are st...

Having just removed the thermostat cover theres sod all inside!! :cry: :cry: :roll: :x Looking at this: http://bmwfans.info/original/E30/Cab/325i-M20/ECE/R/M/1989/08/mg-11/ill-11_0759/ Items 5 and 6 are missing! So I'll order a new thermostat and O ring, whats the gasket everyone says about replacin...

Hi oilman

what oil should i use in my std diff (non LSD), its on a cab thats had 325 lump put in. doing a change as its all off the car at present and dont know what it was last done

cheers

is it a simple swap over job, unplug fuel pips and quickly connect new filter without spilling too much fuel, or will it need bleeding or anything after its changed?
Any advice on doing it?

Thanks mate, but ETK?

terry i can see why you want someone else to do this, i've just done it on mine (first BMW ive done) and it was a pain in the ass

Been told if the 2 plugs (fill and drain) are directly above one another its an LSD, if they're opposite sides of the back end of the diff (sort of 1 at 1 o'clock, other at 7 o'clock) its a open diff

Think thats right anyways

If you do i guess you can do it off car, i been advised to loosen the top plug first (when in situ) just in case you get the bottom drain plug out, then the top fill plug rounds off = new diff/lots of tears

Brian325i I'm not certain on this so I may stand corrected, I thought i heard once that some E30's have either 2 'tanks' or 2 sensors, and if one fails you are actually out of petrol when your gauge reads half full? I had a prob like this on an old 318iS as sono as I got to half full on gauge, she r...

Guys I've had to get 5 new wheel bolts from GSF as my beemer was missing a few (plus the snapped off one) when i got her, they dont seem overly long and to be honest, look real sh!t quality.. they're black powder coated and look (and are) soft as anything. Any ideas where i can get some slightly lon...

bump anyone? placing an order with GSF tomorrow and they specify 2 thermostats for the 325, an '80' and an '80C'? Ones pre Aug '85 the other is post Aug '85 is there a visable way of telling what one to order?

cheers mate, so id be ok with one shaft non ABS (whats on the good side of car) and use the ABS shaft on the new hub assy I got? Was a bit worried the mis-match would notice on the road...

cant get the old drive shaft off the wishbone assy from a non ABS cab (think it started life as 318i). The spare one ive got was off a 325, the shafts measure up the same in length but the ABS one looks like the end where it joins the diff is 1 - 2 cm thicker than the old one that came off

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brakes seem non existent

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coolant why she only taken 3 litres?

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couple of rad/thermostat Q's

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