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Chris, I'll edit some more pictures when I get a bit more time.

Looking good, we'll get some nice scenic pictures this weekend.

Stonsie, I appreciate that, but unfortunately I don't have the money to insure it full stop! Hence it being sat there doing nothing, rather than me enjoying driving it! I'll be honest, I'm not expecting top dollar for it, i'll admit it's a little rough around the edges,(I bought it with the intentio...

Daimlerman, I can't run it anywhere due to no insurance, and I'm a little unsure as to whether or not a potential buyer would be happy with me supplying oil and filter with the suggestion that it'll want changing again in a couple of hundred miles or so. I've just dropped the oil now after running i...

Will that get rid of all the mess? I can't see the mayo dripping out of it's own accord?

Compression is up, and it'll run right, it's just the mess that's in the oil I'm not happy with!

Hey everyone, Not posted for a while, but I've got to get my E30 ready for sale now, as I'm moving out of the country soon, and I have a slight problem... Basically, as some of you may have read, I bought my E30, and the headgasket promptly gave up, shortly after, I was made redundant. I did all the...

Fantastic article, very well written, where can I find more of these ramblings? They're interesting!

Banjo1981 wrote:I used this sort of stuff on my recent service, cost about £13 and cleaned it all up nicely.

Where did you find that stuff? I can't seem to find any?

The only 0W/20 oil i can find is rediculously expensive for a flush!

I've tried using a couple of engine flush tins that you mix in with the used oil, but to no avail, there's still gunk in the top of the head, thus causing a little smoke.

The headgasket is right now, so it is only residual, but it's so damn hard to get rid of!

Yes, the headgasket failed so I put a new one in, had the head rebuilt, skimmed, pressure tested, new water pump, timing belt and tensioner etc... I need to get it cleaned out properly as I plan to sell it, and it doesn't look good if there's residual water in the oil from the failure. Hmm... I'm no...

... does anybody have any magical methods or advice as to how I should go about cleaning the old oil and water/oily mess from inside the engine? I ran some engine flush through with one lot of oil, but to no avail. Now, not wishing to consume too much oil without needing to, I've decided to ask for ...

I don't suppose anyone would be willing to take a photograph of the expansion tank from above, without the cap in it would they please?

I've got part of the old cap out, and i'm ready to order the new one, but I just want to make sure i've not damaged the tank neck by mistake

Anybody know where I can get one from?

I can't find one anywhere?

I'm desperate, please help!

...please!

Mine is currently stuck, dispite the removal/breaking off of several pieces, in the expansion tank.

So, I'm in need of another, as quick as possible, and as cheap as possible please.

Thanks in advance,

Oggy

Bodger, I've just got your message now, but i've repled

No, it's already been replaced, with the number 140 on the bottom IIRC?

The cap holds itself onto the internals by 4 small lips of plastic, and now they won't stay gripped well enough to remove the internals, so i'm stuck!

I thought it was all done! The cap for the expansion tank, with the pressure rating on it, the actual grip has come away from the internal piece of said cap, if that makes more sense? Meaning I have the cap off, but the internal bit still seals the expansion tank. It may be OK, but until I can get t...

Whatever it was in the Haynes, plus the additional 2nd stage and 3rd stage turns as prescribed in the manual.

Ok, now I've had enough. I can't figure out if i've done something wrong, or if it's just generally buggered or what, but having just spent several hundred pounds on it, it still isn't right. To add insult to injury, the cap has come off the pressure regulating part of the expansion tank, and as a r...

Brian, yes I had, and it seems I was just being impatient I think. Just taken her for a run down the motorway a junction and back, and the temperature stayed constant at just below the centre marking. When I returned, I checked the hoses to be sure and found that the bottom hose was hot, finally. An...

Right, I've done the valves, and they sound much better now, however, I can't get the water to circulate properly, dispite having tested the thermostat and bled the system a number of times, it still won't circulate. Is it possible the thermostat could have died since testing, without having been us...

stone cold mate, needs to be stood a full day and night to make sure, set the gaps at 0.25 +1 they have to be stone cold! I'm glad I asked, as the Haynes manual suggested they could be set either cold or hot, and even quoted different tollerences for each circumstance! I'll set them tomorrow, run i...

w0000p!

Started and driven down my road and back!

Still got the slight stutter occasionally, so some more leak hunting to be done, but apart from that, it runs!

I'll need to adjust the valves aswell, am I best setting them when hot or cold?

New fuel filter has been fitted, fuel is now getting to the fuel rail properly, and at pressure, but it still won't start?

2007 called, they want their thread back :roll: If you want noise and powaaaah just take it all off, who needs to filter air anyway when you can have all that noise... It's not like dust and crap effects your engine anyway... :eek: Oops! I've got that many tabs open with E30Zone stuff in all of the...

Some pudding has decided to let his pet mice live in the airbox in my car's past, it would seem.

There are more holes in it than your local golf course!

So this in mind, do I use my BMC Carbon Dynamics Airbox, or do I repair the standard airbox with some gaffa tape?

UPDATE: I think I've just realised what the problem is. By sitting down and thinking properly and discussing it with a friend, I remembered that It'd run low on fuel just before I took it off the road, thus all the crap in the bottom of the tank has been flushed into the filter when I added more fue...

I would check the wiring connections for the oil sender, if that's fine then sometimes the level sensors do stick after an oil change so you will need to get the oil hot before the float will re-float itself... As long as the oil pressure light is behaveing normally then it will be fine. By not sta...

Brian, I'm in need of some more help please :o: I just went outside, started it up, and had a look around for possible air leaks, couldn't find anything obvious, so I turned it off. Now it won't start for anything. Could I have gotten something else wrong that would result in a similar symptom? Fuel...

I thought as much, however I can't seem to find the hose to buy one? What would it be called? Ideally I'd like to replace all of the hoses, however due to unemployment, and finding it extremely difficult to find a job at the moment, I'm having to make do with what I have for now. I've replaced every...

Stonsie, cheers, done that now, don't I feel daft! I've made a mistake, I didn't attach the rocker breather pipe to the TB before I fastened everything else back in, and now I've split the end of the hose trying to get it on. :cry: Also, when running, she sounds a little rough, is this likely to be ...

Ha, cheers bodger! It runs, started first time infact! However, I've still got to do engine oil/filter change again and coolant flushes to make sure it's all totally cleaned out, and get the exhaust manifold-to-downpipe bolt in (stud came out rather than nut off one of them), and buy some HT leads a...

But I am suffering the same problem...

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