E30 Zone

I have a 318 Tourer with an MOT due soon. Had bit of a poke about underneath in preparation and found sizeable holes in both rear inner arches, some rust bubbles on the sills and rear chassis legs. There may be more but I got a bit fed up after that :) On top of that it'll need a new exhaust, fuel f...

Bought a steering rack, arrived quickly and was very well packed.
Many thanks

A pleasure doing business with! Had my parts through the post quickly and was very satisfied with them

Ok, I've had a crack at these again yesterday with some better spring compressors. Compressed them as much as I dared but was about 2 inches away from where I needed to be. I can fully extend the shock out but as I say it always springs back. If I could somehow lock the shock in the fully extended p...

Topblag wrote:next daft question, have you fully extended the shock absorber ?

If you have, methinks it's the wrong parts - it shouldn't be that hard.

I can pull the shock out a few inches but it just springs back to where I started from

lol yes I was using a set of the screw type compressors that clip over the springs

I have a spare pair of front struts for the Touring which I have been rebuilding. I've fitted new shock inserts then was unable to compress the springs enough to fit it all back together. Took them down to a local garage for them to have a try but they couldn't compress the springs enough either. Th...

You mean installing the drive shafts?
I used a smear of grease and they slid in by hand and maybe a slight tap with a lump of wood (something that wouldn't damage the CV boots)
Got them far enough in to get the nut started which pulled them the rest of the way in.

Can you make up a simple manifold that the original throttle body will fit to? I'm thinking an ally tube with the throttle body bolted to one end and 4 branches off it to the head. The ICV should be easy enough to plumb in, then all the original electronics should work. If the M40 is only a stop gap...

Do not remove the torx headed screw though! Eek! What if I was to loosen it off thinking it held the fuse box top on? The wipers didn't behave themselves today either, a sharp tap to the top of K10 got them working though. I got back with them stopped halfway across the screen so did some further q...

Cheers Spadge, but already followed that guide a while back when I had issues with them not parking correctly.

Now the wet weather has arrived it seems that my wipers have decided its a good time to stop working most of the time. They will stop, randomly, and not start working again until I give relay K10 a wiggle. Sometimes they start working all by themselves. When they're broken I can hear K10 clicking wh...

Check the air hose from the ICV to the main air hose isn't cracked. I was having similar issues til I replaced mine.

Crank sensor wire rubbing on the fan pulley? Might be shorting and causing it to loose the spark.

Is this the wire that runs to the crank sensor? I had the same issue and zip tied it in place, a bit fuzzy on quite what I zip tied it to but it seems to be holding

Had a bit of judder/vibration when braking which developed recently which I put down to warped discs. Put new discs and pads on it last weekend which has improved things but its not completely gone, now I'm wondering what else it could be. The guide pins on the caliper bracket have quite a bit of pl...

Oil filter removal tool? I've not needed any tools beyond a spanner to change mine...

I managed without any specialised tools but made up a press to get the new ones in from some M12 threaded bar and various pieces of steel welded together. I've got some pics of it somewhere. You don't need a slide hammer but it would make getting the old bearings out easier. I used a big hammer and ...

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Been meaning to get hold of one to try out. No idea what the width or offset is tho...
Do know the centre-bore is a mm smaller than E30 so will need machining out.

bump! i'm still cold and hoping for an easy fix! Exact same thing happened to me as I discovered as we went into last winter :) Is the valve getting power when it should? Earthed properly? In my case the valve itself had seized shut solid, wouldn't move at all. Ended up just cutting the end of the ...

Scruffymurphy wrote:There is supposed to be a bracket the folds over and holds it in place.

Thanks! Had another look and can kinda see where it fits.
Would that be number 23 on here?

Managed to pick up a first aid kit for the Touring (contents to be renewed!) and am working out how to mount it. I can see the recess on the left hand cubby box door where it sits nicely. Is there supposed to be a clip/bracket or something to hold it in? Its fits nice and snugly but reckon it would ...

punk_sy wrote:have you checked that its not the inner arch cracked and moved down onto the wheel?. have you lowered it lots ?

Not lowered and inner arch is intact and in the right place.

1990 318i, been running fine most of the time (touch wood) Occasionally, as happened today, it'll stutter at low engine speeds. The engine looses power, stutters, sometimes get a few pops from the exhaust. Throttle position doesn't seem to make any difference. Once engine speed gets above about 1500...

Running 14" bottle tops shod with 195/65 tyres, on full lock in either direction the tyre catches the inner arch. Specifically the plastic bit which seems to be part of the undertray that runs across the car in front of the engine. Also looks like the outer edge of the tyre may be catching the forwa...

Just putting the finishing touches on my rear end swap, but Haynes is slightly lacking on torque settings, namely on the diff to beam bolts, the beam bush bolts, diff bush bolt, and possibly the prop to diff nuts. Are there any torque settings published anywhere for these? I've tightened them up pre...

I have a rear trailing arm setup I'm refurbing to throw on the Touring. The new trailing arms have ABS, the car currently doesn't have ABS. The driveshafts I got with this are knackered, CV joints are a bit "clunky". I wanted to check I can fit the driveshafts that are on the car (non-ABS) to the AB...

Will be replacing the beam/trailing arms soon and want to put new handbrake conduits/sheaths on (flexible tube the cable runs in between backplate and body). Are these supplied with new handbrake cables? They're not listed as a separate part on RealOEM so assume they are, did ask at BMW and GSF but ...

The metal breather line is rusting away under the pass side floor. Can I bin this and leave the breather tank venting from the plastic line that runs across the top of the fuel tank? Or is there a reason for venting it out in the engine bay? Makes sense to also remove the carbon can at the same time...

Just to update with a happy ending, got the valve out and it had indeed seized solid in the closed position. Tried clamping it in a vice to close it but it wouldn't budge! Ended up cutting the valve part off the main body and putting it all back together, if it gets too warm in the summer I'll put a...

Thanks for that, good idea on flushing it out first!
I'll take it off at the weekend and see if I can get it to open. Don't care about it working properly I just want some heat!

Tried to fix my heater this weekend but failed, it would seem the heater control valve has failed closed. I get the correct 12V at the temp control knob on cold, however that doesn't appear at the plug on the valve. Don't know if thats related to my problems but thought I'd mention it! I've unplugge...

Replaced the fuel tank at the weekend and noticed the rubber part of the centre bearing is breaking up. Plan for this weekend then is to replace the support/bearing and may as well do the rubber coupling on the gearbox too. Can you fit the new centre bearing support on to the prop at home? Haynes ma...

Road speed divided by tyre circumference gives tyre rotational speed at a given road speed. Then multiply up by diff ratio and gear ratio to give engine speed. The tricky bit is keeping the units consistant.

I've been pondering the same, I do a lot of motorway miles and having the engine revving away at 3000+ rpm seemed a little high. Almost like you could do with having another gear :) Done a few excel calcs on the ratios; with 14" wheels and 0.81 5th gear ratio (think thats right for the Getrag 240?) ...

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Fix or frag?

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Can't compress my front springs

Getting at the fuse box to fix wipers?

Brake judder (guide pins?)

Re: What 15" steelies are good for an E30

Re: Seized heater valve?

Re: First aid kit in Touring

First aid kit in Touring

Re: Wheels rubbing inner arch

Intermittant stuttering on M40

Wheels rubbing inner arch

Refitting rear end, torque settings?

Mixing ABS/non-ABS driveshafts

Handbrake sheaths/conduits, where to buy

Removing fuel breather line

Re: Heater valve replacement help

Re: Heater valve replacement help

Heater valve replacement help

Prop centre bearing change ahoy...

Re: 3.91 diff to 318i?

Re: 3.91 diff to 318i?