E30 Zone

As per title, trying to remove the sump plug on my 325i for an oil change and the bolt just keeps spinning around, who ever last did the servicing on this car must have been a right muppet,have just finished replacing the front brake calipers/disc and pads and the hex bolts that hold the disc to the...

@march109 Quote "325i Tech 1 replica Track prepared Touring for Sale PM me for details. Comes with spare seats and 12 a month ticket." Just wondering, how many months you would be sending 12 spare seats for? winkeye Pee pee poor description?, usual e30 problems - knackered drivers seat, rust, no tem...

Trying to persuade an old friend to let me buy her m reg 318i tourer as she cant really afford to keep it properly and is using it as a cheap banger, got various problems (usual e30 stuff), paint work poor on roof and various scratches, engine seen better days.... I am trying to be honest with her a...

Have you been losing water from the radiator?, did you check the fluid level with the engine running and the gearbox properly warmed up before adding new fluid, what fluid did you use?

318i would be the most economical out of the choice of tourers we have in this country, £500 to whatever someone is prepared to pay for a 318i, the 316i is n't as bad as people think, I would buy on condition rather than engine choice.

Picked up some parts from him today, top bloke, goods as described, very helpful on the phone when I got lost!

Many thanks for an easy transaction.

Nicey

sweet, what is she,525e? she looks pretty good

she aint an 'i' ;) carb baby lol. just sold one with webber twin carb, getting 15mpg. good noise tho :D only ever had the one with an M10 it was an old Y reg opel green 2 door.. went well and I found it not to bad on fuel.. that would be a rare car, not many '83 opal green rhd e30's about now...., ...

cheers for the comments, must admit the eta engine has made me a fan of it, I love the lazy way it delivers it's grunt, great for just sitting back and wafting along, makes you wonder what BMW could do now if they revisited the original concept. Pics on my original post.... http://www.e30zone.net/mo...

I want........
Anyone want to buy a house? lol

Drove 230 miles to see pete and buy a door and front valance of him, worth every mile, top guy, will buy from again.

LOL!! Yes that was us!, it's the missuses tourer, she learning to drive in it, hence the L plate, I let her drive back from Pete's over the snake pass, bit like where we come from in Wales, mind you we dont have 50 mph limits and bloody speed camera's every few miles!. Got her a nice new door from P...

Still chuckling to myself.... I bought a 1987 525e for £225 back in early october, it was mot'd until 16/04/10, thought I would run it until the mot was up and break it for the engine and sell the rest. When I picked it up I was shocked to find a nice original, well looked after car, missus fell in ...

Spot on mat_patsy, been down the same route as you.......mine was the big gromit, there was n't one!. Would just add that when removing the carpet, cut the carpet carefully under the heater box, it makes it alot easier getting carpet in/out as all that foam does n't to be recompressed back under.......

Spotted two e30's (think sports?) yesterday on the A57 in convoy going towards the snake pass, was on my way to pick up some parts from sweep, I was in a silver tourer(missuses!)
Anyone on here?

I was wondering if they could be cut/ground off as from what I understand they were only used in production/shipping and they are by unfortunate design a bit of a rust trap, I have the same problem on my e30 and e28. I use bilt hamber products for rust removal and treatment, have a look on their web...

my 325i sport does 31mpg! thats just me driving 20 miles a day! all side road driving!..i coast loads aswell, every hill or drop i see i wack it in neutral!..lol..i thought it depends on how well the engines been cared for! 8) As long as your cars doing over 1800rpm you dont need to go to neutral, ...

@Dobbie, could you have a look at the condition, might be interested, was going to have a look at my local scrap yard as the owner rally's 318is's., what car are you breaking?

Got to get a new windscreen fitted to my e30, was wondering how much I should be looking to pay for a new one?
Can't got through insurance as car is road at the moment.

run it on 10/40 semi, have you checked/set your tappets?

@theram, drag racing cars use 1-2-3 etc as the gearbox can change quicker for them, the only problem like the other posts say is the extra pressure you put on the box reving it so high, my missus has a 316i auto, as you know when you have it in drive and floor it, it only rev's to 5000 before it cha...

Scruffymurphy, unless it's a bit special, I would walk away...... Autobox's when looked after gone on and on, my 525e box has done +250k and is the same type of box used in the e30's. You can spend a small fortune having a autobox rebuilt, second hand one's are no good if you are n't able to try it ...

Thanks Adi, got the gauges this morning, as described, super fast delivery, well packed, top communications. Will defiantly buy from you again!

ollie_ wrote:i've just got a 318i,and im having the same problems,i got 180 miles off 30quid yesterday :-/ seems to be using a LOT

remember that you only get 6 gallons for your 30 quid, this works out as approx 30 mpg, I get this out of my 525e around town and short runs not hanging around....

Top bloke, very fast delivery, would defo recommend.

Depends on the type of journeys you are doing, yes a service will help, but not massively, realsitic mpg for everyday driving 25-32 ish.

Just put the carpet back in the missus tourer, once you have removed the seat's and trim,put back speaker grill's on, this will stop the carpet damaging your front speakers. You will also find that the carpet is very tight underneath the heater box, it's one thing pulling it out with brute force, it...

might help ?

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=51&fg=65

The engine in your car is a M10, same as fitted to the e21 and e28 with minor upgrades, the manual from haynes that covers the early e30's would help you with quite alot of stuff to do with your car, bodywork, suspension,interior etc. If you want a manual to do with the engine/gearbox side of the ca...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-320-320i-323i ... 761wt_1165

there you go....

Look on ebay, haynes used to do one for the chromie's before combing it with the 5 series, the Bentley manual is supposed to be the best manual

this sounds like it could be fuel pump related maybe, something is getting warm and restricting either the fuel flow or the ecu, sorry cant be anymore help but this reply might bump you up a bit!

Ollie, you could say that, I have a 525e for everyday, love that low down grunt, drives like my old 7 series but without its thirst!

I,ve been looking into the v12 into e30 with a view to doing it to my tourer. It has been done a few times, compared to the v8 it's fairly easy. Dips on here had a v12 in his e30, youtube shows a few v12 e30's. The motorsport v12 as used in the 850csi has also been put in a e30. The biggest problem ...

My missus 316i auto tourer averages 30-35 mpg, 70 ltr fuel tank in a tourer, so say 15 gallons * 30 mpg = 450 miles, hmmn, fuel leak, short journeys ,stop/start driving in traffic?

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