E30 Zone

yeah its days like today ben where the soft top is a life saver

yes maurice you are correct! another reason why im very fond of this toy! hehe

hiya ppl, this is really a tankyou to all the ppl i have spoken to on the e30zone. ive met up with a few ppl.....andy335touring, mark and scott. this is a great site and i saw a E30 316i 4 door in red today in the car park and reminded me of happy times in my E30 320i Calypso Red. i loved the E30 an...

hi ppl i am in the process of trading in my e30 320i, i was just wondering what people have been quoted for a part ex? at the moment ive had 2 x Ã‚£500 and 1 x Ã‚£700 (and the bloke said he would see if he could offer more) obviously the the two Ã‚£500 quotes were a price the garage would give to ta...

ow dear

i am about a week away from getting rid of the car and now all the problems are occuring! after the car being in the family for 15 years everything seems to want replacing now.

Lee

hi ppl, ive just noticed an oil leak under my car and after inspection there are about 4 splits in my steering gaitor. i obviously need to replace this now and i was wondering what do i need to do to replace this? and this might be a coincidence but.... i recently topped my power asisted steering bo...

yeah it came on straight away after i did the wishbone.

ill have a look 2morrow to see if i can knock the light off

cheers.

Lee

cheers brian, i thought there might have been a way to reset it inside the car.

nothing wrong with the pads its just gone through its MOT

Lee

hiya ppl i recently renewed a bottom ball joint on my E30, and to do this i had to disconnect the brake sensor to get at the arm joint. when i reconected the brake sensor i now have the brake pad warning light on (the red light in between handbrake and ignition light) does anybody know how i get it ...

cheers for the response guys, its both the "check" light and "brake lights" light on the roof. ill give the connectors a good clean see if this shifts it, like i said its very hit and miss, sometimes it comes on during journeys and sometimes it dosent.

Lee

or does everyones E30 have the "check" light flash as soon as you turn on the ignition and you have to press the brake pedal to get the "check" light off and also the "brake light" light on the computer on the roof? ive been doing this for years now and thought it was normal.....but the "check" ligh...

cheers matey

hiya people, seing as i havent got a haynes manual i was just wondering if anyone knew what the spark plug gap should be on a 320i?

Lee

i was wondering if any1 could tell me where the clutch cylinder is on an 320i? i cant find it anywhere! lol

Lee

on how to replace a bottom ball joint?

how have u guys in the past pressed/knocked them out of the arm?

thanks in advance

Lee

yeah brian i did notice the inner and outer ball joints :-s, so does this mean i can just buy the ball joint off GSF?? if so thatd be great, bcuz thats all i need.

yeah i did read somewhere that bmw main dealers are the most expensive! i can believe that!

no matey, its that 1 there http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=1131&mospid=47257&btnr=31_0262&hg=31&fg=05 im after just the ball joint you see, but ive got to get the whole arm, as the ball joint isnt seperated! they want Ãƒ”šÃ‚£110 at blue bell, crewe. and on here https://secure.gsfcarpar...

yeah thats the one m8, thanks alot

hi ppl

i was on the forum a week or 2 back and im sure i saw a picture someone posted of all the parts from steering rack to ball joint.

does anybody know where its gone?? its the same picture they use when looking at part numbers on the bmw parts department pc.

Lee

okie, cheers mark!

hi ppl ive just popped into blue bell, crewe and asked how much a bottom ball joint for the E30 was. anyway after a few moments he came back and said "Ãƒ”šÃ‚£110" so i laughed and said "Ãƒ”šÃ‚£110 for a bottom ball joint?" and he said that you have to replace the whole arm! is this true? plz tell me...

hi mark

ill have a look in a moment, im from weston, cheshire.

if so could u please give me a hand in finding out where my imobiliser connects to the coil please.

i have an after market alarm/imobiliser unit from Pirahna, and im having a lot of trouble with it. so please reply to this if you have any previous alarm/imobiliser knowledge.

thanks

ok thanks

no sparkies out there??

hi people, jonny has also had the same sort of problem as me and has removed his imobiliser.

does anybody have a pirahna alarm and has removed there imobiliser? or does anybody know how big of a job removing an imobiliser is?

Lee

cheers jonny, just sent you a pm mate

hiya people, i havent been on the forum for a good while. and my recent problem has directed me to only 1 place and that is the e30zone. ok well on thursday afternoon i decided to fit an Pipercross Viper induction kit, to replace the standard piece of kit. Then on saturday when i was comming home fr...

sure thing bud ill get right on the case, dont know much about the workings of the engine ya see.

deffo worth the effort and ill see what results i get.

nope i didnt ask for the idle to be rose to 900rpm just thought that was standerd procedure.

anyway thanks for replying ant.

Lee

yh it acts very "floody" even when its hot...in the descritpion ant said that it should automatically go to 900rpm (instead of the standard 700rpm) i would get a better ride if it self adjusted to 900rpm as i wouldnt have to keep revving it all the time whilst wanting to move off from a standing sta...

hi ppl, dont know whether its just my chip or they r meant to do this but.... the car dosent idle at 900rpm, it idles at 700rpm. this is why i think it makes it very difficult to pull off from a standstill, you see i need to give it good revs to get it to stop from stalling the car has a very "flood...

hi 320 touring. sounds like a great load of help mate. my email address is "trotters_independant_traders_plc@hotmail.co.uk" what a plonker! hehe billgatese i will second that! the haynes manual is not very good at all, but as jos says it was ok for the routine stuff that i needed to do......until th...

okay well i havent noticed any leaking fluid under the car and i havent needed to top it up. i think worn synchros is the most probable answer widge, and the car is 16 yrs old, so maybe im just expecting too much? sounds good mate! might even put it on my "later on to do list" lol ive still got a zo...

okie dokie, looks like i better get myelf a haynes manual then dave. lol how much of a difference does the z3 short shifter make widge? i dont think ill put one in the 320i as i wasnt planning on using it for racing really. righty i see paul, just the master cylinder was replaced as i got stuck on t...

hi ppl i was tempted to purchase a haynes manual for the e30, but i wondered if somebody could tell me on here first. before i owned the e30 i had a renault clio and every week i took the air filter out and gave it a good clean, along with the oil breather hoses which constantly got filled with oil,...

forgotten when it last got serviced, but my local specialist said that it wont need servicing for another 10,000 miles. so they stuck a sticker on the "black box" and it says "next service due at 84,290" and im now on 75, 065.

Lee

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