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Mines granite silver on audi tt comps

The thermostat is definitely 88 degree and working, turns out the one i replaced is working too :roll: I changed the brown sensor about a year ago when i changed the blue one, so doubt thats faulty, and if it was would it work at all? How would i clean a dirty harness plug? I managed to clean the pr...

Heres a question, a stupid one, but, when your bleeding the system, is it normal for the heaters to blow warm air as soon as the top hose gets warm?

Also, all was fine before i replaced the water pump the other week, have not driven it since then because the crank sensor gave up the day after, so its probably something i've done or have not done, but i dunno, everything seems to be breaking at the moment

The gauge is moving, i'll go do that now though, see what happens.
Not sure what the temp replacement stat is or the old one but its doing the same thing, have no way of measuring the engine temp either

Just changed the thermostat an its still the same, checked to make sure it wasnt dodgy but its fine, anyone have any other ideas? Would it be an airlock? As soon as the top hose gets warm the heaters start blowing warm, could it be a dodgy gauge or sensor? Although the engine is getting hot. Ive not...

Sure is, thanks man

I have bled the system in my car, all was well, all pipes were hot, heaters blowing hot and temp gauge was halfway, let it cool down an tried again. Temp gauge will not go over the blue, heaters blowing hot

Anyone have any ideas what the problem could be?
Cheers

If your worried about burning through do not use wool mops!! With the 105 use a firm sponge, keep it moist ( wet your hand an slap the mophead a few times an spin the polisher at high speed in the bucket to get rid of the excess water ), do a bit at a time, keep the speed low an you wont burn throug...

Yea, cut through it to try an bodge it up to get it running to see if i could sort the cooling probs but its not happening, need to know what the part is called so i can order a new one

Right, 2 problems with my e30: 1, After replacing the water pump, bleeding the system, heaters blowing hot, all water pipes hot, no airlock? Topped up to max, which wasnt much an left it to cool down, tried it again, after about 5 minutes, temp gauge just over blue, heaters blowing hot. Airlock? Can...

Not long happened to me, ignition switch was fooked

Thanks Bill, i did notice the pulley had worn through it abit when i took the pump out, putting it back together i couldnt find anything it clipped into so i put it over the top of the hose that goes to were the thermostat is to keep it away from the pulley an it was working fine last night, had the...

Ticking over fine last night, tried this morning, stinks of fuel, misfiring, smokey!
FML. Headgasket? Really dont need this now, any help appreciated. Thanks

Right, finally got the pump today, all went back together an the leak is sorted! Problem is, filled it back up with coolant, spent ages bleading the system with the heater on an all that, finally got the heaters to blow hot air an all the pipes were hot, topped up again, let it cool down an checked ...

Ah yes, i didnt think of that, thanks grrrmachine

And thanks Billwill, very helpful

Wonder whats gunna go wrong next

Sooo, changed my starter motor last saturday, ignition switch tuesday, got crashed into wednesday, today , driving along an noticed the temp in the red, stopped car, water everywere :eek: Pretty sure the head gaskets ok Just got it home, took the rad off hoping that was broke, turns out it looks lik...

Cheers for that, does sound the same, mine turned out to be the ignition switch itself

Thanks Ben, didnt know about that!
Dodgy ignition switch by the looks

Been having problems starting the car, had to keep turning the key over an over till it started, problems got worse an now it wont start at all! Battery is fine, changed the starter motor an its still the same, cleaned all the earths an connections, thinking its a relay now, which relay controls the...

Another problem is smart repairers use 1k laquer as it cheap, easy and drys much quicker than using 2k stuff, if you try paint over that in solvent base basecoat it will react with the shitty 1k laquer and pickle up, so make sure the bodyshop you take it to uses waterbased basecoats (no solvents to ...

Ooo, my bad, didnt see that bit, it has had a blow in, looks like one of them 'smart' repairs, you've rubbed the laquer back to the black basecoat!! Definately a bodyshop job, the more you rub the more paints gunna come off, obviously, you'll be back to the primer in no time!!

Did you leave the t-cut on there over night or something? Or was there lots of dust on the paint when you started t-cutting, that will leave billions of fine scratches making it look dull! I doubt you have rubbed through the paint, that would take some serious elbow grease an lots of rubbing!! Unles...

lol, gutted!!
glad it aint an m3

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Right, ive just read through this an made myself a list, but im abit confused about the prop/gearbox combo, mine is a 91 316i, which i always thought was m40, i had a look in the back of performanceBMW, an it says all E30 316's are m10, is this the case or an error or something??
Thanks, Mark

LOL

Sorry if this is a repost, but i just stumbled across this http://paultan.org/archives/2007/03/17/bmw-e30-e46-e60/

Very nice mate, looks very straight an clean, love the rims too

What about g60 steelies, pretty sure there 7j, an £150 brand new for a set

I was going to buy a set an get them banded (www.wide-wheels.co.uk )

Cheers, centers are granite silver mate

Alright people, thought id jump on this instead of another whats it worth thread!! I refurbed my 15inch BBS's last week an got a set of brand new Yoko's fitted, was planning on keeping them an use them for winter/track wheels for when the e30 is back on the road, but, im going 5 stud so have no use...

Alright people, thought id jump on this instead of another whats it worth thread!! I refurbed my 15inch BBS's last week an got a set of brand new Yoko's fitted, was planning on keeping them an use them for winter/track wheels for when the e30 is back on the road, but, im going 5 stud so have no use ...

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