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Cheers! Might of just saved me a few bucks and a round trip from Scotland.

The only thing I can make from it all is that is passed its MOT in July 2009. September 2009 it was written off. Then it did not have another MOT until May 2018 - so off the road for a good 9 years after the incident it would seem... May 2018 MOT was pretty clean Is this the one from YSJ motorsport?

Cheers g-bear. i'll defo be taking everyones opinions into consideration. going to have a chat with some people i know about ti to before i make any harsh decitions. Currently selling a few things about the house that i've got that i dont use like my snowboard, remote control cars, rc motors. Might ...

cheers topblag i'll look into that. What sort of off shore work are you looking for? Anything. Only problem is i've been a bricklayer for the last 9 years. So any position will have to be a entry level/ trainee position. only other qualifications i have are the medical, bosiet, mist and rope access ...

Thanks. Thats way more than what i was thinking. Cars as said not firing on all cylinders. Bonnet has small upwards dents. underside i have been told is great for the age of the car. Rear arched have been filled next to where the side bump strips are and are in need of replacement. Surface rust next...

Hey guys it's been a while.! Anyway my current financial situation is getting the better of me the now and im trying to get some money. The e30 has been sitting in a garage for ages now with a broken engine. It's not fireing on the 5th cylinder since a small trip to knockhill. Been meaning to try ge...

fitted cleaned injetors today and drilled a hole in he bottom f the tps to get gunk out. None came out so gave it a wee spray of cleaner. Filled up coolent again got all the air locks out (i think) took it for a short drive and its idleing at 800 rpm for the first time since i got the car. Must of d...

checked the plug when the engine was up to full temp. was around 260. several mins later found out what pins to connect on my ecu (motronic 1.1) it was reading 385 then quickly went to check plug again o get accurate reading and it was 390 there so i assume the ecu is picking up the signal.

it may not have been entirly up to temp. might have been 355 but i was frozen from work and rushed it. was thinking to myself that 455 sounded a bit high thats why i posted. checking the ecu plug tommorow tho so i'll double check the blue sensor.

tested my blue plug. 3.605 k ohms when cold and think it was 455.5 when warm.

Just done the compression test all were in between 11 and 12 bar. i'm sure this is ok.?? should be getting a multi meter tommorow

For the TPS have a quick look at my thread in the tech help section, Mr Moore, Pacerpete plus others put some really good advice on there for diagnosing issues. Cheers i'm sure i was reading your thread as you wrote that. Injectors being sent off tommorow morning. :D Might have to wait till the wee...

Thats actually not to bad. i was thinking around £20 per injector. Just read up about the tps. will try test it tommorow.

Cheers again brian. I'll get the compression done tommorow. the injectors rebuild sounds a bit expensive :S need to get that done in a week for retest or i'll have to frk out again. defo need to check the tps and the blue temp sensor/ wiring i'll borrow someones multi meter. And the throttle stop sh...

the co level was 3.60%. Last year it pased at 1.27% with a head gasket leak. but i have changed the engine since then, so as you say brian its sick. :( Just changed the blue plug. Was serviced in the summer with all new stuff. oil/filter, plugs,leads, air filter ect. I do suspect a injector or two n...

Hey as some of you may know one of the fails frm my mot was the emissions. How do i lower them?? Its a 87 325i so no CAT. Just had front silencer replaced too. only thinkg i can think off ig a good blast up the road and some sort of petrol addative.

RESULT JUST IN... FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Only failed on 6 things this time. 1. Offside headlamp insecure. (Was in the exact state now as it was last year when it passed.) 2. Offside front steering rack gaiter split. ( Bloody replaced both last year for the mot.) 3. N,S,F brake hose insufficent room to...

Well its booked in tommorow. hopefully all goes well but i think it will end up failing on something. Just had to spend 3 hours earlyer tring to get my sidelight working. turned out the wire had broke somewhere on the loom to the bulb and it had a bad earth some how. was bloody working fine a few we...

cool thanks man.

wireing harness? Think it was my corsa i had the same problem so changed the harness and it was fine. was ages ago now tho. might of been the mr2. hmmm

Hey i've got my old engine sitting in the garage and i was thinking of building a 2.8 out of it. But instead of forking out tons for new piston heads and conrods was wondering how many miles could they go thru. dont want to buy second hand 320 rods that have seen 150,000 miles + and they're almost g...

I use mine all year too. it is getting a bit rusty but saving up for a full respray hopefully in the next year or two. Only time i couldnt use her last year in the snow was when there was about 8 inches in front of the garage door and all the way along the access road.. Loved the look on the boy rac...

Any help plz?

1) Topblag (Colin), 325i Cab/Tech II Sport/Delphin Grey Track Car - Edinburgh but soon to be Fife. 2) Sanchez (Peter) ''320i'' malachite touring in Edinburgh. 3) 320iAN (Ian) 318iS, West Dunbartonshire 4)e30kev (Kev), e36 328i touring ,Kelty, Fife 5)toadster987 (stuart) tech2 sport, Galashiels, Bord...

Just noticed the horn aint working. fuse looks fine (if i am looking at the right one) and i think it runs off a relay to but not sure how to check that. Tried following wires to see if they are fine are they all look ok and connected Also a sidelight not working. tried changing the bulb cleaning th...

if it was that cheap for turbo kits everyone would be doing it. (well almost)

"To much extras to list" i.e raped

(no offence intended )

Duke137 wrote:Don't cut your carpet!

You shouldn't have to do this, can you take some pictures of what you have?

my thoughts exactly

ok so whats the actual problem. i.e you cant actually physicaly pull the carpet away or dont want to because of the wires?

Yeah man. sometimes describing your fault could save you a wack load of time and money. many of times i have thought one thing was wrong with my car and i've asked about and its came up with the trumps.

whats wrong with the matrix man? if its heat related check this link http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... oubleshoot

beemerhead thru and thru

I had the 60/40 setup on my car till last week. got annoyed with the tyres rubbing the front arch when i was near full lock and i was using 205/55/15's.

yeah they are the right ones for the car just now i thinkits up at standard height not the mtech hight.

i got my hands on a set of these http://www.schmiedmann.com/3_series/E30 ... .htm#12807. Got a garage to fit the springs i had. looks like a bus now tho

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