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lol, cheers for the laugh guys, gona have to settle for my mates cecotto, poor little old me

would have been awesome if it was white, ow well. Just had enough of people hiring out bentleys for their weddings, bit snobby for me.

as above, basically getting married next weekend, having a convoy of e30 m3's pulling up. Would pay someone to either drive (couple of miles) or borrow (i can get day insurance) the car for an hour, needs to be white to match white range rover sport's iv hired. PM me if interested

my 325i (not convertible) seems to have sprung a water leak in the footwell. both sides, The car has been stood still for 6 months. first I thought it may have been heater matrix, but its not wet on the sides, just were your feet would sit, the coolant has not gone down either. any ideas, the seats ...

I know you said you were 100% about the timing marks, but i remember getting a new tensioner from GSF and the circumfurence of it was larger than the one on it previously, so when i lined up the timing for the cam and crank it appeared to be all in line, but once i tightened the tensioner and turned...

hmm now that I think of it valve stem seals have not been changed on this head, if they are knackered would oil drip into the combustion chamber, but surly that would affect compression, or would it just get burnt and straight out the exhause manifold.

The ends of the plugs where the electrodes are. It can't be a piston ring could it. It not letting out much smoke out the exhaust which prob rules that out. Strange, could it have anything to do with a valve

any ideas why 3 out of 6 of my plugs would be covered in oil, it was miss firing, cleaned em up and it all fine now. have to wait and see if it happens again. would it be the valves are not seated properly or does it sould like a crack somewhere

to honest no, no stesss was put on th input shaft going in, the only place i put some grease was the cenre of the clutch place where the shaft goes into.

The usual getreg gearbox noise, when I press the clutch it goes away. So I had the gearbox open to change the clutch and changed the release bearing, just because it comes with the kit. I was initially lead to beleieve that the rattle would be from a layshaft bearing, so I didn't think it would make...

well the leads are in the correct place, would this mean the rotor arm, distributer could be at fault somewhere?

yep the fuel flow is the bottom straight into the injector rail, and the other is return pipe is the one with the regulator on it. its very strange, as it sounds like it wants to start. checked all the plug leads to and they are all number up correctly. could the crankcase sensor be at fault possibly

bit of background, done a 2.8 conversion (i.e changed the crank etc) got it started last week to find that oil/water mixing (dodgy head) so I whipped the head off and replaced it, but now it won't start the engine is turning over so it's not the starter, there is a spark from the plugs and there is ...

Hi folks Seem to be getting a weird whining noise when I slip it in gear an release the clutch, bit of background iv just changed the clutch, and put it back together the exact same way i pulled it apart. Could this be from a lack of oil, cause I did drain a little out of a nipple off the top of the...

also if i rev it the tapping get louder and faster

oil spray bar is spitting bits of oil out, it only looks like its coming out of 4 of the holes though, so possibilty. Defenatly not the manifold gasket, noise just seems closer to the top of the head. What would it sound like if there was something up with the bottom end, would it be louder more kno...

need 2put my mind at rest, just rebuilt the bottom end with 2.8 crank, new pistons rings, etc. just got it started for the 1st time, and there is a tapping sound, not really a knocking sound but a fairly load tapping, whats the chances i buggered something on the bottom end, is it possible a shell h...

thanks for that i will keep an eye on it for a few weeks, gona give it a oil change on the weekend. If there is water going in the sump, the oil level should be higher by the week end to. I was also told that my heater matrix may be buggered, which would be the cause of lost water, the lack of heat ...

Can some1 help, iv just recently changed the gasket on the car, but i still seem to be losing water, had to put in about half a litre in 2 days. not sure if it's mixing with the oil, as there is some mayo hanging around from before, which is coming through the inlet . The oil does seem to be very th...

yeah they do

checked the sliders, all the cables open and close so definate it not that now, its wierd, cause im starting to think the heater motor aint pushing enough air, but it sounds loud enough on number 4. not sure cause its not very load on 1 and 2.

cheers bro,

dont really want to take the dash out as it sounds like a bit of a job and its too cold for that.
il try the other way you reccomended.
thanks again

is that a hard job to do, cause it sounds like i may need to take the dash out

the heater blower doesnt seem to be letting out much air, and it not really that hot either, 1st thought the motor could be knackered but when i opened the cover on the bulk head it was powerful enough, its just not coming through the vents stong or really as hot as it should be, any ideas

thanks for your replies, gona pull it apart in the morning, keep you updated

iv put my head back together after the last 1 cracked, problem is there seems to be a pretty load grinding sound from the front of the engine somewhere. any ideas, is it possible the noise could be coming from the cambelt tensioner, as i hav losened it a few times never changed it, timing marks are ...

top bloke, sorted out what i needed for a good price and even let me have some extra parts, in the same price, def use the guy again.

check the return pipe in the header tank is not blocked, that will cause it to overheat, basically pull the thin pipe off the rad and blow into it, if its blocked u will know

where is that located?

my 325i seems to struggle to start in the mornings when cold. it needs throttle to get fired up when b4 it didnt, any ideas, i know my blu temp sensor is fine, not sure where else to look

yeah i can in the morning, what will this show? whether the head gasket has been fitted properly?

checked the timing, thats fine, also adjusted the tappets, still feels really rough, now i have a feeling the head may have a crack in it.

iv just put a new head gasket on, attached everything the way i pulled it out. but it is running real rough, now i have a feeling that the timing might be out a tooth. when i took it apart i just slide the belt off, and made a mark where it lines up with the pulley, but when i put it back together i...

the cooling system has been bled a number of times, this never solved it. the 2 heater hoses under the bonnet heat up fine. i have also tested that it is circulation through the matrix. just cant put my finger on what it could be. when i turn the heaters up to number 4 i get a bit of vibrating near ...

i have problem with my heater. it lets out air, which is pretty cold and not very powerful. what could be the cause of this is my blower knackered, almost feels like the vets are blocked. any ideas

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Re: got a white m3? fancy making Â£100 for an hours work

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