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Late model, Atlantisblau more-door with the DRLs off...

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Tightened the nut on the back of the fuel gauge??

Also, another Bath zoner, nice!!

No one got any insight here??

Well hopefully I'll find a second right-hand side fuel level sender in a scrappy this weekend, fit it and see if that fixes the issue.

...and I'll post whether or not it was the fix for anyone searching this in future.

Considering that until now the light and the gauge have been in sync, in that the gauge will be on empty for a while and then finally the light comes on; yet this last time the light came on whilst the gauge reads far from empty this leads my to think one of the sender units is reading wrong. As the...

Driving along today and the low fuel light came on. The actual gauge itself was still showing plenty of fuel remaining, approximately an eighth of a tank, above the red. About where it ought to be with the amount of petrol I put in last and the amount of miles covered. I haven't done enough miles fo...

Brian, is there a decent source for information on LPGing an M20?

Prey: multimeter set on resistance between pin 45 of the ECU plug and any ground on the chassis.
Compare against reading taken directly from the plug...

That's kinda where my thoughts were heading: 7miles to work is barely time to warm up the block. I'm relatively sure my old 2.7 got better mileage than this 2.0 does. Thanks for the input Parkin10, I have no real problems with the car asides the fact that the MPG is crap. Maybe it's time to start lo...

I'm chasing what I believe to be poor fuel economy for an M20B20. No drivability issues, asides from the fact that I don't seem to be able to make the fuel last. £20 gets me ~1/4 of a tank, which is lasting about 65 miles before the light is back on. I've ohm'd out the coolant temperature sensor, go...

Not enough power will be supplied for the ballasts' to sustain an arc, just enough to make them flicker. Kind of same characteristics as when a ballast is dying. One more question, if you will. Any easy way to trick the Check Panel into not throwing the 'Dipped Beam' warning light, without messing a...

Best spent 15 seconds in a long time, sorted now, cheers mate!!

Thanks Brian, I've tried searching on here and Google for this information, was under the impression that the plugs were resistors, and they needed to be disconnected for HID installation as leaving them connected would knacker the ballasts of the xenons with a <12v supply.

How would I go about having just the city lights come on when the knob is pulled out to the first click? At the moment the dipped beams also come on at reduced voltage after one click.
Any way of changing this?
Thanks in advance!

That's a guy from my old home town Naples, Florida. There are no laws in the state that prohibit the use of running fog lights in inappropriate conditions. Nobody even bats an eyelid at that sort of thing...

Brianmoooore wrote:On an E30 there is a 13mm adjustment nut on the hook that engages with the lock that you should be able to get at when inside the boot. Slacken this off until it comes loose completely.

About to be my input there...

Saw an indicated 145 from my eta once, had to keep in the slipstream of a faster car though!

bigwinn wrote:found this

shame no pics tho

http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77979

Yeah, Andrew pulled all his pictures after he got his feelings hurt on several forums regarding one of his incredibly meticulous projects.

He had pics of about every step as I remember...

Yeah, it's circiut within that when energized produces an ultrasonic frequency that deters rodents from making home in your engine bay...

...same way that when your neighbours are bumping dubstep at 3am you want to move house!

Saw one on the roads here (Florida) the other day, it looks so much more aggressive than the sport package in person...

You can here that changes have been made to the exhaust system too

Why can't any of my builds ever go that quickly?

Nice car. You also seem to have a small stumpy nob :twisted: Why are you selling it? Everybody whose seen my knob has said that too...but they love how it feels in their hand!! 8) I'm only selling it as I'm moving from Florida back to England, and I'm pretty sure it'll cost too much for me to ship ...

OEM Recaros, cushty!

Vodka wrote:Is there any chance to find US style bumpers in UK?

Why on earth would you want to? They are awful monstrosties!

And yeah, the Ronals are beautiful wheels, definately a summer-only wheel!

Any sort of RTV sealant should be okay, it's all I'd use...

Yeah, sounds to me like your blower motor is nearing the end of it's life. The motor starts to bind up certain spots, due to either worn bearings or dead spots in the motor itself. The extra current of setting #4 helps get it moving. Depending on your level of tinkering you may want to look into rep...

May also want to check that the "Check" button on the panel hasn't got wedged on or something silly like that.

I've seen some neglected e30's before, but never one that genuinely had a full house tho!

Might need to clarify here a little: Are you saying -that the blower only works on speed 4? This is indicative of a bad blower motor resistor pack. or... -that the blower motor didn't blow at all, then it blew on speed four after a while, then all the other speeds worked as well? This is more charac...

Preaching to the choir, brother! It may indeed save a few pennies in the manufacturing process, and up their repair department's revenue... But in the end it just affects their brand imaging, no longer are they seen as well built, durable, dependable vehicles... I'd rather a new Benz than a new BMW ...

Simon13 wrote:the bumpers are homosexual, but the rest is nice esp union jack sticker!

Hey, I was working with what I had!

I wasn't willing to spend more than I paid for the car for a set of real chromie bumpers and a valance when I could have spent it on performance!

Fair enough, that's a valid point.

And as for BMW using parts that aren't necissarily the best, I hear that! Why they'd put Lucas brake servos in the e60 is daft, they fail very early, and the replacements are Girling units!

Found a few pictures of it, thought I'd share, like to get some feedback on it... http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll300/joediese/DSCF0822.jpg http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll300/joediese/DSC04000.jpg http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll300/joediese/DSCF0529-1.jpg http://i291.photobucket.com...

hahaha

Don't bother with bosch plugs!!! NGK BPR6ES are by far the best mate. All bosch plugs are shite! I've ran several sets of both in my engine over the years(whichever were cheapest at the time), never really noticed a difference between them. Any particular reason you reckon the Bosch items are crap?

Or do you mean the clock where there ought to be a tachometer?

Because that's a little more involved...

Pop the face plate off with a plastic trim remover. Depress the two tangs, one at the top of the clock unit, one at the bottom, and pull it out. Twist the little bulb and holder out of the back and replace with a new bulb. Reassemble...

Bosch W8LCR or NGK BPR6ES are the only ones worth running in an m20, they don't foul up as easily as the Platinum fancy-BS 4+ plugs will...

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