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Hi all, Yea I think it’s all easily managed for the buyer. It’s been sold! Some guy enquired about it at the garage and offered £1700. I think it is worth more and the guy at the garage was supposed to negotiate but I don’t think he did… Was a shame it didn’t go to a zoner as I’d like to see it reac...

I’m not sure this is at a garage… I can enquire if you’re interested?

Cheers

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Car is in Bahnstormers in the Cotswolds... drove lovely up there. The guys have had it a few days and taken a good look around amd it does need a good bit of welding, both skins of the rear arches have a hole... between where the boot lid closes, and the rear lights, under the close cover (can’t thi...

Hi All!

No, the company has relocated to a larger premises, so I’m going to have to chase them!

I’m in Shirehampton...bit other side of Bristol : ) Ha, funny you should say that, I’ve been in contact with Bahnstormers and I’m about to book it in for the full bodywork treatment! As it’s been off the road I thought I might need to arrange a trailer, so I thought I’d chuck it in for an MOT to see...

Thanks!

Just can’t do it myself! Don’t have anywhere to dismantle it to send it to a body shop I’d trust! Phones a recommended shop today and they are not taking on more work!

Hello People! I Love my E30 316i M40. Still the nicest car I’ve driven! I do feel it under powered and would have loved a 318is! I have a lot going on and can’t dedicate the time necessary to Restore my E30 myself. I have wanted to do it since owning it in 2007! I’ve been offered £1k (what I said wa...

Yep I know just the spot, and I can see that itms super tricky!

Thanks Guys, surprising where you can find support nowadays. Many thanks!

Yea exactly, I can’t be 100% sure I was that specific, but I do know I made it very clear that I have had the car for 10yrs + and wanted to get the trouble areas fixed properly. Communication relies on both accurate giving and acurate receiving! I’ll speak with him and be civil.

Ha, Mate, thank you for your kind words. Just what I need actually, sorry to get soppy but my Dad who found the car for me 10yrs ago just unexpectedly passed away the day after it went in (tuesday), he had shown me how to do minor maintenance on cars, so it left a slightly sour taste in my mouth whe...

I will approach him and be homest that I expected a bit more for the money and clarify any miscommunication so it’s not left sour and ask for some compensation/some money returned as i pretty much know that I could have done the same standard of work in a couple of days...admittedly not in the winte...

: ) nicely put. While I was putting the trim back on I was thinking that I would have rather spent the money on a welder and learnt myself. I know it’s not easy, but I’ve taught myself plent of skills so have the patience to learn...just need to build a garage and magic some time : ) I can spray pre...

Hi All, I’ve known that I should have a couple of areas looked at on my e30 due to small signs of rust. Took it to a local one man organisation who had done some welding on my van before... I asked him to investigate and do welding on the rear arches as I could just see bubbling up around the lips, ...

Hiya,

How did you get on?

I'm soon to do it to mine too...

Actually I think it needs bleeding...ooops

Oh just got home and used it fine on a couple of junctions... no obvious leak and the resevoir is full...can the clutch plate overheat? It's about 40'000 miles old and a LUK one...

Ha, lovely! I live fairly close to the motorway so luckily only a handfull of junctions. Slave and master have both been done in the last 5 years! Tacho focused : )

Enjoying trying not to stop in traffic : )

Alave cylinder seems to have gone on clutch now...not my day!

Hi Brian! While I was waiting I thought I'd check the brushes... I changed them about a year ago, but the furthest brush in was almost completely worn! Yep pulled the brush a bit and drove to the nearest car prts merchant and fitted a new one. Thanks alot for getting a reply to me! I'm going to chec...

Hi all, Just broken down amd wondered on the off chance if anyone near this way has an alternator asap? Breakdown are on their way to assess. The radio gave up first then the temp gauge was slightly understated, the tacho too. When We got to the services the car was just about running on 6v! Any hel...

Ah great : )

I know it's a bit late, but if the temp isn't getting above 1/4 of the way, I believe you may also need to replace the thermostat as it may be stuck open.

I know this is really old but did you get it sorted?

Hi,

Do you have a steering rack for 316i m40 1990?

Also need n/s headlight.

Thanks

Ah cool, yea I've done the test and it passes... Cheers!

1990 M40 engine With the engine running if I pump the brake pedal, you can hear hissing from the passenger footwell...there is a slight tear from the grey consatina (err spelling) boot where the rod goes through the bulkhead and into the back of the servo? This seems to be where air is escaping... A...

It is brilliant!

I just had to do mine too : ) worked a treat! Though I have to pull the right hand paddle/lever further than normal to activate the motor for the windscreen washer...it was like this before...some contact cleaner perhaps, something for next time!

Great,

Let us know how it behaves when you change the icv vacuum hose...it's the one moulded to a coolant hose right?

Also worth checking the Throttle position switch...also on the wiki...all you need is a multimeter!

Welcome,

Usually vacuum leak is most likely, worth checking blue coolant temp sensor reading at cold and hot at the ECU.

Have a read of the wiki page on it, very useful info on the wiki!

How is it when hot? What temp does it get to on the temp gauge when 'hot'?'

Hi,

I have 1990 316i saloon. Live in Bristol.

I need nearside main headlight (one nearest the edge of the car).
Standard manual Gear knob if you have one.

Interested in cost if you can do 15" BBS Alloys standard type (if you know what I mean).

Many Thanks

I'm pretty sure that pipe is supposed to poke out of the pocket to just behind the wheel arch. I had no pipe on the bottom of my aerial unit and had some spare fuel hose which fitted nicely, so just put that on and poked it through the existing hole at the bottom of the pocket/well. I'm sure someone...

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