E30 Zone

I was thinking of droppint the centre off and getting it welded, it's only just blowing out from a very snall pin hole and as you said i may get a metal plate type guard welded onto the bottom to help protect it from the ramps. My main concern is the flexy section at the bottom end of the manifold, ...

Sorry guys, i should have mentioned it's a 94 M3, (yes an e36 :oops: ) but i didnt think the lambda sensors would cause much of a problem, if at all and was think if without the cats in place if the emissions are tested and are within the allowed parameters then how could not having the cats be an m...

Sorry if this is in the wrong section... Couple of questions.. My m3 has a centre section which contains cat convertors, however when i called the dealers they have a centre section list with the cats and also one without he cats, which is considerably cheaper. If i was to use the centre section wit...

Have had this a fair few times aswell with a few of my cars more so with the E30 tho. I would in the drive giving it a wash and cars would pull up and ask if it was for sale.... I sold my 325i Sport about 4 weeks ago, 2 nights ago i was out the front of my house doing something on my M3 (e36) and a ...

E30 ownership is now over, I sold my sport last night. Didnt take long to sell it which i'm well happy about although a little sad to see it go but on a brighter note i now have a nice avus blue M3

picking up the M3 tonight, borrowing for the weekend. I have drove it a few times before but have always been for short jaunts, i'm going drive it a bit longer over the next couple of days. I advertised the sport a couple nights ago and within a couple of hours had generated a fair bit of interest. ...

it is the 3.0 not the 3.2 evo.. have heard they are a bag of shite

i normally would say m3, but as your in ireland and sports are worth serious dollar and yours does look good, although that can be a reason to sell. depends on what the m3 is like, is it an early one, rust bucket, etc. alot are ruffed up crap. but if its a decent well maintained one and bodywork is...

Lookwise i like them both and the power of the M3 is awesome.. alot of pro's and con's for both. If the finances were right i'd have both and garage the e30 for the summer months/weekends but the M3 has came up alot earlier than i planned. At the moment its not 100% i need to sort a few things out o...

That's the way in thinking at the minute and with the prices the sports are going for it seems to be the time to sell

Bit of a dilema... I have had my 325i sport since july last year and have really grown to love it however a few months before i got it i sold my E36 328is and since have started to regret my decision to get rid of it. Now the dilema i have is that i have now been offered a very good E36 M3 for good ...

paulj wrote:May be a bit simple soloution but do your wheels need balancing?

As you'll see in my original post i mentioned i got the wheels balanced and replaced ball joints

I used a length of garden hose and put a funnel in one end and the other end into the filler hole. If you have someone to help you, one could lie under the car to hold the hose in the filler hole and the other stand at the side of the car and pour the oil into the funnel and let it drain down to the...

Thanks brian, i appreciate the help. I'll make a few calls to get parts today and give them ago over the weekend.

I use to smell heavy petrol smell in my car cabin, I changed the pipe going to the injector and the return pipe. I saw the pipe to the injector was cracked and petrol was smearing. the smell inside the cabin went off. But when I drive windows down I could still smell the petrol, so I changed the 2 ...

Change the control arm bushes, preferably for M3 ones, reset the tracking, and I'd be very surprised if the vibration isn't gone. Thanks, having seen how people call out for your advice on here i will look to change these asap, are they a press out press in job like ball joints? Not to doubt but if...

When I found this fault on an m3 I used a gas detector and put it in the boot , when I drove along it was fine but as soon as I opened a window this caused a flow of gasses through the car and set off the detector . It also did the same with the detector on the back seat . I traced it back to a ver...

Thanks mate, it doesnt cover too many possible causes tho which i was hoping some of you guys may be able to list so i can try and go through a process of elimination to cure.

What are potentials to cause the steering wheel to shake like a shittin' dog? It's at it's worst at around 60-80mph up to this speed it's not so bad and above this speed it tends to fade away. Wheels were rebalanced and Ball joints have been replaced 2 weeks ago but didnt cure it. Is it likely to be...

oskard wrote:Check if your fuel pump (the one under the rear seats) is firmly fastened and that the o-ring around it is OK.

If this was the cause of it would the smell not be more apparent inside the car with the windows up?

the fuel pipes to the fuel filter could be perished and leaking or as i had on mine the return pipe back to the fuel tank had rusted through both of these are midway along under the car and under your windows Fuel pipes are ok, i checked these over when i changed the fuel filter during service a co...

no doesnt appear to be... i used to get a smell of petrol in the car when i filled it to the neck and accelerated hard and thot this was the problem but i dont fill it as much now and this has gone away, however driving along with the window down theres a strong fumy smell even when the caqr is runn...

Bit of help if anyone can please.... When i drive with the window down i get a real strong fume/petrol smell coming into the car, window up cant smell it. Any ideas?

I have the same problem....

If you are buying a car from Northern Ireland, you will have to cancel the road tax to register the car in GB, regardless of it having an English or Northern Ireland registration. The reason for this is that NI has it's own driver and vehicle licensing. You can keep the registation, but will have t...

ZS wrote:Ken, I work in the Gasworks too, but you (or whoever) was coming more out of the city centre towards the Gasworks.

Maybe it wasnt me then but I had been over to boucher a couple days ago after work and was cutting back across to go home.. the search goes on lol

Sounds like an ideal time for people to pick up a nice sport. When you buy a car from Ireland is it as simple as paying the seller, jumping back on the ferry and driving home or is there more to it? ie- Different plates, tax etc There's usually a few in the trader from Northern Ireland which enable...

Ken or Jonny, were either of you in Belfast yesterday? Was a mint looking E30 similar to both yours coming out of Ormeau Ave turning down Cromac Ave towards the city centre around this time yesterday. Very good chance it was me, i work at the gasworks at the bottom of the ormeau and if it was about...

Know it well mate, went to gransha school and my mate owns cloverhill newsagents around the corner

jamo wrote:why dont you go to Bangor? Thats were i am from, its pretty cool, a few nice wee b roads an all...

Where in bangor you from mate? i live just off d'dee road in ards but originally from bangor

Alright mate, I was under the opinion that the tappets on these engines are non-adjustable but others on here say im wrong. Your opinion is correct mate Hydraulic tappetts are non-adjustable but on the M20 engine (which is what is being referred to on the other tappetts post) the tappetts are not h...

SNAP!! I lost pressure in my washers after i had the bonnet off for doing the timing belt and noticed yesterday when i had the bonnet open that when i flicked the washers on it was like a fountain below the bonnet, the 2 t-piece typr connectors, (like little barrells) where pissing water out of 2 we...

I have power steering mate yeah but when the new joints went in it was a fair bit heavier than normal and when you turned a corner the wheel didnt recoil back as freely as it did before but i've done about 200 miles from the joints were fitted and it's gone back to normal, i think i was just a bit c...

is it more prominent inside the car?if it is remove horn push and plug the steering column hole. also may seem daft but ive seen it ! :D GCORKY i really thot you were on glue when i read this yesterday..lol just kidding mate, but when i was driving home from work i drove with my head out window, th...

i'm 99% sure its the tappets, i had the rocker off when i was servicing the car and all looked sweet within and fitted a new gasket, all studs are fine and tight, new plugs are ok and tight, new manifold gaskets fitted also and all sealed well so i'd be sure i can eliminate all of them. Will let you...

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E36 Exhaust/Cat question

Short lived E30 ownership

Shakey Steering wheel

Smell of fumes/petrol