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Turned out to (seemingly) just be a bad solder connection.. will update if this changes.

Question still stands, I'm curious exactly what the pressureswitch does when it kicks in

Hi guys, My airco pump has been rebuilt with a new clutch and works flawless again. But after a while (let's say 10-20 minutes) of driving with the airco, the entire circuit is shut off for a while. By that I mean that not just the airco is turned off, but also my blower motor. None of it works and ...

Bump, any ideas?

Excuse me, forgot to mention that. We have recently put my thermostat in boiling water to test if maybe it would be better to use a high-duty thermostat. It opened just fine and did everything it should do.

Hi guys, My mechanic replaced my VISCO last year, and a little bit before that we have put in a new thermostat and thermostat housing (it was rusted out). Not sure when it started, but my car temp never goes to 90. Not even after hours of driving. The heater blower also doesn't get really warm. I ha...

SOLVED! Turns out the 12v plug going to the airco pump was slightly corroded, causing the fuse to constantly blow because it was drawing too much current. Cleaning it up and soldering a little bit of new wire solved the issue, I *finally* have my working airconditioning again. Sadly enough right as ...

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Is it possible that it's simply my compressor that is giving too much resistance on its cycles, causing the power circuit to draw too much current and blow out the fuse?

I wonder if the fan that blows air out the vents is drawing too much current. Instead of running the A/C, can you run the vent fan with the heater on? If you do, do you still blow fuses? I had thought of this as well, but it's unrelated (sadly). I can run the vent fans with the heater on highest se...

I wonder if the fan that blows air out the vents is drawing too much current. Instead of running the A/C, can you run the vent fan with the heater on? If you do, do you still blow fuses? I had thought of this as well, but it's unrelated (sadly). I can run the vent fans with the heater on highest se...

Also maybe it's important to note that my voltmeter reads 13.6v usually while driving, but it goes down to a whopping 11.5v when the aircon is on. Feels like it's all taking way too much electricity somewhere. Would not surprise me, considering the ungodly amount of tinkering that's been done to the...

Hi guys, I'm back. Did a lot more digging, sadly it's just getting more and more confusing. The new compressor works flawless when it gets electricity, we tested this by putting it directly on 12v. However whenever using the dashboard aircon button (or taking out the button and putting a wire betwee...

Hi, I'm back again with some news. So I've taken out the aircon compressor and as it turns out the clutch was completely blown. I've had it repaired by an external mechanic who had some spareparts of his old E30 aircon laying around and then re-installed. As it turns out, my interior switch (the one...

However after a few weeks of owning the car, I noticed that it would sometimes keep the gas pedal down even when I put down my clutch. The weird part is that when I press the brake while CC is on, it doesn't disable the CC (seemingly). I assume this is a broken clutch switch. I wonder if something ...

Fixed! Very happy with my now-working CC unit! I will respond to this post to explain what the problem was, in case anyone else finds themself having CC issues. As it turns out, my original post was incorrect. The CC unit didn't sometimes kick in, I think this was either related to my faulty ICV (al...

In case anyone finds this thread and has the same probem: I ended up purchasing this specific Hirschmann antenna and it's basically plug-and-play for an E30: https://www.conrad.nl/p/hirschmann-car-communication-hit-auta2050-autoradio-antenne-inbouw-319288 At first I had purchased a new antenna mast,...

I purchased an infrared temperature reader to double-check, and the oil gets to roughly 90-95 degrees Celcius if I point it at the part where you can pour new oil into the block.

Fixed! Had to clean the ICV using brake cleaner, she runs smooth as butter again 🥳

Good morning everyone, I have an interesting new problem with my 325e '85 type 1. Here's a quick video demonstrating the problem after I had driven for about 3 minutes: https://youtu.be/thE-PDAas9w When the engine is completely entirely cold and I start her up, she almost dies down after like 10 sec...

It's slightly lower than I'd expect ,but only by a couple of degrees, so it's fine. You can check with an infra red thermometer, or possibly measure the resistance of the blue sensor, and compare it with the published temp/resistance graphs for these sensors. OK great, then I'll leave it as is! Tha...

This is how high the temp goes after ~25 minutes of driving roughly 100km/h. Is there any way to check my engine temperature easily to see if the meter is (slightly) off?

Hi. How can I see which rubber I need for my (electrical) sunroof to replace it? It's pretty much completely dried out at this point!

That's a little lower than it should be. Was the gauge higher when driving? If it's been idling for a while, and the heater is on, then the heater may be putting out more heat than the engine's producing. Did you change the 'stat yourself? The gauge basically stays around this point. Temperature ou...

Never make the mistake of assuming that a new part is either working properly or won't fail quickly. These things follow the well known 'bath tub' reliability curve. Having said that, I still think there's probably nothing wrong. Posting a pic. of the gauge with the engine up to temp. would settle ...

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Photo's of current glass: https://imgur.com/a/wYYckS7 I can't seem to find the OEM number based on the numbers I see on there, any idea's? Last photo is the the bucket. Basically same as https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/forum/e30-technical-forums/appearance-cosmetic/lighting/206057-zkw-fog-lights-wh...

That is interesting, I always thought temp. gauges shold be around 50%. It is indeed at the first white line, so that means it's functioning as it should. This was never going to be anything to do with the viscous fan coupling, but is likely to be everything to do with a duff thermostat, IF there is...

Mine was working after I fitted it, before suddenly stopping. I thought it might have been the stalk or clutch switch - but there was dry solder within the actuator itself causing the issue. Some detail here - https://www.e30zone.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2975476#p2975476 For this you took apart th...

So the viscous fan has been replaced and my temperaturemeter still won't go above ~30%

Ah, I see. Thanks guys, I'll stick with the stock.

Hi, I've been looking at ways to slightly increase sound of my E30 325e ('85) and came accross an induction open air filter, e.g. https://www.ltec-shop.nl/contents/nl/d82_3-serie_E30_sport_luchtfilter.html Can someone here tell me if this really makes any difference, or is it barely noticable? Are t...

Mine was working after I fitted it, before suddenly stopping. I thought it might have been the stalk or clutch switch - but there was dry solder within the actuator itself causing the issue. Some detail here - https://www.e30zone.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2975476#p2975476 For this you took apart th...

Hi. I've connected the two green/red cables together that were normally connected to the clutch switch. Nothing happens when driving ~80km and attempting to engage the CC.

I'm very open to more idea's on how to rule out other faults!

The CC takes a road speed signal from the instrument cluster, but there's no difference in the basic cluster between one for a 325i nd one for a 325e. Road speed signal is road speed signal. Even when considering the 325e cluster would be in MPH (the car is USA-spec) and my current 325i cluster is ...

Brianmoooore wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 08, 2020 1:39 pm
I think your E30 specialist may not be quite the specialist he claims to be.

Hmm, that's slightly worrying seeing as what he's already done for me. Are you telling me the cluster is completely unrelated to CC unit? Because everything is now connected properly according to him.

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