E30 Zone

Surely you want some nice genuine ACS pedals and interior frippery to go with that steering wheel?

What nationality is it?

Maybe it's from one of those countries where you get huge tax breaks for commercial vehicles?

I can't believe the local frag yard won't take a car with no wheels on, they have to take the damn things off when they crush them up anyway. My old man weighed about 8 cars in a few months back and had to take wheels off each of them before the hiab got hold of them. I would call another breaker's...

It would seem he doesn't want to ask me for some strange reason Simon :? There are currently only 2 firms in the MK area with HIAB's t'was gonna text you...can't find my phone though, and it's flat so ringing it doesn't help either!:) Still..since you're here, which two firms are they? Tried the on...

I'm sure Spadge will know a local scrappie with a HIAB that could collect the car for you. It would seem he doesn't want to ask me for some strange reason Simon :? There are currently only 2 firms in the MK area with HIAB's t'was gonna text you...can't find my phone though, and it's flat so ringing...

Normal car trailer with a solid floor, lift it on job done! (Did it last week..) Actually...this could be an option too. How much does a 2-door shell weigh? Someone I know scrapped a 4 door shell with EVERYTHING stripped off it, apparently it weighed at less than half a tonne...... HTH I can easily...

Jhonno wrote:Normal car trailer with a solid floor, lift it on job done! (Did it last week..)

Actually...this could be an option too. How much does a 2-door shell weigh?

I used to live underneath a brothel (which is kinda odd, it's actually a nice 'young professionals' kind of block)...I think my Neighbours have seen it all!

Think I'm gonna go for the grinder option, when else am I gonna get a chance to cut up a car?!

Not replacing it with another E30...actually I'm not replacing it all. I've started a new job 2 miles away (as opposed to 20) so the Mrs and I don't really need 2 cars and a motorbike. Gonna be a 1 car 1 bike family. Although, if anyone were interested, I could cut it up for repair panels for zoners?

That actually sounds quite amusing...

I know someone with a tow-bar, just need to source a trailor and a grinder now!

Hi, I did have my iS advertised for sale. However, after further investigation I think the rust is actually quite bad and I can't really sell the car. I think I'm gonna break it of all tasty/good condition bits then scrap it. None of my local yards seem to be able to collect cars with no wheels thou...

Sounds like you have just been unlucky then mate - thats of course assuming that you don't rag the nuts off it every time you use it winkeye Got any pics ? Well maybe not rag...but then I don't drive like an old lady either. However, I'd be very very suprised if I drove it anywhere near hard enough...

People are saying 'buy the best one you can' etc... My car wasn't exactly cheap and the previous owner got it featured in Total BMW magazine. It's only ever received genuine BMW parts (unless they're uprated). The things that have gone wrong have been things I've not touched. Maybe i'm just unlucky.

I think you're right...

However, it's whether or not you have the time/space/skills/money/patience to go through an do everything that's the issue. If the E30 were my second car I wouldn't worry about it, but having it as an only form of transport is another matter.

I think part of the problem might be that as I was growing up my parents always had brand new cars...my first car was a 2001 Ford Focus too. Maybe I'm expecting too much from a car that's only a little bit younger than me! Still...seriously thinking about chopping it in for the first time. Unfortuna...

Hi, Just been dropped off from the garage. I got dropped off 'cause my car decided it didn't want to take me home. I only took it in there to get the tracking re-checked (free check 2 weeks after it's set). The guy started it up to drive it off the lift and there's a suprisingly loud 'BOOM!'...part ...

Hi, My iS has suffered a cooling failure. One of the plastic bits in teh system has cracked and broken. However, I can't seem to find the part number on RealOEM. I can see the part i need in the exploded diagram, but I can't seem to find a number for it. Maybe it's there and I'm just being dumb... h...

Managed to get it to break again...the windows work fine when the ignition is on, they don't work when the ignition is off and the doors are open. It's deffo related to that relay though (the light blue one on the far left?) 'cause it's that that's making the noise. I know it's the realy making the ...

Well, they're working again on their own now!

Next time they break, I'll give that a go.

Hi, My electric windows have half broken. Somtimes when you push the button (both sides) they don't move, but there's a high pitched electrical sounding whine/buzz that seems to be coming from in/around the glovebox somewhere. The switches all seem to be connected fine and the windows moved nice a q...

Will do the check first.

This is the sort of thing digital multimeters are crap at! It's so much easier to see a smooth change with an analogue dial...

Yeah I thought that would be the case.

I just thought there was also a relatively simple fix for a slightly dodgy AFM, something to do with poor/dirty contacts inside.

KK.

I heard something about adjusting/fiddling the AFM. Apparently there's an electrical contact the wears and you can adjust the track?

Is that true?

Should probably take it to get set-up with EGA etc really. Could probably do it at work actually. Is there a simple mixture adjustment?

Forgot to mention that...

Had an MOT last weekend. CO was 0.69%, Hydrocarbons were 475ppm. That passed, but I dunno if it's indicative of a problem?

Hi, I've been searching around the zone for the past few weeks in an attempt to sort my idle...could I please have some suggestions. Situation is this: The car used to idle just fine. Then I had an unexplained loss of oil pressure so I bought a 'new' engine from another zoner. Since then it hasn't i...

The steering wheel has been off the column yes...

I could get it tracked at somewhere with a rolling road to make sure it's dead centred??? Does anyone offer that service, I know that's how they do it when they build the cars, but do garages do it?

Tried swapping the blue temp sensor from the new engine with the old one (dunno if either work TBH!). The new ICV is deffo better than the old one (the new one came from a third engine). The speed is right, it just idles really roughly and sometimes stalls as you pull off. All the 'engine mounted' s...

No one in his right mind would want that in a road car. As for the price, it's a bargain for a properly built engine of this spec. Do you know how much an F3 engine costs? (multiply by ten...) Even a duratec FFord engine (which is basically a bog standard blueprinted duratec with controlled cams fr...

I have a similar problem on me iS... It used to hunt at idle, so I replaced the ICV. Not it holds 750rpm but 'chugs' at idle and sometimes dies at random when stationary like ProToZyKo describes. It used to be chipped but I've switched it back to the standard ECU. It only started doing this when I c...

It's on Powerflex purple bushes... Do they have a mark like the OE M3 ones to show you they're in the right place? TBH I didn't look, I just assumed they wouldn't move in the lollipops simply because it'd be much easier for the wishbone to move in teh bush than for the bush to move in it's housing. ...

OK....turning left there's exactly 2 turns to full lock, to the right there are just shy of 2 turns...say about 1/8th short of 2 turns (so 1 7/8th then :mad: ) It's pissing down ATM so I haven't got down on me hands and knees to examine the rod ends. I'm supposed to take the car back to the dealer a...

Hi, I recently changed the nearside front wishbone on my iS. I changed it to get the car through an MOT (balljoints), so I didn't have time to change both. The car has eccentric powerflex bushes that are about 3 years old, so I left the same bush on there. Once I'd changed the wishbone, the tracking...

To be fair, the tank needed doing anyway...it collapsed on a forecourt and dumped 40 litres of petrol. I wasn't very popular with BP that day!

It's good practice to replace the filter, so that doesn't really count either.

I used to have a fuel leak on my iS...not enough to cause noticable level drops, just a smell. Eventually I sorted it after replacing: - Fuel Filter - Fuel Filter hoses - Fuel tank - All the various gaskets on the tank - Filler hose - The small hoses (about 50mm long) that go onto the injector rail....

Maybe someone's been borrowing the car without permission...;)

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Can't find the part number I need on RealOEM (cooling hose)

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