What did you do to your E30 today?

[Morat]

magpie, how many hours labour am I looking at for a rear main seal? Mine is doing a good job of rust proofing the floorpan atm, but I got an advisory for it this time round

[magpie]

a rear crank seal will involve a fair few man hours,it depends which way the mechanic finds the easiest way of attack against the Jerry be it engine lifted and supported with box removal on a ramp which in turn involves removing of anything connected or blocking access .


next mot just get the baby wipes out clean up and go elsewhere unless you have large deposits of Iraqi currency dispensed on your land beneath the tourings evening resting place .

[SHAKEELE30]

Nothing at all except fuel it & drive it... battery decided to go flat for a few minutes randomly... but started again...confused me totally

[scott180gtb]

and she's BACK!!!
Actually Autohaus dropped her back yesterday but I didn't have chance to test drive until this evening. What a difference It was the Blue Temp Sensor after all so it's back to rock steady 750 rpm idle, no hesitation off-idle with full or part throttle. In fact, she's now got a thoroughly modern feeling throttle which I didn't realise the E30 could manage. Awesome. I'm really glad that I've got a proper BMW specialist garage in the area with two Master Techs (or ex-master techs I suppose) who grew up on E30s

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Morat

Give us a clue to the location of this garage?

I'm not sure if I have the right one.

Thanks

[DasChin]

looked at it, started it up and then turned it off.

that's that for another few weeks then

needs a steering wheel too as sold the old one and then xmas got in the way.

[kieran325]

Just had over 2 hours out in the M3, roads were quiet and had plenty of fun

It needs a good clean now but it looks good dirty

[e30topless]

It needs a good clean now but it looks good dirty

any pics ?

[318isPMK]

Found a stash under the boot carpet.

Columbian Marching Powder Party at my house

[kieran325]

It needs a good clean now but it looks good dirty

any pics ?

You sick mofo

It's parked up in the garage now and I'm off out on the beer for the day, I might take some dirty pics tomorrow for ya.

[Morat]

and she's BACK!!!
Actually Autohaus dropped her back yesterday but I didn't have chance to test drive until this evening. What a difference It was the Blue Temp Sensor after all so it's back to rock steady 750 rpm idle, no hesitation off-idle with full or part throttle. In fact, she's now got a thoroughly modern feeling throttle which I didn't realise the E30 could manage. Awesome. I'm really glad that I've got a proper BMW specialist garage in the area with two Master Techs (or ex-master techs I suppose) who grew up on E30s

\o/
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Morat

Give us a clue to the location of this garage?

I'm not sure if I have the right one.

Thanks

Near Wiggington
http://www.autohausdiagnostics.co.uk/
They're good guys.

[Cloggy Saint]

Did about 50 miles today, car ran as sweet as you like. So chuffed. Also, OBC is now showing 21.7 mpg instead of 17.5 - check your blue temp senders folks! I was getting poor mpg long before I had any running issues.
Apologies to people whose economy figures I disbelieved in the past!

21.7 mpg is still pretty thirsty!

[Captain_Birdseye]

Why check your blue temp sender?

[Cloggy Saint]

If it's faulty it will be telling the ecu that the engine is cold and will over-fuel as a result. Or something like that

[verde]

Did about 50 miles today, car ran as sweet as you like. So chuffed. Also, OBC is now showing 21.7 mpg instead of 17.5 - check your blue temp senders folks! I was getting poor mpg long before I had any running issues.
Apologies to people whose economy figures I disbelieved in the past!

21.7 mpg is still pretty thirsty!

Thirsty indeed, if mine shows anything like that its getting LPGed or sent on its merry way.

[bss325i]

Did about 50 miles today, car ran as sweet as you like. So chuffed. Also, OBC is now showing 21.7 mpg instead of 17.5 - check your blue temp senders folks! I was getting poor mpg long before I had any running issues.
Apologies to people whose economy figures I disbelieved in the past!

21.7 mpg is still pretty thirsty!

Thirsty indeed, if mine shows anything like that its getting LPGed or sent on its merry way.

That's about what my 325i does and both mine and morats have 3.91 ratio diffs.

[bss325i]

a rear crank seal will involve a fair few man hours,it depends which way the mechanic finds the easiest way of attack against the Jerry be it engine lifted and supported with box removal on a ramp which in turn involves removing of anything connected or blocking access .


next mot just get the baby wipes out clean up and go elsewhere unless you have large deposits of Iraqi currency dispensed on your land beneath the tourings evening resting place .

You would have to mental to lift the engine to replace the rear main seal!

Gearbox out every time weather its on the floor or a ramp.

If doing it on a ramp, providing the are no rusty exhaust dramas then about two hours to do a rear main seal on a 325i.

Book time is probably about 3 hours.

[Morat]

Thanks Barry! I'll have to clean it up a bit and work out if it's the sump or the rear mainand go from there.

[johnl320]

Changed the fan speed resistor, as i had lost number 1 on the switch. Swapped the fan motor for a freshly lubed up goodun, the old one looked to be the original and was a bit worn after 235k.

[daimlerman]

Drove the touring to Norfolk and back,had an almost clear road going,126 miles in an hour and fifty minutes,usual time is around two and a half hours.
Spent three hours with a power planer playing with the boat!

[nickso]

Opened the door to check it was still there.

[sunnysr]

engine all ready to come out now i seriously forgot how nice and simple these thing are to work on (after my last car mitshi evo 6 ,book says 15-20 hours to change a clutch in one ,i went through 3 in one year got it down to 4.5 hours to change on a ramp) . going to see - Lurch320i - to buy a new engine from him at the weekend ,so hopefully at some point next week i will be able to go for a little first drive out in the e30 see what else need replacing .and start a turbo build on my engine at long last

[macas]

Changed the fan speed resistor, as i had lost number 1 on the switch. Swapped the fan motor for a freshly lubed up goodun, the old one looked to be the original and was a bit worn after 235k.

Wheres the fan speed resistor?...need to replace that on mine.....

[tomislav]

Went outside, got in it, tried to start it, wouldn't start (crank sensor playing up), locked it, went in my passat instead

[johnl320]

Changed the fan speed resistor, as i had lost number 1 on the switch. Swapped the fan motor for a freshly lubed up goodun, the old one looked to be the original and was a bit worn after 235k.

Wheres the fan speed resistor?...need to replace that on mine.....

behind the glovebox,on the right, tucked into the heater box

[Cloggy Saint]

21.7 mpg is still pretty thirsty!

Thirsty indeed, if mine shows anything like that its getting LPGed or sent on its merry way.

That's about what my 325i does and both mine and morats have 3.91 ratio diffs.

So much for the 2.0 and 2.5 being as uneconomical as each other then.

[macas]

Changed the fan speed resistor, as i had lost number 1 on the switch. Swapped the fan motor for a freshly lubed up goodun, the old one looked to be the original and was a bit worn after 235k.

Wheres the fan speed resistor?...need to replace that on mine.....

behind the glovebox,on the right, tucked into the heater box

Why thank you young sir.......

[Craggy73]

Removed drivers side wing. Found a couple of holes, not too bad. Then saw the inner sill was rotten, stripped the interior and welded up some new patches. Long day!

[bss325i]

Thirsty indeed, if mine shows anything like that its getting LPGed or sent on its merry way.

That's about what my 325i does and both mine and morats have 3.91 ratio diffs.

So much for the 2.0 and 2.5 being as uneconomical as each other then.

I've got a lead foot in the E30, 25mpg is possible.

[Gert_8]

I cleaned the engine bay as best I could, before getting bored. The bonnet sliding hook things are silver again!

[aimlessrock]

Took the injectors and fuel rail out, injector tip were
black and in a dreadful state, new refurbed once should
be with me and fitted by Saturday.

[scott180gtb]

and she's BACK!!!
Actually Autohaus dropped her back yesterday but I didn't have chance to test drive until this evening. What a difference It was the Blue Temp Sensor after all so it's back to rock steady 750 rpm idle, no hesitation off-idle with full or part throttle. In fact, she's now got a thoroughly modern feeling throttle which I didn't realise the E30 could manage. Awesome. I'm really glad that I've got a proper BMW specialist garage in the area with two Master Techs (or ex-master techs I suppose) who grew up on E30s

\o/
:

Morat

Give us a clue to the location of this garage?

I'm not sure if I have the right one.

Thanks

Near Wiggington
http://www.autohausdiagnostics.co.uk/
They're good guys.

Yes got them now.

I use Tim next door to these lads for my powder coating. He's in the next unit called Yorkvick engineering services.

I never new these lads were good on E30's

I have the same hesitation from idle. Will try the blue sensor!

[sunnysr]

Took the injectors and fuel rail out, injector tip were
black and in a dreadful state, new refurbed once should
be with me and fitted by Saturday.

Your lucky I did that the other day and one of the injector tip s fell off so I had to take the full inlet off .

[aimlessrock]

Took the injectors and fuel rail out, injector tip were
black and in a dreadful state, new refurbed once should
be with me and fitted by Saturday.

Your lucky I did that the other day and one of the injector tip s fell off so I had to take the full inlet off .

That's a pain, but an ideal chance to clean and paint the inlet!!!

[sunnysr]

Haha a glass half full kind of guy then eh ,for me it induced swearing .