The joys of my E30 ownership
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 2:34 pm
N N N N O T !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ive not driven my car for the last 3 weeks as my exhaust is blowing from the front section, so a couple of days ago i thought i'd just start it up and pull it out the garage just to get things moving again.
I get on my knees and take a look under the car only to find petrol p*ssing out from the fuel filter, i quickly turn the engine off and think fcuk !!!
After about 10 mins of cursing the flippin thing i get in the car and reverse it back into the garage.
I turn the key and.........C L I C K !!!!! Now the bloomin thing wont even start, damn starter motor kanakad !!!
Right..... starter motor ordered and this morning went out to pick up my exhaust. Got to Europarts and gave the guy my ref' no' and he gave me the exhaust......hmmmmm i said to the sales guy, this dont look right to me. My exhaust has got 2 flanges and 2 collars, yours only has one flange and 1 sleeve.
He tells me thats how they make them now and that i have to buy a fitting kit and cut my old flange off my old exhaust and weld it on to the new sleeve, so i can have the 2 flanges i need.
So i leave without buying the exhaust, straight down to my local BMW dealership to buy this "fitting kit " to be welded . They had none in stock.
I went home feeling really peeeeed off, i go and have a closer look at my exhaust only to find its exactly the same as the one at Europarts, the guy was right, but wrong about the fitting. So i drive back top Europarts and buy the exhaust. He tells me i need 2 seal gaskets and a down pipe gasket but they didnt sell the seals only in a fitting kit at Ԛ£17.50 +vat.
I tell him just give me the gasket for the downpipe and i'll get some from somewhere else.
I get home take my exhaust off the car and try to put the gasket on, too fcukkkkin smalll
Eventually after some mods i get it to fit and replace the front section of the exhaust, now i'm just waiting till Moday afternoon to pick up 2 new seals from GSF and then replace my back section.
Then i'll get my starter motor fitted and vrooom vrooom i'll be back on the road again.
. Dont know what to do about the petrol leak though', maybe just tighten up the jubilee clips and take it from there.
What a day !!!!!!
Ive not driven my car for the last 3 weeks as my exhaust is blowing from the front section, so a couple of days ago i thought i'd just start it up and pull it out the garage just to get things moving again.
I get on my knees and take a look under the car only to find petrol p*ssing out from the fuel filter, i quickly turn the engine off and think fcuk !!!
After about 10 mins of cursing the flippin thing i get in the car and reverse it back into the garage.
I turn the key and.........C L I C K !!!!! Now the bloomin thing wont even start, damn starter motor kanakad !!!
Right..... starter motor ordered and this morning went out to pick up my exhaust. Got to Europarts and gave the guy my ref' no' and he gave me the exhaust......hmmmmm i said to the sales guy, this dont look right to me. My exhaust has got 2 flanges and 2 collars, yours only has one flange and 1 sleeve.
He tells me thats how they make them now and that i have to buy a fitting kit and cut my old flange off my old exhaust and weld it on to the new sleeve, so i can have the 2 flanges i need.
So i leave without buying the exhaust, straight down to my local BMW dealership to buy this "fitting kit " to be welded . They had none in stock.
I went home feeling really peeeeed off, i go and have a closer look at my exhaust only to find its exactly the same as the one at Europarts, the guy was right, but wrong about the fitting. So i drive back top Europarts and buy the exhaust. He tells me i need 2 seal gaskets and a down pipe gasket but they didnt sell the seals only in a fitting kit at Ԛ£17.50 +vat.
I tell him just give me the gasket for the downpipe and i'll get some from somewhere else.
I get home take my exhaust off the car and try to put the gasket on, too fcukkkkin smalll
Eventually after some mods i get it to fit and replace the front section of the exhaust, now i'm just waiting till Moday afternoon to pick up 2 new seals from GSF and then replace my back section.
Then i'll get my starter motor fitted and vrooom vrooom i'll be back on the road again.
. Dont know what to do about the petrol leak though', maybe just tighten up the jubilee clips and take it from there.What a day !!!!!!
