B3 3.2 Touring its suddenly getting old

[Blitz]

People spend money removing it.

[bss325i]

F*ck SMG and i dont say that lightly!

[Dezzy]

You need a 6 speed box if you go manual mate!

My donk is on a 5 speed box, It'll be getting changed at some point.

[E30BeemerLad]

You need a 6 speed box if you go manual mate!

My donk is on a 5 speed box, It'll be getting changed at some point.

I'd stick with what you've got mate

[B7]

Leave it as it is. This is an uber rare B3 after all.

[Simon13]

I finished work at 10am today so had a chance to have some fun or what i think is fun




doesn't look it but its minging from all this time sat around. I jacked her up on all fours and adjusted the exhaust as the cat was banging on the trans tunnel. So thats sorted no vibration when driving. Next up something thats been bugging me the day i laid eyes on it




These plates




And this sticker. Now i can't throw away 10 years of service history. But how the f**k do they get away with this? Looks like a main dealer sticker although we know its company working out of a shed in sussex! The font, logos eveything is identical to main dealer ones, cheeky if you ask me. I mean they have done me no harm but they were charging the previous owner of this car for LSD oil in inspection 2's and its never had a LSD from day one! One of many things that you notice when looking through the history. You'd thing reading the history on this car it was unreliable!

Anyhow.........




Check it. Plates for £12 from my dealer and these sytner jobs i picked up at gaydon a few years ago. Its the guy who sells them on ebay and makes them for all the dealers




The rent coming............for start of feb i hope






This is this seats only hope with me sat in it everyday, might have to get another as i give lifts to work alot. Its the Buchloe brickies/hoddy express, for when your in a mo fo hurry Best car they'll ever sit in!!


Then i washed it and took it to the usual photo hot spots, see what you think. Paintwork is lovely. Come up a treat with just a quick wash

















thats a pair of 9j's right there







While we are ranting a little, i'd like to slap the f**king idiot who put these badges on here. Looks gash but i'm loathed to try and fit them in their proper place, as you know the paint will end up damaged.







I'm lucky really that i have the earlier front spoiler thats a proper cow catcher like an E30 one etc on a facelift car/ The later effort is rubbish. Best of both worlds imo.




This one is my new wall paper.

I'm thinking Gold stripe kit for the front spoiler but maybe the full war paint down the sides too? Its quite lairy looking anyway for an E36 i think.

[Jhonno]

Love it Si. Proper chariot.

Full gold war paint imo

[leeparkes]

Full gold war paint imo

Yes!

[B7]

Full gold war paint imo

Yes!

And another yes.

A 'pina ain't a 'pina without the striping.

[E30BeemerLad]

yeah some gold warpaint would look good.

Being a 96 car are the clear front indicators standard? I've a bit of a fetish for ambers

[capri_rob]

Another +1 for the gold stripe kit.

Very nice looking wagon this

[powelly]

What more could you ask from a car, this turd has it all in my opinion. With a liberal application of heat gun those badges will come off intact .

[darren_mk]

Looks real well

Not so keen on the 'M' mirrors though!
Stripe the front spoiler only i think, the full car could be a bit much.

Why not try removing the rear badges slowly, and if the paint is marked underneath, you can put the badges back on as they were.

You getting used to the auto yet ? There a different drive to a e30 for sure.....

[Simon13]

it needs a slipper imo. Any liberal prod of the throttle has the traction light on. Its quite violent the low end grunt. I thought the auto box would be at odds with the sports seats, lowered suspension general performance nature of he car etc but its really grown on me. It switch tronic mode its like driving a video game with the buttons doing the gear changes. I think i'm going to really love it once its on the daily duties. I've done 17 miles going round the block!

Lee it was ordered new with the clears on the indicators. I like it but i have the ambers i kept it all just in case off the 328i

I might ring round and get some insurance quotes. I shall be holding my breath i haven't done this bit yet which is a bit silly.

[Dezzy]

I really like that!

Stripe it from me too

[pac1982]

This one is my new wall paper.

I'm thinking Gold stripe kit for the front spoiler but maybe the full war paint down the sides too? Its quite lairy looking anyway for an E36 i think.

This looks really nice lovin the piping on the seats

I’d defo go with the war paint I could even help you out, have a play on my own touring see if I can get it looking right, Sure I could make some for a hell of a lot cheaper than they are from the stealers.



I really need that exhaust on mine

[DanThe]

E36 LSD's are about as cheap as they are going to get right now IMO, get one bought innit
Ive stuck one on my E34 touring recently and its great, auto barge diffing roundabouts is just epic

[Blitz]

Looks stunning. Gold stripes is the way to go.

Do Munich Legends even ask the owner if they want their original dealer stickers removed?

[bss325i]

And this sticker. Now i can't throw away 10 years of service history. But how the f**k do they get away with this? Looks like a main dealer sticker although we know its company working out of a shed in sussex! The font, logos eveything is identical to main dealer ones, cheeky if you ask me.

Have you ever been there Si? Its more than just a shed and in fact the Ashdown Garage (Were Munich are) was a BMW main dealer up until the late 80's all be it a small one.

I agree though, the sticker is a blatant rip off of a BMW corporate one.

[e30topless]

this has turned out to be an Epic chariot Si, well done on all the hard graft you got yourself an awesome daily smoker

[Zerotonine]

I have just spent the past 2 hours reading through this, you are a legend. Awesome car.

[leeparkes]

While we are ranting a little, i'd like to slap the f**king idiot who put these badges on here. Looks gash but i'm loathed to try and fit them in their proper place, as you know the paint will end up damaged.

Try this method.

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/index.php/Debadging

[Simon13]

Just plugged it in to check/clear fault codes and i've got some fault codes the reappeared after we'd cleared the old ones.

misfire on 1,2,3,4,5,6!! i swapped the original coils in and went for a spin and its still the same. So 6 new coils or a set of leads, or both?

and sometimes "vanos jamming" is coming up - i guess its not timed up right?!

[Sjoerd320i]

Can't you get the badges off with some nylon (fishing) wire?

[powelly]

Just plugged it in to check/clear fault codes and i've got some fault codes the reappeared after we'd cleared the old ones.

misfire on 1,2,3,4,5,6!! i swapped the original coils in and went for a spin and its still the same. So 6 new coils or a set of leads, or both?

and sometimes "vanos jamming" is coming up - i guess its not timed up right?!

It actually said "VANOS-Mechanical Jamming", can the Vanos be taken off and checked to see if all the moving parts actually do move.

GSF do sell coils, cheapo ones are £22 good ones are £41, your reg number throws everything off.

[Andyboy]

The chances of all 6 coils being shagged......? No plug leads either.

[BATTS91]

really do like this beast diffrent and being a touring just sets the mood for that colour good hard work dude

[powelly]

The chances of all 6 coils being shagged......? No plug leads either.

I've seen it happen, albeit not on a BMW. There is definatley something going on in there, you can feel a sudden downturn in performance and it starts running rough, by leads Si means the loom which plugs on to the coil packs. Interstingly the Vanos fault code only came back after a real beasting, when I had a potter about in it the only fault codes were for Misfires.

[bss325i]

Ah. When Simon rang me earlier he didn't say there were misfire faults for all cylinders. It's not going to be the coils themselves but something that effects all cylinders. I would be looking at a fuel related issue. Pump pressure, rail pressure etc.

[Simon13]

Well all i think is just how quick will it be running 100% as i'll be fooked if i timed that vanos up wrong. I'll eat humble pie if so and the fact its not running on super unleaded either.

The redline is at nearly 7k! And it pulls really hard all the way

[powelly]

It was an odd one Barry, first time I plugged it in there was a huge list of codes, I cleared them and went for a drive, plugged it back in and it had misfires on cylinders 1,2,3, si fitted another set of coils, I cleared the codes again, went for a drive, this time though we had misfires on all cylinders. Fuel problems would make sense.

[HairyScreech]

Someone once said to me, "if you think its ignition its defiantly fuel and visa versa." Seems to have held true to this day.

i could understand a misfire on all 6 on something with a common coil and distributor but for 6 individual coils to all be bad, (well 9 if si swapped 3 around)

i have been told there is more than one type of coil, could the wrong type throw a code?

if the vanos was playing up then that could possibly put the ignition timing out of spec, the phasing of the camshafts will dictate cylinder filling and thus dictate correct timing for the mixture to burn fully at the right time.

other than that the fueling would have to be a long way out to misfire on all 6 and that could only be pressure sender related as thats all i can think of that influences all 6 and wouldn't throw its own fault code. (like a lambda or maf.)

[powelly]

The thought crossed my mind that the misfires are a consequence of the Vanos fault. Need to spend more time on it really to get to the bottom of it.

[HairyScreech]

well i cant be a constant misfire on all 6 as it would either not start or run like a dog, so it has to be something transient like the pressure regulator or the vanos phasing.

am i right in thinking the vanos should be advanced at idle, then retarded to ~5k and then advanced again from there?

is it single or dual on this turd?

[DanThe]

The new seal supposedly takes a while to 'bed in' so maybe its still a bit tight, vanos jam is the same fault given when the seal is fooked and letting oil pass, so the way I interpret it is the piston is not moving as fast as the ECU wants it to. I say get some miles up it and see how you get on