E36 328i touring

Post Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:36 pm

Finally picked it up. Updates coming soon.

Post Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:47 pm

Nice. Late one too.

Post Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:16 pm

Taken a while!

Post Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:42 pm

shes low yo

Post Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:52 pm

Yeah I picked it up last Saturday. It drives so well and the condition exceeded my expectations. Its a credit to CaserBob looking after it so well.

2200rpm at 70mph

Cant wait for Ace Cafe.

Post Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:12 pm

Cheers fella, hope you enjoy her.

Post Thu Jul 31, 2014 12:42 am

Very nice chariots these.

Auto or manual?

Post Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:12 am

Post Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:41 pm

Thats a winner.

I'm currently looking into an E46 320D touring for my wife. But can't help think this would be a better option... well perhaps not the 328i (thinking of economy), but definitely an E36.

Looking forward to updates..

Post Sat Sep 13, 2014 11:13 pm

Overdue update. I noticed in traffic one day the smell of oil burning coming into the interior.

Suspect rocker cover gasket leak was confirmed when I looked around the engine.

So I ordered a rocker cover gasket set from Motormec and set about replacing it at the same time cleaning the the surfaces and the underside of the cover. These are the only pictures I had took.

Next job was to raise the rear of the car up. It is running H&R cup kit and the rear was too low. Any load would rub and grind on large speed humps. So I ordered a set of Eastern European rough road springs pads.

10mm vs 21.5mm

Looks much better now and has nice rake.

The next day I drove the car to Belgium.

Thats it for now. Next job is the body.

Post Sat Sep 13, 2014 11:15 pm

very nice indeed

Post Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:47 pm

You'd have loved it before I replaced the springs and shocks! The rear was about 20mm lower than when you bought it! Leaky shock and broken springs.

Glad your enjoying it.