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Royalratch wrote:I'm still holding out for it to not be terminally cooked properly yet.pacerpete wrote:Twins ?Royalratch wrote:Exactly.
My brother had a lovely one for ages which I quite liked. Until he drove it too long and let it overheat and cooked the head.
Okay Pete, your starter for 3...........who co-sang 'under pressure' with Queen?pacerpete wrote:Andyboy wrote:Pete, you crack me up.........pacerpete wrote: Twins ?
Just seen your PROFILE on ratemypoo.com !
Royalratch wrote:It added a little drama to an otherwise dull adventure.
You wouldn't know the engine is on fire under there...
Nice! I think the head goes due to gasket failure on these, but that's def where to check, where it's got the big slotted hole in the head but only little ones in the gasket on cyl 2 . In the ones I've seen (mainly on t'internet) you can see where the gasket has failed, the subsequent nastiness the engine's been put through then seems to kill the head.Andyboy wrote:I picked up a very cheap 318iS E36 last year with this issue. You'd fill the cooling system (I removed the stat) and it would start of 3 pots with a good puff of steam from the Zorst. It would go for about 10 miles quite okay, heater on hot - and when it went cold, you knew it needed water. Pull over, add coolant and it would fire up again on 3 with a superb steam display before latching onto 4 again - and no more steam. I did a 6 mile stretch down the A1 at 70 and it was okay but just off it, it needed more.
Four cracks in the head on cyls 2 and 3, exhaust valve seat to the waterway. I still have it as a trophy.
Sweepstakes on whether Ratch folds on the m42!?Andyboy wrote:But the M52 is such a heavy engine - think of the legendary handling balance.....
That's exactly what happened on mine except I could do a hundred miles until refill time.Andyboy wrote:I picked up a very cheap 318iS E36 last year with this issue. You'd fill the cooling system (I removed the stat) and it would start of 3 pots with a good puff of steam from the Zorst. It would go for about 10 miles quite okay, heater on hot - and when it went cold, you knew it needed water. Pull over, add coolant and it would fire up again on 3 with a superb steam display before latching onto 4 again - and no more steam. I did a 6 mile stretch down the A1 at 70 and it was okay but just off it, it needed more.
Four cracks in the head on cyls 2 and 3, exhaust valve seat to the waterway. I still have it as a trophy.
Great picture. Your IS looks very nice.Royalratch wrote:It added a little drama to an otherwise dull adventure.
You wouldn't know the engine is on fire under there...
No, that wouldn't cause it. M42 heads cracking are mostly caused by overheating and insufficient coolant as opposed to a design fault. My Compact for example came to me with a cracked head (Cyls 2 and 3, four cracks - identical failure to the iS Coupe head) and it had been bodged up with K Seal or some other evil muck. The reason it was overheating was a missing fan shroud - when driving, there's air going through the rad but in traffic there isn't. The shroud is there because the fan is too far away from the rad and without it, the fan cannot get any heat from the rad to engage the clutch.............so it just overheats. E36 gauges are also 'buffered' meaning that even though the needle is in the centre, it can still be very close to boiling. By the time the needle starts to move up to 3/4 and the red, it's already boiling its tits off.Royalratch wrote:That's exactly what happened on mine except I could do a hundred miles until refill time.Andyboy wrote:I picked up a very cheap 318iS E36 last year with this issue. You'd fill the cooling system (I removed the stat) and it would start of 3 pots with a good puff of steam from the Zorst. It would go for about 10 miles quite okay, heater on hot - and when it went cold, you knew it needed water. Pull over, add coolant and it would fire up again on 3 with a superb steam display before latching onto 4 again - and no more steam. I did a 6 mile stretch down the A1 at 70 and it was okay but just off it, it needed more.
Four cracks in the head on cyls 2 and 3, exhaust valve seat to the waterway. I still have it as a trophy.
I removed the throttle heater plate some time ago and plugged the coolant port that feeds it - do you think this was a cause? Was done a while ago tho...
On a positive note, if anybody has a rusty hanging turd (as if!)and needs an MOT , I have a new number ! 
Royalratch wrote:Pete - you can MOT out of your joint?
no biscuits required?pacerpete wrote:I've got pictures !
This will be rubbish, I'll put money on it .mabz wrote:found this one ratch not everyones cup of tea but i love it.just needs the wheels sending back to china/dairylee factory stick some originals on and jobs a goodun.
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/2465730.htm
Pete you have pmpacerpete wrote:This will be rubbish, I'll put money on it .mabz wrote:found this one ratch not everyones cup of tea but i love it.just needs the wheels sending back to china/dairylee factory stick some originals on and jobs a goodun.
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/2465730.htm
i love dakar yellow i cant be the only oneRoyalratch wrote:Dude it's YELLOW!
Is that e30topless'?
Way overpriced too.
had a dakar yellow compact,loved it then got bored.im constantly looking so ill keep an eye out whats your price range,preffered colour mileage etc.Don't diss the Kahns Bruv!mabz wrote:found this one ratch not everyones cup of tea but i love it.just needs the wheels sending back to china/dairylee factory stick some originals on and jobs a goodun.
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/2465730.htm
