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Yes as above.. Its no improvement on performance. Just better built. Is made up of two ball joints instead of one ball joint and a bush.maggspower wrote:They are a better design, and last longer than the e30 item.Speedtouch wrote:What gains do the Mondeo drop links give on an E30?G-Bear wrote:Put on new lollipop bushes and Mondeo Lemforder drop links.. Next up; calibre rebuild..
https://www.youtube.com/cookracingukhttp://www.carparts4less.co.uk/cp4l/c/F ... 414&000016MrT8064 wrote:Do you have a part number? Thanksmaggspower wrote: They are a better design, and last longer than the e30 item.
I thought you fitted the M42 a while back, or have you swapped M42s?TPS wrote:Changed my Engine last Saturday
Swapped M42sjmc330i wrote:Took mine for the run to Cheddar Gorge today, and struggled to keep up with diesel Fiesta! One very poorly 318i
I thought you fitted the M42 a while back, or have you swapped M42s?TPS wrote:Changed my Engine last Saturday
Hopefuly early August at Pembreyjmc330i wrote:Nice onemilescook wrote:Finished it
Then gave it a wash
When's the first outing to get it dirty?
https://www.youtube.com/cookracinguk
Luckily I've got a decent enough car park to work on the car in and get back from work within an hour so can work on the car. Did a diff swap over two evenings last week, could have done it in one evening but I felt like spacing it out.G-Bear wrote: Nice that you have time in an evening get some work done.. I never seem to make it back from work in a decent hour.
Cypriotgeeza wrote:I done both my mates in my old 318is
felt so proud,even tried it with a E30 325i and got put in my place..
Is this your 320i we're talking about? What make of cambelt was it? Very unusual to have one break at 17,000 miles.darkchild wrote:Probably taken it on its last journey.
The wife and I were taking it on a day trip to the suffolk coast when she suddenly complained there was a lack of power and response from the car. No surprising noises, temperature fine etc. Called the RAC to have it recovered to my local BMW specialist and the RAC chap gave us the good news - cambelt drama! To say I'm annoyed is an understatement. The belt was changed only 17K and 2.5 years ago as I've always ensured this is changed way before the recommended interval. I'll be interested to see the reason for its premature expiry!
The car itself had been faultless in the previous 40K I've done in it and is a very, very tidy example. Will hopefully get the full autopsy tomorrow before making a decision regarding its future.
Yep. It was a Contitech belt. I had a new belt, tensioner etc at 62K when I first bought it. The most recent one was fitted at 85K and its now on 102K. The garage will get back to me tomorrow but at the moment I'm just going on what the RAC advised (hopefully they're wrong but I doubt it!). Gutted really as the car is a way better example than most. However, its a 4 door 320i so was worth more as reliable transport than its monetary value. Its either spend a lot of money to get it back on the road or cash in on what morsels it has - rust free Dolphin Grey panels, 15"BBS, 14" Bottletops with Goodyear Winter Tyres, OBC etc. The decision will be further influenced by the tax being up at the end of the month, new tyres on the BBS and a new exhaust back box being needed soon.Speedtouch wrote:Is this your 320i we're talking about? What make of cambelt was it? Very unusual to have one break at 17,000 miles.darkchild wrote:Probably taken it on its last journey.
The wife and I were taking it on a day trip to the suffolk coast when she suddenly complained there was a lack of power and response from the car. No surprising noises, temperature fine etc. Called the RAC to have it recovered to my local BMW specialist and the RAC chap gave us the good news - cambelt drama! To say I'm annoyed is an understatement. The belt was changed only 17K and 2.5 years ago as I've always ensured this is changed way before the recommended interval. I'll be interested to see the reason for its premature expiry!
The car itself had been faultless in the previous 40K I've done in it and is a very, very tidy example. Will hopefully get the full autopsy tomorrow before making a decision regarding its future.
I definitely haven't ruled it out. Tomorrow should reveal the full extent of the damage which will make things a bit clearer regarding what my options are. I've got a garage I can keep it stored away in so there will be no need for a rushed decision.jimbom30cab wrote:Hey mate, you can pick up a decent second hand engine on here quite cheap, you should think about changing it
That's if you really need to
Must be a way of keeping her going?
Sadly won't have time to run the brakes in pre MOT, so not sure how thats going to work when it gets tested. Probably have to get my girlfriend to take it there, so I doubt she'll be keen on any heavy braking on the way..appletree wrote:Just passed my MOT after a initial failure on brake imbalance, chatting to the guy he said the new system has changed it so they can't feather the brake or something they have to just brake and the machine does the rest, anyway I stripped the calipers off cleaned them and emery cloth the pads alittle then did a few 70mph-0 stops and took it back in and he passed it streight away. The calipers were clean as a whistle inside so I think it was the stops that did more of the fixing.G-Bear wrote:New engine mounts in.. Failed MOT, start research on brake imbalance..
