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Post Tue Aug 15, 2006 2:25 pm

hi everyone, i'm new to this forum and about to get my first bmw :D, not sure if this is the best room or whether it should be in the general section but as i'm more interested in the technical things i posted in here.

the car in question has been sat in dry storage for the best part of 15 years and i was just wondering what possible things to be looking for before taking it onto the road or getting it mot'd. its done around 60k and bodywork, interior is mint.
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Post Tue Aug 15, 2006 2:29 pm

15 years??

steering and tyres to checked (change tyres), brakes may have seized but change pads, clean disks minumm requierment, all fluids should be changes, cam belt and tensioner to be changed, check replace all the belts.water, anti freeze, water pump, rad , filters

pretty much everything will need to be checked over
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Post Tue Aug 15, 2006 2:31 pm

fuel lines, brakes etc.. i'd test em before i started or drove it.. :).. oh and welcome to the zone mate.. enjoy ur e30!.. :D
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Post Tue Aug 15, 2006 2:35 pm

yeh around 15, probably less as its done 60k, its my grandads at the moment and hes a bit of a hoarder so he bought it and didnt really use it. he had an accident years back and since then hasnt really got his enthusiasm for cars like he used to.

ok thanks, i was going to do that anyway, just wondered if there was anything secific i should look out for that goes wrong on these cars.
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Post Tue Aug 15, 2006 2:37 pm

visionz wrote:fuel lines, brakes etc.. i'd test em before i started or drove it.. :).. oh and welcome to the zone mate.. enjoy ur e30!.. :D
thanks, hopefully will be better than the current forum i'm a member of for my mondeo, a lot of rubbish is posted on there and not many of them seem to know what they're doing.
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Post Tue Aug 15, 2006 2:38 pm

cracked heads !!
PAS problems !!
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Post Tue Aug 15, 2006 2:39 pm

thanks, hopefully will be better than the current forum i'm a member of for my mondeo, a lot of rubbish is posted on there and not many of them seem to know what they're doing.
Mate this is by far the best E30 site there is!!!!

and plenty of experts here too :D

PS welcome to the Zone :)[/quote]
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Post Tue Aug 15, 2006 2:41 pm

Well i think ur safe.. all real nice people on here.. and all know what they're on about (pretty much :P) GL mate :)
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Post Tue Aug 15, 2006 2:59 pm

cheers everyone
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