Is your E30 running rough - read this

[Andy_magic]

right people,

after spending a good amount of time getting my E30 running really nice, performing well and giving good MPG I wrote this guide.

It's pretty basic, probably got loads of speeeeeeeling mistakes and there aren't many pictures but hopefully will be helpful to fellow zoners & zonerettes.

click the link below to be amazed, you'll need adobe acrobat reader to view it. It's 127k so good for 56k users.

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/e30/motronic.pdf

[dazleeds]

wont open

[E30BeemerLad]

Nice one andy, really helpful and probably likely to increase perfomance and driveability more than bolting on an exhaust and air filter

[Andy_magic]

Cheers for the comments, glad you like it!

If it won't open, try right clicking and "Save As" some versions of Adobe handle direct opening better than others.

[E30BeemerLad]

Dazleeds, how gutted are you exactly that you can't come to the leeds meet you started off on 22nd May, hehe

[dazleeds]

got it open nice one mate will come in handy sweet Daz leeds

[PeteE30Tourer]

Excellent article Andy - well written and very relevant. Nothing in there that should scare even the novice mechanic and all worthwhile maintenance as far as i know.

[dazleeds]

you cruel twat you just had to remind me didnt ya

so far holiday tickets aint turned up so im praying they dnt mate get compo go day or too late with a last minute booking yippee wnt happen tho misses got more cash than sense at moment

ill be theyre next time mate youll see
my car looks shit at moment neway havent got me bonnet yet or put mtec springs on or the sse skirts lots to do before the next one see you theyre Daz leeds

[fowler]

Spot on Andy just done this on mine makes hell of a difference

[H-M3]

this is a very good article the only problem is some of us are new to the mechanical sides of things so it does help when there is plenty of pictures to help aid the process.

but very good otherwise.

[tylerma]

just had a read through this

well done mate
it looks all pretty straight forward

1 question i have though
is this intended just for a 320i or does it cover all the engines
right across the board

[JoeP]

Nice one Andy, that's this Sunday taken care of!

[Andy_magic]

Sorry about the lack of pictures people, I did the job and then took pictures of some spare parts I've got as I wasn't going to strip it down again for the photos. (and didn't want to ruin my Sony camera taking pictures as I did the job) This also explains the filthy throttle body!

The principles behind it should work for all motronic based cars, but the specifics such as air gaps might be different for 4 pot cars.

It should be fine for 325's though.

[Andy_magic]

Sorry about the lack of pictures people, I did the job and then took pictures of some spare parts I've got as I wasn't going to strip it down again for the photos. (and didn't want to ruin my Sony camera taking pictures as I did the job) This also explains the filthy throttle body!

The principles behind it should work for all motronic based cars, but the specifics such as air gaps might be different for 4 pot cars.

It should be fine for 325's though.

[320Touring]

Sorry about the lack of pictures people, I did the job and then took pictures of some spare parts I've got as I wasn't going to strip it down again for the photos. (and didn't want to ruin my Sony camera taking pictures as I did the job) This also explains the filthy throttle body!

The principles behind it should work for all motronic based cars, but the specifics such as air gaps might be different for 4 pot cars.

It should be fine for 325's though.

I may do mine this sunday and could take pics if you would like?

gimme an email addy so I can mail them to ya

[Andy_magic]

cheers mate, i've pm'd you my email address.

Shoudl make your car even smoother...

[Jos]

Spot on guide!!

I do need to do some of that stuff to mine (temp reading a little high) and if you need I can take pics too (M40 1.