thoughts on this

Post Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:52 pm

whats the general thoughts on this old chromie beast

Post Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:02 pm

also in the boot on the left side, theres a quare carpet panel that clips off with an ecu behind it,never seen that before ? something to do with the auto ?

Post Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:07 pm

The Air con is Deavia dealer fit scrap and the ECU in the boot is for the switch able auto.

Post Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:07 pm

@£700 with a years ticket you cannot go wrong, assuming the engine and box are good and it drives ok. Somebody handy with an aerosol should be able to tidy that arch up.

That A/C is Diavia, which if it blows cold leave it alone, otherwise it belongs in a skip.

Converting one of these to manual is a pain unless you convert it to later motronic as the flywheel and gearbox are unique to early 325s. Leave it auto.

Post Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:11 pm

ok i see, ive not driven it yet so im going to tomorrow and see what i think

what does "diavia" mean ?

Post Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:15 pm

polsta wrote:ok i see, ive not driven it yet so im going to tomorrow and see what i think

what does "diavia" mean ?

They were the company that made and supplied lots of A/C retrofit kits back in the day when A/C was a novelty in Europe.

Reliability and fit and finish was crap from day one.

Post Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:18 pm

Turdelicious!

Post Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:22 pm

It's a bit of a ginger step-child. You want to love it, but you just can't.

That being said, if that's the one you were thinking of buying to steal the engine, then you'll be left over with a lot of unsellable scrap if you do so.

Post Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:23 pm

as it is with no mot or tax £300.00 or is it on the road maybe £700.00

Post Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:41 pm

pacerpete wrote:
polsta wrote:ok i see, ive not driven it yet so im going to tomorrow and see what i think

what does "diavia" mean ?

They were the company that made and supplied lots of A/C retrofit kits back in the day when A/C was a novelty in Europe.

Reliability and fit and finish was crap from day one.

Oh I see, thanks for that i didn't know there were such systems thought it was factory, Shame its a no go for the manual conversion easily

But its generally fairly nice, ive got a grey is check sports interior I could put in it, but then beige carpets or dye , or maybe just leave , or remove the valance posiibly get a standard look

But 325i 2 door are not a common car these days for sale, its solid in the right areas, rear panel, around the drainage runs and plate lights and boot floor etc are all lovely as are other areas , its a shell with potential

Post Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:31 am

Diavia was Delphi iirc. You can still get most bits so it's not all grim. We had a 1996 328i in with a Diavia set up that still worked - R12 ftw!