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Know what you mean - don't you just hate that

Pre or facelift car?

Welcome & nice car Fire away with any Q's - plenty of people on here for advice.

Dealer or S/H I guess. Quite pricey new though- I think. I have only ever seen in black Depending on damage - maybe some black windscreen eurothane to stick it back together?

Allan, Think you will find Dave was referring to asking price (whatever that was) was approx $8000 over it's value, not a value of $8000. Agree though that some people think their M cars are worth more than they are. Old story though - market decides

Greg, yes you do need a Jap one - they have IR receiver in the clown nose. Other markets don't.

Hey Ollie - That colour - you could confuse it with your E30 from the front aye

M20's don't have lifters. Normal tappet noise is distinctive ticking & can easily be traced to source. Even worn cam should be easy to locate. Big end sounds very "internal" & normally prevailent when snapping the throttle open.

Glenn - you don't use an FBH?? Thought all good mechanics did

These operate very differently from a proper turbocharger. The turbine fan operates at one speed and simply blows air into your intake, probably around 2psi, to increase the airflow ^^^^^^^^^ At least he's honest!!

To True! They should have entered an anti start pin code into the OBC - that would have slowed him:-

HB mate. Seems not 12 months since the last one on here for you. Catch ya at the weekend

Glenn - "decent size screen" - should have got an E46/38/39 with OEM monitor

"Orange" battery light?? Alt w/light is red. Also $500-600 fix is a bit "out there" without having confirmed the problem in the alternator -if infact there is

Quite likely to still have required pressure/volume delivery for a wee 8. These pumps produce 2.5 - 3 litres per min anyway. Most fuel returns to tank via pressure regulator

Out of interest - why do you want a higher flow pump than the factory unit? Is the car/engine modified? If not, there will be no gain in changing as the standard pump will deliver way more fuel than the engine ever requires.

Love the car but not sure on the leather bound dash, at least not in grey, black version may be better. Think probably standard black for me

Bet you're glad you waited for the right car - it has certainly presented itself to you in the end. Absolutely stunning, well done Me - rather envious

Look in the drivers door pillar first. Thats where I found the problem & is the most likely one as it is most used.. If not drivers- You can, carefully, remove the front door trims with the door still shut, then disconnect the locking motor & release the catch. I had to do this to the drivers door to be able to open it to fix wiring

^^^^^^^ Yep. Cheers for sharing

Great bloody sparky then! I'd find another

No, they don't interchange. All M20 variants do but not between M10/20/40

Been there before. Check for corroded connections/broken wires in drivers door jamb

DON'T get a V6 petrol for the very reason in your last line

As above - there is an industry standard but from my perspective the new qualification procedure/standard has "gone out the window" compared to the old apprenticeship schemes where I reacon there was a far better focus on the trade & the learning of it - both practical & theory. From experience -the modern apprentice, (or whatever they are now called) (not all I must stress) seem to want to "cheat the system" (& they can) to gain the qualification - in the end still as green as grass but thinking to know it all. Nothing, but nothing, beats experience, that said though - there also needs to be a want to learn.