aja540i

Most of the trip was in 7th, in P500 mode, or what I call. "economy mode" 😂 

Took the M5 to Matamata and back yesterday, easy run, hardly any load, managed to get the average consumption down to 13.6 which is the best its ever been!!

1 hour ago, KwS said:

Where is that, i think i spotted it under the intake manifold? I see the PCV hose is like chewing gum and the PCV valve has oil residue around it, so a new valve is on the way and I will replace the hose while im there; ive seen a couple of posts on here indicating a duff one of those can affect idle too.

Interestingly, this is my first 4 cylinder bmw, and my only (out of 4) E36 to have standard mirrors as all my previous ones had M3 mirrors (even the 323i).

From memory it hangs off the bottom of the top part of the intake manifold, it would probably be worth making sure you had a few meters of new vacuum hose before you start digging around, you will end up replacing all of them!

Nice one. My 318is had a ropey idle as well, a good clean of the ICV and throttle body will do wonders for it!

Replaced water pump, thermostat, fan belt, coolant, vacuum pump O ring, bottom rad hose showing signs of age so will order a new one, also couldn't get correct O ring for vacuum pump, made do with an undersized one and some sealant, will order correct one . Car actually gets up to normal temperature now!

Still had original water pump with plastic impeller, 320,000 km and no signs of failing, but better safe than sorry....

Front brake pads still bedding in but no signs of squealing so far!!

On 12/28/2021 at 8:49 PM, gjm said:

Slapping a rego plate across the middle helps break it up, but begs the question - is cooling airfow then restricted at all?

Probably not, I imagine there is a big aluminium beam in there somewhere to meet frontal impact standards and it blocks more airflow than the plate anyway.

Red E36 touring heading north towards Warkworth this afternoon, possibly @jeffbebe ??

All I can see in this post now is NC Sexpert!

Sorry!

Yep, on its way home from pick a part! Scored a replacement drivers door card, a boot floor and some trim bits, and A COMPLETE TOOLKIT!!

Replaced the front brake pads today, they worked fine and had plenty of life left in them but they squealed a LOT when they were hot, hoping pads will sort it, if not it will get new rotors as well.

Also got a new water pump, thermostat and coolant to go in so thats my holiday job .

1 hour ago, Jacko said:

Friends dont let friends buy 4 pot BMWs. 

E30 M3 owners would disagree....

"Very original" apart from the manual conversion and aftermarket gauges in the center console.....

2 hours ago, polley said:

Uncontrolled release of liquids would be a worksafe notifiable event.

As is entering a confined space....

I believe the intention was to cover things like volunteer work, where people aren't getting paid but there is still a need for someone to be responsible for H & S. It could potentially be expanded to cover sex with your partner but I don't think that was the intention!

That is an American style trailer plug, it has combined turn /stop lights. Electric brake output is for trailers with electric brake controllers your module possibly doesn't have an output for that. The brake light fault is probably because of the LED indicators, you can get in line resistors to fix that. Is the module you got a US spec one?

Needs a good polish....

Yeah, spending a bit of time on the wheels, still a few mechanical bits to sort out, but it is quite usable now so have slowed the pace a bit on the spending.

One cylinder malfunctioning.?..

I imagine this is in a similar state to what my 530d wagon was when I got it, and needs a few grand thrown at it to make it nice again.

2.5 star fuel economy, but you knew that already!

Are you turning an E30 into a ute?

https://www.bunnings.co.nz/morgan-45l-bullet-bin-black_p0028091

One of these, some tin snips and a hot air gun??

I am definitely not a psychopath, and I will stab anyone who says I am!

No cats? 

Who replaces a wing mirror without bothering to match the paint? They are so easy to paint off the car and such a ball ache to remove to do it later!!

On 11/6/2021 at 1:58 PM, Twistee said:

Thanks for the input - I didn't know that Supercheap sold 10w60 Supercar, I thought they only sold EDGE as I've never seen it advertised that I can think of. @aja540i totally agree on the oil change frequency, who do you use for the oil analysis? @BM WORLD Thanks, I'll touch base in the near future and grab a couple of containers. 

I use Gough, they have a branch just around the road from work but all the testing is done in Christchurch I believe, you buy the kit from them and drop it back to them, they send it to the lab and email the results.