vanos

Thank you for all the great information and help!

You have shed some light on what I should be looking for I guess now I just have to wait for the right car to come along.....

I have the 1996 E36 323i. It has 185000kms travelled. Similarly too charles28 - it is my first BMW. Being a Japanese import it has a couple (inconsequential) vibrations through the gearbox (Jatco box) between 20 - 30kph, but these 'ride out' once it warms. I may have to get a new pump for the wiper fluid, this is not a big issue imo. I fully recommend this model, as I travel from Queenstown to Dunedin occasionally and it has proven itself very worthy as a beautiful open road cruiser and quite economical ($75.00 Return). Around town it is a bit of a guzzler, but hey?.......it's a 6cyclinder BMW! I love the look and I am well and truly hooked. I payed 6K for mine. It has been looked after. I have clocked up 5000kms in the last 3mths (mostly open road) and it feels like it will be as sweet at 360000kms. Well here's hoping.

Aye!

My pump just died one day out of the blue, replaced it with a new one and all good again. You might want to get a new washer if you get a new one, sometimes the old one doesn't work well after being taken off, and leaks.

Aye! cheers.

If you have a multi-meter, test the wiper pump connection and see if that's ok. It could be a clogged/dud pump or something else. When I had my Jap 323i, had a similar problem as yours and need to unclog the pump inlet.

As for the air-con, it could be the control unit in the dash. Not uncommon. If you are handy with soldering iron, there's a cheap fix that involve changing a few capacitor. Let me know if you need it.

cheers for that. I will do some checks.

Thanks guys. I have your contact info and will let the 'prob' ride, for a while, but you may hear from me when I get my A into G. Appreciate the quick response. V.

Gidday. The latest gremlin - all others have come and gone or are tolerable - I don't hear any pump-motor when pulling back on the wiper control arm. So no cleaning fluid to windscreen. I figure this could be a computer gremlin, would I be right? Once the aircon suddenly stopped working (while the display still worked) and without doing any repairs a week or so later it worked again, and has done ever since. Any suggestions much appreciated. Thank you. V.

PS. I am a new BMW owner/driver (3 months) and I love this car.