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Thanks for the input guys, If anyone is into servicing their own E30, this is the Bible.

Cheers

Hi, I have just listed a E30 workshop manual on Trademe, 301655996.

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Hi, I have just listed a E30 workshop manual on trademe 301655996 , which gives you all the info you will ever need , over 200 pages on E30's

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Hi, I have listed this manual on trademe 301655996

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Hi there, To unblock the drains on a sunroof,( and other places around the house), I use a length of curtain wire, the white plastic covered type used for net curtains. It works just like the plumbers larger model, and you can even can stretch a bit of the bare wireout to make a corkscrew on the end. Put it in your battery drill if its really obstinate. Gerry

Hi, just a quick update, I have shopped around , and I have got one from BNT for $186.00, which is still bloody dear I reckon.

Cheers Gerry

Sounds like a lot of you have too much money, I would get another quote before paying that sort of money.

[Thanks for the help , will ring around tomorrow and hope for a good price around $100-120.

Will let you know how much I get it for.

Hi, just failed a WOF on my 87 E30 318i for the front wheel bearing, where do you recomend I go to get a new one, we only have Repco here, and what price will I be looking at. I can do the work myself no problem.

Cheers Gerry

Heres a tip, whenever I get another car, I always grab a couple of E/window swiches from a scrapper, usually cheap enough, then I check them at home to make sure they work, and then put them in the glove box.

Yes, you're right.

It would be best to test the fan when engine temp is above normal (i.e. needle is past half way), as that is when clutch will engage so let it idle to get needle to rise past half way. Don't shove the paper in, just touch the fan.

Hi, I need to test the visc' fan on my E30, and would just like confirmation I'm doing it right.

When the engine is cold a rolled up paper will stop the fan, and when the engine is at normal operating temp' it should shred the paper. Is this assumption correct.

Thanks Gerry

Hi again, thanks for the help Katalyst, not a problem to fix in daylight .

Cheers Gerry

[Hi Katalyst , thanks for that. I will have a go tomorrow, the garage hasn't got lights in it .

Cheers Gerry

Hi, I need some help, the T-handle om my auto shift came off the gear selector when I pulled up in the garage tonight, as I moved it forward into Park. I had noticed in town that it was turning about a 1/4 turn when selecting a gear. It's a 1986 e30 318i

As I looked at the handle in my hand I saw a white nylon(plastic ) rod sticking out of the hollow selector shaft, and as I tried to get a hold of it it fell back down the shaft. I put the handle back on, but cant get it out of park. I cant find the pin or screw that hold the handle on, but will have a better look tomorrow. Is it just a case of putting a pin thru the hole to locate the selector lock lifter. Cheers for any help Gerry

Hi, thanks for your replies, I guess a fluid change is all I can try at this stage.

Cheers Gerry

Hi, had this 318i 1987 for a few months, and on my early morning starts(5.00 am) it has always seemed alittle slugish pulling away,( hard to tell if it has changed from 2nd to 3rdgear or not) for the first 500 meters or so. At first I thought it was just a general miss in the engine, and replaced the rotor -cap-and the temp' sensor, but no real difference noticed. It runs great after 2 minutes down the road . As the colder mornigs have set in, the slugishness is more noticeable, and I am now thinking it maybe the Auto that could be the culprit , it maybe time to service it, so other than changing the ATF and filter, is there anything else to check while the pan is off. I want to do this myself, and have a good mechanical background, but have not owned an Auto before. The ATF is still nice and redish, and does not smell burnt. What should I have to pay for a service kit for it.

Cheers Gerry

Just another thought, YOU DID PUT THE OIL IN THE SUMP, lol, but you wouldn't be the first.

I was able to prime a pump on a Fiat once by removing the oil filter housing and squirting oil down the hole in the block.

Cheers Gerry

You may need to prime the pump and or the oil filter, I'm not to familiar with this engine, but if you havn't filled the oil pump at assembly,it may not pick up any oil. If you can get the sump off and get some assembly lube or oil into the pump that may do it. Others may have a better knowledge of these engines than me.

Cheers Gerry

[Hi, if you decide to replace or repower your car, I could be interested in your dead M10 engine, whereabouts are you.

Cheers Gerry

Hi, do the front guards and bonnet off a Face/lift !988 on, fit on the pre Face/lift as a straight swap on the E30's.

Thanks in advance Gerry

Hi, Have a look at these, on EBAY.au item number 140186627367

could be what your looking for. Cheers

Hi, have you tried putting the last 7 digits of your vin No into this site

RealOEM.COM It has all the parts listed that your car left the factory with, plus which market it was built for. Cheers

[Thanks Braeden, I'm keeping an eye on Ebay, but just thought I might strike lucky locally.

Gerry

Hi, anyone got a bentley manual for the 3 series they would like to sell, someone must have moved on to other models and has one sitting idle on the shelf.

Cheers Gerry