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Great looking car - welcome

NZ new 325 manual immaculate - time to sell - $1,900 spent on pre sale detailing - have a look at the TM auction325 NZ new manual

Can't beat a white E46 - but maybe I'm biased

Great looking car - enjoy

Its all good - got the dash out with a bit of "manipulation". Have cleaned up all of the earth terminations I can find and (so far so good) the glitches have gone away.

Its all good - got the dash out with a bit of "manipulation". Have claens up all of the earth terminations I can find and (so far so good) the glitches have gone away.

BMW dealer says its a rocker cover gasket - $255 or do it myself for about $60. No brainer - its going into the experts on Friday,

Induction - yes I need induction noise. Definitely missing on the 330. The other things that are missing are (1) the surge that comes when the E36 comes "on the cam". The 330 vanos transition is smooth to the point of being undetectable. (2) the "rasp" that the e36 has on the throttle off over-run. On top of all this is that the 330's 170kw doesn't feel like 170kw. My day to day hack is a (sorry) 2004 Nissan Maxima. The book says 177kw but I've pulled off the cat and run a full 2" system and added a K&N filter. The Maxima is markedly quicker than the 330 off the line and when overtaking. Don't get me wrong I am wrapped with the 330 (especially the handling anf the way it absorbes the road) but I don't know if I can do without the sensory stuff and the grunt over the long term. The intake will help both - I need one.

Thanks

- how do I re-synch the keys?

I had my 330 battery disconnected for a couple of weeks and now:

- the remote locking doesn't work (did before the battery was disconnected)

- the temp indication on the dash is fixed at +50.0 'C

- the fuel consumption readout is fixed at 6.6 km/l

- the other dash readouts that accompany the temp and fuel consumption are also fixed values

Anything I can do before I book her in at a specialist?

One for the road - how do you set the seat memory. I've tried a few button pushing combinations but no can do. Jap import so no manual.

Pic's attached - the E46 is a great drive but the E36 engine sounds so much sweeter. Can't beat it when it comes on the cam - the 330 doesn't come close to it for under bonnet audio

Thanks all for the comments - the indicator switch feels fine so don't think this is an issue - agree with the earth fault comment but don't know where to find earth terminations (will start looking harder) - the steering wheels a 3 spoke - will have another go at the dash without removing the wheel

Thanks for that, I'll have a closer look at the areas you have identified

Do you still have these? I can't do $850 but would definitly buy at $650. I'm being bloody bit cheeky here but I have decided to pass on my E36 to my daughter (lucky girl) and it needs new tyres so its either a new set of Dunlop's or your wheels. What say you?

Battery's good - LH indicator fault is seperate from dead dash???????

Cheers people - feeling well and truly welcomed

The 94 325i has the following:

- the instrument panel dies when you least expect it (speedo and tacho to zero and back again in the blink of an eye)

- the LH indicator comes on when you least expect it (1, 2 or 3 flashes then its all over)

I've seen some comments about earth connections, I have checked the obvious one ( LH side of the engine bay near the air filter box but don't know where the others are)

I also need to change an indicator bulb in the dashboard but the last time I did this it was a mission - felt like I needed to remove the steering wheel - don't want to

Any help would be much appreciated

Struggling with sorting the file size - hope this works

I have an 03 330 motorsport which I purchased a month ago. I've beed busy cleaning and polishing ever since and now I'm in the middle of a full on engine service. I've found signs of an oil leak which I need some help with. The air cond compressor has oil on the top of it and I can feel oil around the underside of the vanos area. The leak may have been an old one as there's no "free" oil around - I don't think so though. I pulled the under body engine covers off (both the plastic and alloy one's) - there's no sign of oil down there or on the bottom end of the engine. I'm thnking maybe a cam cover gasket or a seal around the vanos unit. The guy who sold it to me commented that the air cond compressor shaft seal can weep a bit and said that sometimes a service technician will add oil (sounds a bit dodgy to me). Any one know of any such problems?

I'm a first time forum user but a long time bimmer owner.

#2 car's a 94 325 (crimson on grey leather) which I converted to a manual, binned the cat, added a remis rear and dressed it up with an M3 front plus a facelift grill. 210,00km's though and not as fresh as it used to be so:

#1 car's a 03 330 motorsport which I purchased a month ago. Since then its been on blocks in the garage getting a mega clean up. Underside had a good scrub down and an AC cat back exhaust was fitted. Seats and carpets removed cleaned, aired and replaced. Stereo upgraded with a couple of new woofers and an Alpine IPod direct headunit. Exterior buffed, sealed and waxed.

Next step will be to complete a full on engine service, its got signs of an oil leak which I will need to suss out too (front or front/RH side of the engine - air cond compressor has oil on the top of it and the underside of the vanos area feels like there's been oil there too - thinking maybe a cam cover gasket - any comments would be appreciated).

Before it hits the road I'm thinking about adding a few interior/exterior dress up items (AC pedals, handbrake and gear knob plus carbon fibre look look emblems on the bonnet, boot and wheels). Not convinced I'll do this yet though as could look a bit tacky.

For the future - maybe 19's but I like the MS rims for the moment. Don't know what to do with the 325 - originally had planned to trade but was only offered $3K so I've held onto it.