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Other than towing, my old AWD Mazda Familia could do all of that. Whats your point?

Shame its not the Twin Turbo facelift S600.... Looks like a good price if thats what youre into though.

When i called Jeff Grey Wellington to order bits for my E36 they mentioned they had an S54 Vanos unit there (he thought it might have been an S50 one). Could be worth a try?

Every time you say it, my ears twitch up.... so much want for V12 E34 wagon.

I suspect i may have been treated badly based on my age. Or he was on the rag. I dont know, he was a total wanker though.

Collating all my receipts for the M3 into a spreadsheet, Gone back just over a year and already its up to $5500. Its had the majority of the known failure points sorted. Still another 9 years of receipts to go from the PO and a few from the owner before.

Anyone confirmed the VIN in carjam is actually correct? One digit out could be why its coming up as Canadian.

Looks like it'll be coming from Germany then rattle rattle rattle chatter chatter chatter

I bought one car from them and will never touch them again. Terrible service, and crap attitude. The main guy is an a**hole. Be very wary of them IMO.

nah, no mention of removing the chain tensioner or messing with the chain at all. Its a helical splined gear that goes inside the intake cam gear. The single vanos only changing the intake cam timing.

its all to do with the splined gear on the front of the cam. If it isnt perfectly replaced after doing the rattle work then the timing will be out a tooth either way. Beisan's write up shows some good ways to avoid this issue. The only thing im actually concerned about is dropping something called the "oil pump" drive into the sump when removing the vanos unit. Not sure what it looks like, so i guess ill just wing it.

Still waiting on the Beisan Systems bits, which should hopefully be here this week. I was really surprised that most of the vanos bits were ex Germany, thought they would be more common than that. Ill be sure to document the rebuild with many pictures for anyone interested. Im not a mechanic and quite frankly messing with the timing gives me the shits, but if i can do it anyone can! It helps ive done the vanos on my old E39 M52, which although didnt need any messing about with the timing still needed a lot of work.

Right, so had some presents show up today. Finally got the first lot of bits for my Vanos rebuild, all the way from Germany thanks to my local dealer. Gaskets, bolts, updated solenoid seals, just the usual. What im more excited about, is getting my ADS diagnostic cable. Ive got all the other OBD cables, but as the M3 is old, it doesnt confirm to OBDII, only some OG OBDI system. Got it all hooked up and set up on my $30 trademe special Dell laptop with a dedicated serial port and holy crap, it works! Checked codes, a couple there for the missing O2 sensors as expected, and no others, YAY. Running proper BMW DIS software. Its slow, but works.

Im after an Anti-rattle clip for the front right brake caliper on my E36 M3. It also seems to suit some E46 M3s, but does not suit Evos. PN is 34212227671 Would go new but its ex Germany, so trying my luck to see if anyone has one i can get sooner than two weeks away.

Ive had some success with Meguiars PlastX for clearing the lights, but never had a car long enough to see if it comes back. Ive seen people get really amazing results with wet/dry sandpaper, but too risky for me.

Thread about E36 Hartge.... posts E46 hartge....

Bumper, steering wheel, wheels, shifter, exhaust tips all appear modified/different. Also looks lower than i would expect.

Its got some nice bits on it. http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-725418777.htm

Since i got the car its had a really irritating metallic chattering/rattling front the front end when going over bumps. When i was last under the car i checked anything i could under there and nothing was loose, so i just ignored it and pretended it wasnt happening until i could get it on a hoist at work. By pure chance i finally found the source of it today.... a missing anti-rattle clip on the front RH brake caliper. Ill pick one of them up this week and chuck it on and ill be good to go. HURRAH!

Had some time, and some nice weather so after a long drive around the place i decided to tidy up some things that have been bothering me. First up was cleaning and reoiling the K&N filter as its was as black as night and full of chunks. Purchased a filter recharge kit, and went to work on it. No pics as its not too interesting. Whilst i was there i removed the airbox and AFM, and cleaned the AFM. Was a little dirty, thank to the usual K&N oil issues. Noted that the hose in the airbox that goes to the Secondary Air Pump was loose and the hose clamp wasnt on the hose, so fixed that. Whilst there i also removed the heatshield and polished it as it was coated in crap and really ugly. Came up really well. I also had a quick go at the exhaust tips with autosol, but they are so filthy that i think ill need to remove the rear muffler and use a drill to polish them.

People always hate on Phoenix, but i think its a really underrated colour in person. Would love Phoenix with Kiwi interior like they got overseas.

haha, extra mirrors and a reversing camera. Someone cant park.

Looked longingly at it. Itching for tomorrow so i can start my two days of driving it again. Never had a "weekend" car before, and im damned if its not making me enjoy the car more by not driving it daily in rush hour traffic.

Have you fit the chip yet? Keen to see if it actually does anything (and what the gains are if it does)

Would a mechanical warranty require a PPI? If so, if its that bad a PPI would pick up on it and insurance would deny coverage anyway