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:gay: actually i didnt check those i dont think

this always amazes me. i dont quite know why they feel that way. but at stock rideheight they are terrible. its amazing what some stiffer springs and slightly closer to the ground can do

my thoughts too mate, but so far as i can see, its the only thing with a question mark on it. the jack and wheel chock is even bolted to the wheel well etc! if it was my car i would just drop it and bother about other stuff, but then i dont have a late model car lol

well the owner thinks there is a knock coming from the back particularly when on hills etc, so i had a look at all the bushings and joins in the rear suspension so i could try and identify where it is coming from, and everything either is new in the last thousand kms, or hardly any older. Yeah you are right on that. top hats are in the front with a beaing inside and look like a tophat. im not sure why i call them tophats. yep upper strut mounts. im not sure if the back was struts or shocks in back of an e46, i didnt look in behind the tyres, and dont recall from underneath what they are. Yeah have heard these are an upgrade. they certainly look similar. i would have recommended these if they are shot to the owner. thanks for 318i info though!

Cool will pass that on and check again! Cheers for that!

Touring lushness

We have checled all of those and they all look fine. Only thing that has a question,ark over it is the rear shock tophats, as per other thread. Hmm

If one is not allowed to check for twist, how can one know if they are dodgy then? If i hold the top of the shock and tighten the nut, that only confirms it is done up tight, not that the tophat is worn out or not. If twisting it is not alowed then how would be the best away to check if they are worn. They look new, but how would i know if they are teared from the hoop? The amount i tried there is no question in the case of whether i contributed to wearing them out, they would have been able to twist before i did i touched. I put next to no torque on it and they twisted wuite freely. Somehting is still in contact though, given the fact the sprung back Thanks for your help so far, hope this makes my questioon clear

werd

http://johnkey.co.nz/archives/1308-Key-Not...n-Tauranga.html hmmm lets just wait till Labour put out some statement blaming the National party for the captain being drunk or whatever

it doesnt answer my question. what im asking is should they be solid or are they able to twist a bit in perfect condition. on an E30s which is the only BMW i can compare it to, they dont twist at all. i only held the shock on the e30 to do it the last bit.

Yes i have RE001s on the front my wagon, i cant believe how good they are. I just need to hurry up and destroy my back tyres and get some on there as well. should be easy soon

good sport! yes definately needs chrome grill back! just dont let mark get his hands on it

will swap AFM and crank angle sensors next. i just had a quick read, and AFM seems to be quite common

have had a look and it looks to be okay. havent had time yet to have a look at the resistances etc yet (as its at the pointy end of the semester i need to get some assignments done. might have to sit for a few weeks untill the holidays ergh)

So the fuel pump has been playing up since 50kms of driving after i brought it, thats fine. came right, and thought maybe its just coz the car didnt get used much by the previous owner. then a few days ago it went nuts and finally died, and does not start again. What happened was i took it for a drive to whitby and back, and i havent been on a drive that long since i brought the car back from auckland. it started juddering on the motorway on the way home, but then was fine. then i went to the river turned the car off and went for a walk. i went through one puddle on the way. then i got back into the car, started up fine and drove home. then i used the car again about 2 hours later to go round to the shops and it started fine both times. Then i go to get tea, and it doesnt want to start, it would catch every now and then and then die again. monday morning, dead as anything. here is what i have done i have replaced the fuel pump with another one from a sponser and that sounds like it goes fine. The pump wurrs fine so not an electrical issue. I am going to replace the filter as well, but it hasnt arrived from auckland yet. Am getting fuel from the pump, the filter and at the input to the rail. so i move on to spark, which im also getting. i checked one of the coils, not all of them as it started to rain at this point. compression i havent tested, but should be fine, can hasnt been over heated and iv done about 3000kms in it since i brought it its getting plenty of air, i can see the flap etc. So thats me and my skills out.. anyone know what could have happened? oh and no EWS on this bad boy either lol

yep a few steals had alright!

Jono51 (JKSeuro) had a set of hounds tooth not long ago if thats any use?

I see! added to knowledge bank haha

great thanks for that! i put next to no torque on them so i wouldnt have contirbuted to it. will recheck at some stage holding top of the strut/shock how much twist should be acceptable though? does the fact that it springs back mean it should have a good bond still? they dont move back and forward/left to right

i really dont know anything about this sort of thing, but i would have thought using an M52 block would be better as its much lighter?? just a thought if it works

listings start closing soon, starting with a tech2 wing for just $8x dollars, and a sump gaurd for a tenner!

chassis code JR47521 2001 318Ci Auto(GM) M43 cheers

havent a ton of experience with E46, but just having a look over a mates car and found something possibly? On my E30, if you tighten up the bolt on the top of the shock, you can get it tight and the top mount does not move. Same as my Volvo. However on the E46 i just looked at, the mount twists over a certain torque, and springs back to its original poistion. The tophats look new, but this just sounds a bit wierd? The top half of the shock twists with it, the bottom stays fixed in place. Does this on both sides. Doesnt sound right to me? would have thought the thing should be solid save for the minute flex given its rubber? Cheers

Yeah i didnt remember punching in a code, though it was probably 2 years i go i got the unit. Any idea where i would get one of those from?