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everything's sh*t in his books. literally and figuratively. what's the diagnosis Allan?

gnarly looking in a good way. how many cans of black spray paint have you gone through

f*cking epic selfie bro seriously though, glad your neck's not broken, hopefully you make a full recovery soon, and have a better Xmas and New Years

had a traffic jam chat with a silver e46 wagon owner. PM Hans, username "bmrmad" if you still want an e30 lip

bit of a bump, but what a collection! quite a few "niche" versions oops, forgot the link

update on this. Took the car to Glenn's, and the FPR is working (2.5 bar w/vac, 3.0 w/out vac), ICV's good (although one of the piping's a bit constricted, will be changed), and TPS is working. However, manifold vacuum was slow to build on startup, and fuel pressure was raised to 3 bar for a moment. This in combination with my side-lain AFM, long intake piping, and rich fuel mixture, lead to difficult starting. Thanks again to Glenn @ Botany Motorworx for providing me with quality advice and diagnostics. chur chur

looks awesome! the pics you posted before made it look black.

hey Chris, no, because when the car started up both times without pumped fuel, I had a 1litre bottle to catch the fuel from the fuel filter, and the fuel rate was good. Also, it's been daily driven etc. between "no start's" so I thought relay would be o.k. Today, the car started again, with fuel hose pulled, and ran well after putting the hose back in again. I did pull the vacuum hose off the FPR the day before every time the car died to see if the diaphram leaked....I just remembered that today, so maybe that caused fueling issues?

New pump put in, and still no dice. It did run with no fuel pump so still looking at fuel pressure issues. Either something's causing a restriction on the system (blockage) or the fuel pressure regulator's dead. Fuel return rate pre-pump is very low, and pre-fuel rail is very good.

and back to square 1....didn't start. Will being picking up a new pump from Gavin tomorrow, and off to Glenn's for a checkup next week regardless. Body's done 250,000kms already, and pump looks that old

spotted a Z8 and the new F-type in Grey Lynn. Sprained my neck both times

Yongxi's -> stolen -> recovered -> sold ->wide body -> promo car TBH, $4500 is worth the m42 + labour to fit the kit (+1 on comments for repower and stance yo) the other widebody e36 is the e92? front end conversion

SO.....chucked in my spare FPR, cleaned all terminals underneath intake manifold, and did some gasket/hose changes and the car still didn't start! After, I checked fuel flow pre-filter and re-connected my fuel filter, then gave it another shot. IT STARTED! By now, the sun had gone down and my cabin temperature has also gone down. When the car failed to start both times, it was at around 4.30pm, when the car had a full days sun exposure, and running on a near empty tank. The words "Fuel Check Valve" keeps popping up whenever I read about similar non-start situations. If it fails again, probably get it to Glenns for legit diagnosis.....but for now I'm thinking it's fuel pressure related and I don't have the proper tools to diagnosis it correctly. I don't want to aimlessly throw new parts at it, better to fix it right 1st time around

running BMW I might as well check the sensors at the connections etc and make sure everything's in good shape. When I pulled the intake manifold, someone used gasket glue with the paper gasket. I ended up scrapping for 20 mins to gently clean the old gasket off, and there was alot of crud surrounding the intake port. The old fuel rail hoses were also cracked (got lazy and didn't do them when engine was out of car). Its an intermittent issue, so i'll read more material etc. to see if anything comes up, and do some maintenance whilst at it. At least i know it won't run now, better than be let down unexpectedly. i also got a spare fuel pressure regulator, will chuck that in to see if it starts again (hopefully the spare's not f*cked haha)

cheers for sharing the advice guys! Car didn't start again today, and no dice after following the procedure in the 1st post......regardless of the cause, I pulled apart the intake manifold to have better access to the crank sensor connectors, whilst changing intake manifold gaskets + fuel hoses just for maintenance sake. Will see how it goes.

cheers for the advice! yea, bought two pads with the machine, but always scratched my head when it came to compounds. I need alot more practice etc

i bought one of these on a whim: http://www.supercheapauto.co.nz/online-store/products/180mm-Car-Polisher.aspx?pid=135285#Cross it beats hand pads for sure, but its tedious to use (excess vibration, and horrible speed control). It'll be good for a cut, but not the best for polishing or minor corrections. Here's a crappy pic of an attempt I did (L/H cut, R/H uncut) i don't know if this is any better though (you get what you pay for) http://www.supercheapauto.co.nz/online-store/products/180mm-Multifunction-Polisher.aspx?pid=344537#Cross

Spotted Mike? wearing earmuffs driving the HellBM touring, and a stanced 4 door FL e30 on genuine BBS RS' in Mt Eden.

looks f'ing awesome. have you considered punching out the cap logo off your wheel, and painting the centres a different colour? maybe polish the lips also

^ True true, but why do more Touch-up rather than resto.

Vtec kicked in so Lucan lost

Get quotes from Mag and Tyre Direct. They're a forum sponsor, and I got my CP641's from them. Dry grips o.k if you drive "normally" and slightly spiritedly; they're totally fine. But in the wet, you might get the few odd moments when the rear end gets a bit happy (lifting off the throttle).

DIY textured coating. Less mess and looks half decent.

Spotted this balla trying to win a drag race