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Changed the diff oil in Miss M's E36.

There's a problem with the lock in the drivers door too... Probably due to wear. I can lock it, sometimes, and sometimes it'll lock the other doors too. But when you get behind the wheel you sometimes find the immobiliser hasn't deactivated! It's just 'character', right?

The other thing about the early MX-5 was that despite having been caned day in and day out, they didn't break. Look after it, and it looked after you.

Dinosaurs, that's what they are. This is the new way!

Lol! We did that at work, when I was in the UK. With a website for Her Majesty's Government. It was supposed to be a test site, and the live one would be hosted from the DC, but somehow the DNS got messed up and the doggy POS on the desktop ended up being the live server.

Keep praying it's not the heater matrix... I didn't find any damp inside the car, but I could smell coolant so hopefully that'll not be your problem.

Just once, though, eh?

Closest I've got to a RS6 is the B7 RS4 Avant. 4.2 V8 with an 8000rpm redline. The S65 is awesome. So easy to drive. And if you get bored, it's so easy to tune, too. 600hp can become up to 1000hp, but the torque stays limited to 1200Nm to save the drivetrain from destruction. Apparently it can be beefed up to withstand 1600Nm, which the engine is happy to deliver.

Not driven the fast Audi... Did have a drive in a 10-year-old Mercedes S65 recently. OMFG... 600hp and limited to 'just' 1000Nm. Sure it's fast (funny, that!), but it's the comfort and the ease with which it drives slowly that made it even more astonishing.

The new software adapts better to detected browsers, meaning Tapatalk isn't needed.

Ta.

The 'Other European Cars' sub-forum should resolve to http://bimmersport.co.nz/forum/32-other-european-cars/, but for some reason redirects to http://www.eurosport.org.nz/.

Check the coolant level regularly and ensure it's not overfilled. It could be accumulated condensation in the exhaust as a result of sitting for a while in cold weather.

Oil typically causes black or blue smoke, so this is probably a water (coolant) related issue. Are you losing coolant? Has the engine overheated at all? Where does the temperature needle normally sit? Looks like moisture is being burned off. Check cylinder compression or preferably get a leakdown test done... Could be head gasket related, or (hopefully not) a tiny crack in the cylinder head.

Another not-TradeMe, but another great build. https://www.mecum.com/lots/CA0816-244391/1979-bmw-320i-resto-mod/

Ask Andy - Ethrty320. He was breaking one (or more) E36s.

http://bimmersport.co.nz/topic/56139-sold-17x85-et13-acs-type-2-reps/

Saw that on the conversion I did. I'll see if I can find the details. It's fixable.

Unfortunately the old software was kinda end-of-life (my perception - I've not spoken to James) and getting support for it may have proven difficult. Hence the change. (Change... I appreciate you'd not necessarily agree with 'upgrade'! )

Not possible. They're different... Give it some time and James a chance to tweak the software.

Easy fix. At the top right of the page is a link to 'Mark site read'. Click that, and everything is read. Only new stuff will show when you hit 'Unread content' (formerly known as new posts, or whatever).

I posted in the Forum questions bit. The is the same software I'm moderating elsewhere. Loads of functionality.

Sweet!

Could just be air in the system. Bleed it, then bleed it again.