Nate

4AGE - various revisions, 91-121Kw(?) available in: Levin, Trueno, Corolla, FX GT, AW11. (FR, FF, MR) 4AGZE (supercharged) Two revisions, 111 series 1 120Kw series 2 *Rare*(?) available in: Levin (FR) AW11 SC, AW11 SE (MR) 4AGZ-TE (Twincharger) Specially made kit for 4AGZE by HKS - good luck finding one... With the TD05 turbo it made about 350HP and tourque all over the place. Mainly in Levins, but better in AW11's. The ZE has lower compression settings and is a better block for the turbo conversion - 4AGTE. All 4AGE's from 86 onwards use the ZE block whether they were ZE's or not. Major differences between the two are a SuperCharger (c12) obviously, and: Manifold, intake, Pistions. The ZE does not have VVTI (previously known as TVIS). Not to be mistaken wth the 3SGE as found in the Celica, Curren, or SW20

Update.... I finally took the car to a BMW specialist. If there's anyone in Wellington reading this I totally reccomend Page European on Home Street. They've got an excellent hourly rate and they do "just that bit extra" which makes taking your car to a mechanic seem less wimpy than trying to fix it yourself... Anyway, long story short, apparentley its supposed to sound like it does Is there anyone else driving a non vanos E36 320i that can confirm this for me?

Ladies and gentlemen.... After a fair bit of self diagnosis and a trip to a helpful Honda mechanic (refferal from a friend) I've decided that that I have one or two issues that I need to deal with on the E36. The car hasn't been getting such good mileage since I brought it, And I've discovered recentley that the whistling noise I hear when I stop down on the gas is actually not a good thing (cut me some slack, I've come from a supercharged Toyota)... If I take the car for a quick drive, say, along the motorway and I come to a stop at a set of lights, I slip the car into neutral and it idles pretty crap, almost as if it weren't firing on all cylinders, but its sort of random, and not "that" rough. If I stick it in 2nd and plant boot, the car takes off with a disturbing amount of omph for a car its size. It also pulls along quite nice over 3k, it isn't mis-firing, back firing, and I don't believe its down on power. The Honda guys checked over the timing with a Haynes manual for me, and told me that it was aligned properly. They also checked the firing order, which was okay, the plugs, which were new, and the leads and distributor, which also passed the checks. I've replaced the air filter, and I've run a check over the 02 sensor, which is fine. The gentleman at Honda informed me that they thought there was a vacuum at the "Intake area", but because they're more familiar with the workings of the H22A and the B16 engines, they didn't know what the M50 was supposed to sound like. So, Vaccuum leak sounds like a safe bet. Who's experienced this? what am I going to have to pay to get this fixed up - ball park figures? I like to try and get this sort of thing fixed in my garage with a hammer and some gear from SuperCheap, alas, I don't have the tools or know how to fix a semi major like this one. Any good advice out there in BMW land? Cheers all.

Okay... So the boss gave me the day off tomorrow. Finally I get a chance to give the car a good service. She needs a new o2 sensor and I ordered one from Repco, the guy that I spoke with was courteous very helpful, unfortunately neither of us have a lot of experience with BMW's and the part that his computer told him I needed (that I ordered and collected today) was a shoddy, single wire generic part. Personally, I suck at stripping wires and fashioning things back together AND I'm now lead to believe I need a four wire plug anyway. I see a lot of .coms are able to get me a proper Plug to plug sensor, but all the cars that they list for start at the 325. I have a 320i, and I'm going to assume that the extra displacement in the 325 M50 will need a different sensor(?) So the questions are: Where the hell do I get a sensor for a 320i 2litre M50? OR, is a 325 the plug I want? Where can I get one in Wellington.... At short notice.... "A dealer/service company" quoted me a Bosch part imported from germany for $575.00. I refuse to pay that sort of money for an o2 sensor, considering there are about 300,000,000 in circulation around the world. GRRRR. :drugs:

Thats what I mean, buy the part from the dealer and then install it yourself. How hard can it be its only a sensor.Cheers No no - thats 600 for the sensor - not the installation

Forget that.600 bucks for a five minute job with a 150 dollar part? No thanks.

Hey all. Where's the best place to buy these things? car is a 91 E36 320i. Cheers.

Hi all. I'm doing some small repairs this weekend, one of which is to address the squeaky seats that I have - going to try and tighten some bolts and throw some washers around. The question is - I've been lead to believe that If I remove my seat, I trigger the air bag check light on the dash, is this correct? is there a way to avoid the problem, I don't want to pay 25 bucks just to get a light reset, but if it came on, I'd go crazy looking at it - worse yet if it shuts off the cars computer (which someone else also mentioned it may do) I'd be in deep trouble. Help? 91 - E36 320i. - japan import. Cheers.

Ladies and gentlemen. "Quickie" is for sale on Trademe, you may bid for her there, or if the auction ends without a buyer I will be offering her interested parties outside of TM - PM me if you are interested in joining a couple on said list. Ref: 25569124 on trademe for a full description. Update - I can't edit the title to say "buy" :banghead:

I've noticed that too

Not Skylines.But who cares?

Loser. Too bad he wasn't killed. What sort of cock takes a car like that to that sort of event? Probably a trust fund kid.

Muricias (hows it spelt?) blue, 4 door. I live in J'ville and the beemer's only been up there a couple of times. You may be familiar with my other car, the infamous Q1KTOY - the beat up silver gray AW11 with the shitty exhaust note.That was my thrash car, If I were in it I probably would (actually I definitley would) have given the rolla a race, I love that piece of road.

Yeah, I kind of did that to a shitbox Corolla driven by some dork with his hat on backwards - At a set of lights on Willis he pulled up and started giving his 4AGE a hefty revving so I looked across at him flashed him a wad of twenties (my tennant pays his rent in cash, I had it in my pocket) and gave him the signal that he could go first cause I didn't give a toss. The truth is I'm flate broke and mines a Jap import that I paid next to nothing for

Just an interesting observation I've made in the last week of owning the car. No one lets me into traffic, No one gives way, everyone seems to want to race me and older drivers (I'm 24) give me silly looks. I mean, there's a lot of tall poppy syndrome out there, but I'm in an E36 320, a good Honda costs about the same... Who's been keyed, cut off, blocked in, tooted at and abused out there?

"The law" is quite creative in its approach here in Wellington. I can confirm a silver XR8 Falcon and Silver Grey Skyline GTST are mufty cars. I got done at 120 up the gorge in the MR2 last week by a maroon coloured Holden - don't know what it was, they all look the same to me. Some description of Primera out in the posse too (unconfirmed)

Instead of bring parts in... ship the car overseas....? Hartge, Schnitzer, Haaman, Koenig, Alpina and Mamerow will all put something together for you. Money talks of course.

Who's good at stripping cats here in Welly?And what would I be paying for the conversion? - ball park of course -

Plan to put pictures up on the weekend. If anyone wants to buy an 87 Supercharged MR2 PM me and I'll send you the TM number (hope I'm allowed to do that... go easy, I'm new here).

Yeah, I suppose I shouldn't be jumping to conclusions. This is the first car I've had that is dent free and somewhat "respectable" (Wolseley Hornet, Skyline GT, Honda Accord, AW11...) and i want to do the right things by it. Thinking about it, the MR2 gauge wouldn't move for the first 150, then it would drop to empty in a blink. Keep em coming '

Armorall is the original, but again, you really have to rub it in. It tends to last, but it also shows up all the finger marks of the jerk offs that put their damn hands all over everything. If you want to risk it, a quick blast over with a heat gun on high will bring the original oils out, a professional car restorer/resprayer told me that one, I haven't been brave enough to try in case I melt the door handles off my new baby.

New Member here - sorry if this has been posted regularly/recentley Can you guys help me with the following please? I've just brought a 91 E36 with the 2 litre M50 mated to a 5 box automatic engine in it. I filled her up last night on premium and I chucked in a bottle of injector cleaner (probably a Wyns product, I can't remember exactly) because I suspect the previous owner hasn't given the car the treatment it deserves. I'm quite shocked to see that the car has done 120k's and is already at the 3/4 mark. I was expecting to see a decrease in economy over the 4AGZE Toyota AW11 I was driving previously, but I'm quite concerned that my new baby is going to bankrupt me if it sucks down the gas that quickly. I've literally trundled it around, keeping the "efficiency" gauge at 20 as often as possible, in fact I haven't pushed the car over 110k on the motorway or taken off at a set of lights like I'm so used to doing in the MR2 - and yes, I have the car set in Economy mode - Do I need to find another job to sustain my BMW habit, or can you think of a few things that I could do to fix the issue? I've just researched that the battery in the car may be worth looking at, and I plan to replace the air filter on Saturday and give her an oil change while I'm at it, but if you could offer any suggestions I would be most appreciative. Regards Nate