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Well looks as though my temp sender is fine, took car for a drive today came back and unplugged it and stumbled for about a second then turned off compeltely. Plugged back in and started it up and went fine. Will have a look over vaccum lines this weekend and fix up the exhaust and see how it goes

Yeah Chris is a good guy true i wondered where the f**k Vanessa had been lol.

Cheers for your help!! Ok i can eliminate AFM as i replaced it about 3 weeks ago and havent seem a problem since. I will have a check of vaccum leads and fuel regulators and will defiantly give that blue temp sensor an unplug and see if i get a stumble etc. Thanks Mitchell

Dominos Upper Hutt for me Hotcell chills on the front seat and usually some hard braking and some decent corner taking will see it on the floor in no time . Amanda needs to give us more gas money!!!

I am a pizza delivery driver as well funnily enough, and yeah deliver in my e30 I do roughly 300-400km a week and cruise in 5th gear going 50k. I tend not to thrash it too much as the customers food usually ends up on the floor upside down lol. Dominos or Pizza Hutt?

Really? was talking to my dad about it just then and went out to his 635csi and his OBC indicated 11l/100km. Miserable feeling to know a gutless 2l uses more than a 3.5l lol

Hello people, My car has been trouble free for a long time now and is holding up well, over the last week i noticed that it was using alot of gas. My driving is all around town and about 70% is calm and 30% is aggressive and currently i use 15l per 100km. This seems like way to much my mates twin turbo uses this amount with him thrashing it all the time!!! I checked all fuel lines and ensured injectors are seated correctly and all looks well, no cracks are present in fuel lines etc. one thing i did notice is a rust hole in exhaust near the top of the manifold area. Would this have any impact on fuel efficiency? I have also noticed the car has been surging when you put the foot to the floor going like 55k in gear 4 it will make a sound that kind of sounds like urrghhurrrgghurrrggh. I know my descriptions are vague but someone might have encounted something similar I run it on 95 all the time and sometimes even 98 if im in lower hutt. I talked to the guy at repco about it and he said a new fuel filter and a bottle of injector cleaner would set you away laughing but i feel as though there is something else is going on. Any Suggestions would be much appreciated Cheers Mitch

Sweet, is it standard procedure/reccomended to replace sensor when pads are done?

Hey guys, Supprisingly enough my car has been going like a swiss watch for the last month or so no problems what so ever apart from today on the way home from school. I braked at the stop sign and the Brake wear warning light came on for a second than off again. I then braked again and it came on and stayed on then braked again and it was off. Went out again 20m later and on the way there it done it on and off about 10 times and on the way back it was on the entire time. Old owner done the front pads and they have plenty of meet still on them. I have drums in the back which i have never measured the amount of meet on them but havent seen a problem with them so far so i am thinking a faulty sensor could be it? Is there only 1 sensor for e30's? if so where abouts do i need to look? Thanks Mitch

BUMP, Closes in 17 hours must go!!

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=377211631 All info is on autction - check it out. Original BMW parts $140 for the lot

hey guys, After a pfl m20b25. I am doing about 800km a week and my cambelt needs changing at 300000km and dont want to do that so will need to start looking for a m20b25. Just trying to make the b20 last until the cambelt snaps lol. Anything that meets this criteria is good: Under 200000km $300-400 mark ( I saw a minter go for $220!!) Easy Life Can be proved in running condition No known issues (minor sh*t like rocker cover gasket needing replacing is fine as this will all be done prior to the engine going in) Cheers Mitch

check out the WTB section, my bad

Cheers man, looking forward to the extra power!! the m20b20 needs a cambelt change within the next 15000km or so. Most of the seal need replacing and thought the m20b25 would be the better option to go for

With the tax refund on its way i want to look at giving the 320i some more power. Just to ensure i get the right engine that will work on my current loom etc i need to know a few things 1. Do i get an engine from a pfl or fl e30? 2. should i buy and engine with a loom package included 3. Do i need to upgrade anything on the car like fuel pump etc? 4. Will my Getrag 240 thats currently running on my m20b20 bolt straight onto the m20b25? Cheers Mitch

Sweet, cheers for that man!

Hey guys, Well e30 failed for 3 things 1. already been fixed 2. Front brake lines perishing (FL + FR) 3. Lower ball joints worn (FL+ FR) Have got the parts all sourced out and replacement looks pretty straight forward however on reading a forum it said the lower ball joints cant be replaced on e30's. And it is simply a better option to replace the entire control arm? Could someone tell me if ball joint replacement on e30's is possible without replacing control arm. The wof inspector guy said the ball joint should just pop straight out and the internet is saying replace the control arm. Confusion Cheers Mitchell

Hey guys, am looking at doing a straight swap with some guys 525i. Im swapping e30 manual coupe for his 89 m20 525i with leather seats. What are things i should look for when taking it for a test drive? i have heard its good to check water level and oil level take it for a trash then re check it and see if it has raised of dropped etc. Any other recommendations would be awesome Cheers Mitch

Cheers Jon, installed that AFM and fixed up gauge cluster running like new now!!! old AFM was fried and completly f**ked lol. Cheers Mitch

Flap within the AFM is free, looks as though i will be paying you a visit Jon. As a electrical feature of the car does it need the AFM plugged in to start the car? because i have the intake boot off and free and the vaccumm pipes free and the AFM unplugged and nothing. Plug in the MAF leave the intake boot dicconnected and vaccum piped disconnected and she goes first time.

this is a quick summary of what is going on:No intake boot but maf still plugged in: starts fine No intake boot but maf unplugged: wont start (will crank and almost catch but wont go) No airbox and no maf plugged in and no intake boot: wont start Does this sound like the maf needs a clean? if yes could someone please enlighten me on it. cheers Mitch

yeap all contacts are clean and is plugged in.

Cleaned up plugs and left them out to dry overnight, charged battery fully up put plugs back in and tried to start her up again. Was almost about to catch and certainly sounded better than last time but still nothing. My dad removed the intake boot and vaccum hoses then made a coffee and not realising it was off i started it up and it went first time!! put the intake boot and vaccumm hoses back on and tried starting again and nothing? thinking it could be afm? icv is real clean no dirt at all on it.

Thats what we were using lol. One thing that i found until i gave up was the spark plugs had alot of oily sh*t build up around them, gave them a good clean and got to dark before i was able to reinstall them. Perhaps this could have been the problem? one other thing i noticed was when we were trying to start black puffs were coming out exhaust and smelt very stong of fuel.

hey guys, Replaced a few frost plugs which didnt go to well so took them out and done them the proper way which seems to be allgood. However my car will not start, have checked for spark and is fine, my dad checked coil and fuel and both were fine. Why the car was off the road we also opened up valve rocker cover to inspect the cam etc. All vaccum pipes etc have all been plugged back in. Every time it catches and is about to start normanly it gives up faster than i can say f**k lol. really dont know what in the blue f**k is going on here so any help would be much appreciated as usual cheers Mitch