BlowMyWhistle 0 Report post Posted January 28, 2010 6/89 e30 b 20 auto 200k's original, old mans car. any chance of getting some help, hold the BS? My daughter's car. i bought it for her, & I'm the one who ends up fixing it, or paying for it... tonight Vrrm vrrm off the lights, show it up to her mates, something (maybe) goes bang. juries out on that. She reckons it kicked down really hard, high rev? Park light & ignition (battery) lights come on.. still goes. later on it gets hot, she parks up before too hot, "daad my cars not going..." Long story short. Electrics suspect, can a big surge like that fry the computer or sumthing? Starts & runs fine, oil 's clean, just changed it last week... The fan's not going, electrical, filled it with water at side of road, in kwinana, the bad lands... opened the bleed valve, with it open the water surges back to the top tank overflowing & spilling all the water. cap on dumps through the overflow. ,Towed it home, ran okay from cold, bit stiff to start, low battery 20 min drive at max 40k's (snow* setting good for towing ). filled it, bled it ran, but wouldn't start after that, no turnover, flat battery, siezed, doubt it? This ismy guess, she's blown the head, or is it the fan, maybe the water pump shat itself. If the water pumps shat the shaft be broken, the fan no go, the engine boils? Told her to go buy a bus ticket! I would aprecciate some help from yous that know... Do I come across as some kind of joker here or what?Thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
euroitalian 62 Report post Posted January 28, 2010 Sounds like head gasket, take out the spark plugs a check for water in the cyl bore. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ducatiss 1 Report post Posted January 30, 2010 (edited) Do I come across as some kind of joker here or what?Thanks.Well you do seem to have more problems with your BMW's than just about anyone else here. Speaking from a "Dad with a daughter" perspective, often we Dads don't always get the full truth about what our kids have been doing to their cars. Honestly with the amount of issues this car has I would be dumping it and either making my daughter catch the bus or going halves with her in a reliable piece of Jap technology. But yeah it does sound like a head gasket.... Edited January 30, 2010 by ducatiss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carl 3 Report post Posted January 30, 2010 Your post is a little unclear in places, could you please re-edit it? Not sure on what you mean by the fan, is the main cooling fan electrical or mechanical? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
