handgrenade 189 Report post Posted March 24, 2015 Gah! Just got home. Tried to get it to tick over by driving up and down my short driveway but got bored. Anyone else have a high kms m series car? Daily driven ftw 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BM WORLD 1258 Report post Posted March 24, 2015 not quite daily driven (too thirsty ) but my e28 m535i with a 3.65L M88 engine has 527,000km that's equivalent to 1.37 times to the moon and back or 14 times to the Uk and back or 13 times around the earth 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eliongater 718 Report post Posted March 24, 2015 not quite daily driven (too thirsty ) but my e28 m535i with a 3.65L M88 engine has 527,000km that's equivalent to 1.37 times to the moon and back or 14 times to the Uk and back or 13 times around the earth They don't quite make em like they used to Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
handgrenade 189 Report post Posted March 24, 2015 not quite daily driven (too thirsty ) but my e28 m535i with a 3.65L M88 engine has 527,000km that's equivalent to 1.37 times to the moon and back or 14 times to the Uk and back or 13 times around the earth ah very nice - old school m88 motorsport engine .. any s-series engines done high kms?? the old girl finally ticked over 290,000 this morning and celebrated by flashing its interior lights and angel eyes for 15 minutes and refused to lock after I parked at work. shes calmed down now and business as per usual. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1039 Report post Posted March 24, 2015 380,000ks on the e30 ... everythings has been replaced mind you.In other news, replaced the upper and lower radiator hoses again on the 540i ... gotta love that design. Qaulity. These ones lasted 70,000ks 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HSB 282 Report post Posted March 25, 2015 nearly ended up with a 60-something year old man splattered all over my bonnet. DONT TXT AND WALK PEOPLE 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
euroriffic 601 Report post Posted March 25, 2015 E46 sh*t another coil (third time) on the missus drive home. And I was out of town so she had to walk home. God I'm sick of this car! And she won't accept the e30 325i se as a replacement which is even more disappointing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjm 3194 Report post Posted March 25, 2015 E46 sh*t another coil (third time) on the missus drive home. And I was out of town so she had to walk home. God I'm sick of this car! And she won't accept the e30 325i se as a replacement which is even more disappointing $50 and a bag of chips? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
euroriffic 601 Report post Posted March 25, 2015 $50 and a bag of chips? Mmmmm tempting. What flavour chips are we talking here?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjm 3194 Report post Posted March 25, 2015 Mmmmm tempting. What flavour chips are we talking here?? Hot chips. With chicken salt. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
euroriffic 601 Report post Posted March 26, 2015 Mmm chicken salt.... Well I fixed it today, was a coil pack on no.3 this time. So ordered a whole new set today which should stop the reoccurring issue Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
benpaul12 62 Report post Posted March 29, 2015 (edited) Gave her a good clean today Edited March 29, 2015 by benpaul12 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qube 3568 Report post Posted March 29, 2015 nice nice! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
benpaul12 62 Report post Posted March 29, 2015 Cheers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nobimmer 694 Report post Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) Picked up new steering rack for e30. Figured while the motors out I should probably do this. Am going to ditch the power steering also while I'm at it. Anyone who's done this please let me know how you went about it. Im currently thinking of using the blanking plates with the breather holes but will drilling holes into the banjo bolts achieve the same thing if I put a nylon spacer in between? Cheers as always to Ray for sussing this at a bargain price. Edit should add its the e46 desirable one. Edited March 31, 2015 by Heisenberg 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjm 3194 Report post Posted March 31, 2015 Bought a cup holder from Slammed E46. It's the little things, y'know? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz 1042 Report post Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) Finally got some centre caps. Now to seriously consider the refurb Edited April 8, 2015 by Gaz 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nobimmer 694 Report post Posted March 31, 2015 Have figured out that unlike an e36 rack, you will have to use inner and outer tie rods from an e30. Measuring them up , the e46 tie rods are about 10mm longer from centre to end. Theoretically you could wind them in all the way but even then it is still about 3mm too long. This is all measured on a bench and I guess would work out to be the same when installed. It's a shame because the e46 tie rods are so much more grunty than the puss little e30 ones. Also bmw are bloody GCs in that they mark the centre point of where the rack is centred. Measured it off the ends and it's pretty darn close. The rest you can tweak off the splines on the UJ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
duvey 245 Report post Posted March 31, 2015 Picked up new steering rack for e30. Figured while the motors out I should probably do this. Am going to ditch the power steering also while I'm at it. Anyone who's done this please let me know how you went about it. Im currently thinking of using the blanking plates with the breather holes but will drilling holes into the banjo bolts achieve the same thing if I put a nylon spacer in between? Cheers as always to Ray for sussing this at a bargain price. Edit should add its the e46 desirable one. I'm using one of these jobbies. On an e30 rack, mind, but same theory I would have thought. http://www.condorspeedshop.com/collections/e30-parts/products/aluminum-power-steering-delete-block-plate-e30 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nobimmer 694 Report post Posted March 31, 2015 Yeah those are the ones I was looking at. How well do they work Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_ethrty-Andy_ 2122 Report post Posted April 1, 2015 New Century Yuasa Battery for the cabby today, second battery to drop a cell, got to get rid of this chinese alternator in there. go OEM or go get a toyota. ass bandits. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nobimmer 694 Report post Posted April 1, 2015 Does anyone know if the hose inlets on an e36 rack are the same as an e46 rack? I Need to get a blanking plate but only have e36/z3 listed and they haven't used one on an e46 before. Chur Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeffbebe 1559 Report post Posted April 1, 2015 Finally got some centre caps. Now to seriously consider the refurb So much want a set of those for the 8er! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael. 2312 Report post Posted April 1, 2015 Installed one of those air freshener things that clip into vents. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nobimmer 694 Report post Posted April 1, 2015 Yeah I'm not worried about the fitment. More the exact spacing across the two banjo bolts. You can buy blanking plates to suit e36 but they can't confirm that they work on e46 Racks. I guess if you didn't have to mod anything they should be the same? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
