Jacko 2158 Report post Posted October 5, 2015 Dropped the 130 off to Glenn at Botany Motor Works, service and box/diff fluids, they nailed it. The only finding being I need an LSD to solve the asymetric rear tyre wear (thats what im telling the wife anyway ) Shifts nicer already, guessing the BMW "lifetime" manual box fluid has well and truely broken down at 150k! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael. 2313 Report post Posted October 5, 2015 Drew up a plate to get laser cut out of stainless to cover the side of the modified rear mufflers I'll be using soon, I needed to slim them down a bit so this seemed like an effective way to do it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*Glenn* 855 Report post Posted October 5, 2015 (edited) Dropped the 130 off to Glenn at Botany Motor Works, service and box/diff fluids, they nailed it. The only finding being I need an LSD to solve the asymetric rear tyre wear (thats what im telling the wife anyway ) Shifts nicer already, guessing the BMW "lifetime" manual box fluid has well and truely broken down at 150k! Thanks Chris I'm pleased you noticed the difference Always been my advice.... lifetime is bullshit... Even BMW had gearbox & diff service intervals before the advent of "lifetime oil bullshit" Oil breaks down and gets contaminated . Lifetime might only mean something to manufacturers that are engineering their vehicles to have a recycling lifetime of 3-5 years which is now happening in the industry. Edited October 5, 2015 by *Glenn* 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M5V8 337 Report post Posted October 5, 2015 (edited) CSL gearbox ecu upgrade - seriously worthwhile Edited October 5, 2015 by DarrenG 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael. 2313 Report post Posted October 5, 2015 Does this mean its full manual only now, or can you still switch back to 'auto' mode? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M5V8 337 Report post Posted October 5, 2015 It's the same as before but from what I can tell in my short drive it's just better in everyway. Faster gear changes Nice little blip on downshifts Smoother low rpm changes 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eliongater 718 Report post Posted October 6, 2015 Put my rego on hold again Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qube 3570 Report post Posted October 6, 2015 It's the same as before but from what I can tell in my short drive it's just better in everyway. Faster gear changes Nice little blip on downshifts Smoother low rpm changes jeez u didnt wait long did u before getting right into it haha 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Allanw 1072 Report post Posted October 6, 2015 Did the cambelt on Dads E30... 30K since the last one... nearly 5 years ago.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacko 2158 Report post Posted October 6, 2015 Thanks Chris I'm pleased you noticed the difference Always been my advice.... lifetime is bullshit... Even BMW had gearbox & diff service intervals before the advent of "lifetime oil bullshit" Oil breaks down and gets contaminated . Lifetime might only mean something to manufacturers that are engineering their vehicles to have a recycling lifetime of 3-5 years which is now happening in the industry. Whatya think about the condition based maintenance thing? ~15k between oil changes seems crazy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*Glenn* 855 Report post Posted October 6, 2015 Whatya think about the condition based maintenance thing? ~15k between oil changes seems crazy. 15k or 12 months is fine..... 40,000k or 24 months is bullshit though 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aja540i 1906 Report post Posted October 15, 2015 Picked the 540i wagon up from the painter, nice shiny new coat of paint on the bonnet! Something else for the new owner to enjoy now to spend the weekend cleaning it and putting it on trademe.... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allan 295 Report post Posted October 15, 2015 Change the oil filter and engine oil in the ti. But couldn't reset the oil service setting it would show test etc then just kept going back to the speedo time setting it had. It still had 10,000k odd to go would that have anything to do with it?. Have altered it before using the trip meter key method but with only a couple of hundred to go. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Allanw 1072 Report post Posted October 17, 2015 Change the oil filter and engine oil in the ti. But couldn't reset the oil service setting it would show test etc then just kept going back to the speedo time setting it had. It still had 10,000k odd to go would that have anything to do with it?. Have altered it before using the trip meter key method but with only a couple of hundred to go. If it's like the late E39's, it has to have consumed a minimum amount of fuel. It's not all that much though, I don't think. Have you got BMW Scanner 1.4? You can change it manually to whatever amount of liitres left to go, and also change the litres of fuel between oil changes :-) so it doesn't wait so long Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BM WORLD 1286 Report post Posted October 17, 2015 drove my e28 for the 1st time in a while , with its new shoes feels nice to drive again , I could use all the power without it wheel spinning. clock just ticked over 528528km while out fun car to drive , weighs about the same as a 3.2L E36 M3 and less than E46 M3 but with about the same amount of power or more , but makes it it at about 1500-2000rpm lower in the RPM range than the 3.2L engines make there's and still revs out to 7000rpm 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Breaker 980 Report post Posted October 17, 2015 Degreaser and clean through the engine bay on the E38, should make finding the leaks easier, although might not like what I find 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael. 2313 Report post Posted October 17, 2015 Degreaser and clean through the engine bay on the E38, should make finding the leaks easier, although might not like what I find There's still about 3 litres of your oil outside Kyu's cafe 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Breaker 980 Report post Posted October 17, 2015 There's still about 3 litres of your oil outside Kyu's cafe I wanted to leave an impression just didn't turn out as expected, HAHA 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1044 Report post Posted October 17, 2015 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danger 31 Report post Posted October 18, 2015 Aquired my 3rd E36 coupe last night. Getting a bit ridiculous seeing as I'm supposed to be getting rid of cars but too good of a deal to pass up. Has a few good bits Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Breaker 980 Report post Posted October 18, 2015 Jacked the 740 up and removed all the catch trays, still pretty messy under there so had a bit more of wipe up but may have spotted a leak on the left side rocker cover. Ran the beast and still not ideal to identify, will keep looking, tranny looks good though. Left the covers off and it's still jacked Nice surprise of a 2011 radiator build date do that's clearly been replaced, looks like the zf underpan has been off as well so again, good news should mean it's had at least one service Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeffbebe 1560 Report post Posted October 25, 2015 (edited) Took a clay bar to the E30. The paint has come up okay for a 30 year old car. Still could be a lot better though! Tested my new favourite paint - SEM trim black - on the wing mirrors. Made a huge difference! Pity I dropped one and cracked the mirror glass. Doh!! So if anyone has a spare PFL passenger side mirror glass (as pictured) let me know!! Trying not to make this one a 'project'! Edited October 25, 2015 by jeffbebe 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rubix 434 Report post Posted October 25, 2015 (edited) Cleaned, polished, waxed and thrashed the tits off it with Amber, Tristan and Jayden in their M3's - Extremely fun day. Edited October 25, 2015 by Rubix 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kulgan 1042 Report post Posted October 25, 2015 Trying not to make this one a 'project'! ha ha. Keep trying Jooles. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1044 Report post Posted October 25, 2015 Trying not to make this one a 'project'! Its an e30, you dont have a choice .. it makes it its business to turn it into one. 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
