The $300 91 318i Recovery Project

[RobertK]

Amazing what you can find on Craigslist these days.

I picked up this beauty for $300 from a recently graduated UT student who parked it for a year and a half after losing 3rd and 4th gear.
















After draining 7 gallons of bad gas from the tank, put 2 gallons of premium and half a bottle of Seafoam. It took a few seconds of cranking but she finally started up and idled just fine.

Then as I let it warm up I found this..



Turns out so far I need one radiator and a good 240 transmission...

So... I went ahead and changed the oil using only the best oil on the market..




And then onto replacing the cosmetically challenged parts on the car..








More pics to come as I progress...

[golde30]

damn, yer keeping busy man. where you get all this free time?? lol

PS: i have tons of m42 parts from when i parted out my 318i. let me know if you need anything.

[RobertK]

LoL... I work 4 10 hour days... so 3 day weekends give me extra play time with the car work.. meh

[oekundar]

not bad for the price...what are your plans for the car?

[Bimmerista]

Nice progress!

[2002maniac]

that would make a nice commuter. good find!

[e30love]

sweet

[RobertK]

not bad for the price...what are your plans for the car?

The way gas prices are getting.. I'll probably make this my DD so I can concentrate more on getting my 2.8 stroker swapped into my 325i and save some skrilla.

[e30325ic]

Nice find. I have been driving the wheels off my little M42 and smiling every time I pass a gas station. Great DD