Hey Guys! I just bought a 1989 E30 325i last night. While I am a new member on here, I have been looking through and researching on r3v for quite sometime.
Couple questions:
1. The car has an aftermarket cam and has a ticking sound that increases with RPMs, I've read around and from what I can find it is one of the rocker arms. I have also read the valve adjustment articles and think that needs to be done as well. How would I know what to appropriately set the valves to without knowing the specs of the cam? Or is there a way to find the specs of the cam?
2. I have read over the general issues and things that should be promptly addressed after buying an E30. All looks generally well, however I have yet to tear into it. I did notice when turning/steering the car the steering sounded strained or to struggle. Is the power steering pump also common to go out? I could not find much on this.
Any help is much appreciated as well as other things to look out for or investigate!
Thanks!
Couple questions:
1. The car has an aftermarket cam and has a ticking sound that increases with RPMs, I've read around and from what I can find it is one of the rocker arms. I have also read the valve adjustment articles and think that needs to be done as well. How would I know what to appropriately set the valves to without knowing the specs of the cam? Or is there a way to find the specs of the cam?
2. I have read over the general issues and things that should be promptly addressed after buying an E30. All looks generally well, however I have yet to tear into it. I did notice when turning/steering the car the steering sounded strained or to struggle. Is the power steering pump also common to go out? I could not find much on this.
Any help is much appreciated as well as other things to look out for or investigate!
Thanks!
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