Hey. I've spent the last couple months before buying this trying to learn, but there's nothing like having the thing sit in your garage to see what's what. I've done a lot of searching on many forums, and have found a lot of conflicting symptoms/resolutions to the stuff I'm seeing.
It seems to run great, but there are a few small issues I'd like to get opinions on before I try and remedy them.
First, when the car is started from cold, the fan clutch (I assume) is making a loud squeak that eventually goes away after about 15 minutes. There looks to be a lot of play/movement in the fan as well, which I'm assuming is a bad thing. I drove it over 100 miles home, and the temp gauge was steadily in the middle, didn't seem to have any heat issues.
Second, the Idle Control Valve makes a fairly loud buzz when the key is in the ignition but not 'on'. Is this normal?
Third, the engine ticks pretty good, I'm assuming this is no big deal, and can be remedied by valve adjustment and maybe a different viscosity of oil?
Here's a video of those issues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU5nKnHRfjU
After all of that, I have two leaks that I need to address. The biggest one is the coolant leaks from the bottom connection on the throttle body -- when I squeeze the big hose from the radiator, you can hear air coming through that connection -- does this just need a new hose/clamp? I've heard of people bypassing it entirely, but I haven't found anything conclusive whether that is good or not.
The second leak is a very slow (usually slow, sometimes it will drop a fair amount) oil drip. I got under the car and tried to see where it was coming from, and it looks like a lot of oil is around everything, which I'm hoping isn't a bad thing. I took a lot of pictures and uploaded them to see if something jumps out at anyone smarter than I am.
Link to pictures:
http://s66.photobucket.com/albums/h270/jtfdzn/325is/
That's it! Sorry to take up everyone's time...
It seems to run great, but there are a few small issues I'd like to get opinions on before I try and remedy them.
First, when the car is started from cold, the fan clutch (I assume) is making a loud squeak that eventually goes away after about 15 minutes. There looks to be a lot of play/movement in the fan as well, which I'm assuming is a bad thing. I drove it over 100 miles home, and the temp gauge was steadily in the middle, didn't seem to have any heat issues.
Second, the Idle Control Valve makes a fairly loud buzz when the key is in the ignition but not 'on'. Is this normal?
Third, the engine ticks pretty good, I'm assuming this is no big deal, and can be remedied by valve adjustment and maybe a different viscosity of oil?
Here's a video of those issues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU5nKnHRfjU
After all of that, I have two leaks that I need to address. The biggest one is the coolant leaks from the bottom connection on the throttle body -- when I squeeze the big hose from the radiator, you can hear air coming through that connection -- does this just need a new hose/clamp? I've heard of people bypassing it entirely, but I haven't found anything conclusive whether that is good or not.
The second leak is a very slow (usually slow, sometimes it will drop a fair amount) oil drip. I got under the car and tried to see where it was coming from, and it looks like a lot of oil is around everything, which I'm hoping isn't a bad thing. I took a lot of pictures and uploaded them to see if something jumps out at anyone smarter than I am.
Link to pictures:
http://s66.photobucket.com/albums/h270/jtfdzn/325is/
That's it! Sorry to take up everyone's time...
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