Picked up another e30 yesterday with the intent to daily it. Yesterday after getting it home I pulled the spark plugs and ran a compression test and got (front of the car towards rear) 180 180 180 210 210 205. Plugs 1 2 3 were pretty heavily covered with oil as was the right exhaust manifold gasket. Car is very low on power, runs pretty smooth despite the low power though. P/O said he thinks it's the headgasket. Any input? I wish I had a leak down tester to test the rings and seals.
Edit: car is a 86 325e and timing belt is in tact.
Also no visible vacuum leaks.
Problem #2 : None of the lights inside the car other than the ones by the B pillars work. Switches have power and all cluster warning lights work (speedo, tach, fuel, and temp aren't back lit) There is some shifty radio installed in the car. Checked continuity to the fuses and there were about 6 30 amp fuses installed and none of them lit the tester.
- Window switches work and the drivers side one lights up
Thanks for the help as always r3v.
Edit: car is a 86 325e and timing belt is in tact.
Also no visible vacuum leaks.
Problem #2 : None of the lights inside the car other than the ones by the B pillars work. Switches have power and all cluster warning lights work (speedo, tach, fuel, and temp aren't back lit) There is some shifty radio installed in the car. Checked continuity to the fuses and there were about 6 30 amp fuses installed and none of them lit the tester.
- Window switches work and the drivers side one lights up
Thanks for the help as always r3v.
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