Where to start...well I picked up an $800 1985 325e last Sunday. Drove it home and parked it (waiting for my timing belt kit and valve cover gasket to arrive).
It has a few minor issues, some I think I know the answer to, atleast one I am completely lost on. This is my 3rd (4th if you count a running/driving parts car) e30 so I am no stranger to them, but its been a few years since I took on a basket case e30. So now for my questions/issues.
1) When sitting for longer than 20-40 seconds with the ignition off, the stereo loses all settings (it is the stock head unit and everything, I checked all fuses and nothing has been popped) But if I start the car back up after shutting it off 10-15 seconds prior, it has its memory.
2) I just started experiencing hard start after first initial start. Example, I started the car earlier today and it fired right up. I let it idle for about a minute them shut it off. I went to go start it again and it would not fire, I cranked on it for about 10 seconds, let off then tried again and it started to fire off had to give it throttle to start.
3) In addiction to this hard start issue, I have noticed that when it is cold it seems to burn some oil, when warmed up it does not (or didn't on the test drive atleast, and that was a good 20-30 minute test drive through town and some highway).
4) Vibration issue on acceleration, I thought it was a CV shaft at first, but there is no up/down play just some side to side. All bolts are on the drive shaft and torqued, how do I check to see if the CSB or Drive shaft is bad?
I am hoping once I complete my valve adjustment that will mostly (if not completely) solve problems 2 & 3 (previous owner had the car since 2007, prior to his owner ship I have a phone book worth of records for the car, once he got it all he did was change the oil every so often and put a new battery in it in 2009).
The stereo issue I am lost on, not sure where to go on trouble shooting that one...
It has a few minor issues, some I think I know the answer to, atleast one I am completely lost on. This is my 3rd (4th if you count a running/driving parts car) e30 so I am no stranger to them, but its been a few years since I took on a basket case e30. So now for my questions/issues.
1) When sitting for longer than 20-40 seconds with the ignition off, the stereo loses all settings (it is the stock head unit and everything, I checked all fuses and nothing has been popped) But if I start the car back up after shutting it off 10-15 seconds prior, it has its memory.
2) I just started experiencing hard start after first initial start. Example, I started the car earlier today and it fired right up. I let it idle for about a minute them shut it off. I went to go start it again and it would not fire, I cranked on it for about 10 seconds, let off then tried again and it started to fire off had to give it throttle to start.
3) In addiction to this hard start issue, I have noticed that when it is cold it seems to burn some oil, when warmed up it does not (or didn't on the test drive atleast, and that was a good 20-30 minute test drive through town and some highway).
4) Vibration issue on acceleration, I thought it was a CV shaft at first, but there is no up/down play just some side to side. All bolts are on the drive shaft and torqued, how do I check to see if the CSB or Drive shaft is bad?
I am hoping once I complete my valve adjustment that will mostly (if not completely) solve problems 2 & 3 (previous owner had the car since 2007, prior to his owner ship I have a phone book worth of records for the car, once he got it all he did was change the oil every so often and put a new battery in it in 2009).
The stereo issue I am lost on, not sure where to go on trouble shooting that one...
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