Popping rear IE rear subframe bushings

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  • e304me
    E30 Fanatic
    • Feb 2006
    • 1374

    #1

    Popping rear IE rear subframe bushings

    Has anyone else had this problem? I installed them a few years back. I'm pretty sure they are what is making my popping noise. It happends when the car starts to move when im letting the clutch out and i can also hear i at very low speeds on the transition from accel to decel and vice versa. If i pop the clutch to the enguagement point (where the car just barely starts to move) I can hear it but not if i I'm standing on the brakes
  • jlevie
    R3V OG
    • Nov 2006
    • 13530

    #2
    Using a pry bar, see if you can shift the subframe around. If you can't you'll need to look elsewhere for the cause of the noise
    The car makes it possible, but the driver makes it happen.
    Jim Levie, Huntsville, AL

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    • MR 325
      Moderator
      • Oct 2003
      • 37825

      #3
      I had them in my old car for 3+ years, no popping.
      BimmerHeads
      Classic BMW Specialists
      Santa Clarita, CA

      www.BimmerHeads.com

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      • e304me
        E30 Fanatic
        • Feb 2006
        • 1374

        #4
        the green ones? did you lube them? I think that might have been my mistake. lol

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