stuck on highway till 4am, cops give me a ride home!

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  • new2bmw
    Grease Monkey
    • Oct 2006
    • 387

    #1

    stuck on highway till 4am, cops give me a ride home!

    84 318i has been running great, a little smoke from the exhaust, and i think the timing was advanced a bit too far but thats it. Have been running 91 octane whether i needed it or not. Driving home tonight i look down and my temp gauge is just creeping into the red. I pull over and shut it down right away. I look and i have major steam /smoke coming out from under the hood. Open it up and coolant is spraying all over the engine from the rad cap. I had just checked my coolant level and it was perfect, oil level was good, all fluids were good. What do you guys think happened? After it cooled down i checked the oil cap and no sludge , nice clean oil, looked in rad and nothing was left.
    I refuse to start ripping things apart until i hear from my fellow e30 owners and get some good advice/instructions.
    Please help, i love my car and right now its sitting 30km away waiting for me to go back and get it. The cops were nice enough to give me a ride home.
    cheers guys
    Larry
  • ldsbeaker
    No R3VLimiter
    • Aug 2004
    • 3098

    #2
    Did you JUST check your coolant? Maybe you left the cap off/loose?

    Bad thermostat?

    I would fill it back up with coolant, look for leaks, and run it. If it starts to get hot again, then you can start troubleshooting.
    Slicktop City!

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    • Joe318is
      R3V OG
      • Sep 2005
      • 6451

      #3
      Originally posted by ldsbeaker
      Did you JUST check your coolant? Maybe you left the cap off/loose?


      Originally posted by vlad
      Do you know anybody else who built that many bad ass E30s?

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      • Leaf
        Banned
        • Apr 2009
        • 985

        #4
        check ur thermo its eazy

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        • Van Westervelt
          R3V OG
          • May 2006
          • 9365

          #5
          any smoke coming from the tailpipe? (more than normal, ie: white smoke)
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          • maniacmatt
            E30 Addict
            • Feb 2007
            • 483

            #6
            Where in Canada are you?

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