Whats Wrong with Your Car?

[Jon325i]

I need to update my status on this thread since I have a different E30 in my possession now. The current car is a '91 325i 2-door/5-speed jobber with 201+K miles on it, and it needs the following....

steering rack
driveshaft
engine/tranny mounts
guibo
center support bushing
fix rear brakes (parking brake sticks sometimes)
tires
timing belt & tensioner
accessory belts
water pump
flush cooling system
power antenna
A/C recharge (I don't think it leaks)
clutch fan
passenger side high beam
driving lights
reverse light switch
rear suspension bushings (subframe, trailing arms)
front brake ducts
tie rod ends
flush brake fluid


There's probably some other things I'm overlooking - but that's the short list.

Jon

[Hick]

paint

[E30Kohl]

Wow, mine seems to be in pretty good shape for 199,000.

Ok, so
Shift boot is ripped
Alignment
High beams work intermittently, new switch needed

Thats it though, besides needing Euro bumpers and an S50.

[Eric Giles]

Recent '87 325iS project purchase-here is what is needed:

Fix broken drivers seat
Paint in terrible shape (but full respray and plastic bumper conversion is coming very soon)
Full suspension overhaul front and rear (parts on in, just waiting on me)
Replace carpet (Waiting on Funkmasta to figure out where it got shipped)
Timing belt/water pump/camshaft seal/valve cover gasket and 'doghouse' seals (Once again, I have all of it waiting for me to get off my ass)

That's really most of it-so far its the best running M20 I have ever owned/driven. It may not look pretty, but it's also the most fun to drive E30 of the ones I have had-yes, and that includes my two E30 M3's.

[q00pster]

I guess I dont have it as bad as some others...

1987 325is

Burns oil (needs a quart every 3-4 tanks)
Coolant is leaking somewhere
Coolant light is always on
Odo stopped working
Driver's side leather chair is FUBAR
Dash is cracked
Paint is faded

[q00pster]

I guess I dont have it as bad as some others...

1987 325is

Burns oil (needs a quart every 3-4 tanks)
Coolant is leaking somewhere
Coolant light is always on
Odo stopped working
Driver's side leather chair is FUBAR
Dash is cracked
Paint is faded

[gearheadE30]

I've got a massive excel spreadsheet of everything I have done since I got the car, but there's still stuff to do

-front lip (i lip and 740i brake ducts)
-small oil leak that I can't seem to find, along with a leaky oil filter housing gasket
-loud and misaligned exhaust and tips
-balky 1st and 2nd gear synchros
-custom dome light fell out and I havn't gotten around to making new mounts
-armrest is rattly
-Konis to go with the GCs so I can re-lower the car and not bottom out
-new tires
-paint the spoiler, valences, etc
-polish and wax
-lamin-x
-new swaybar links
-finish the 13 button OBC swap

luckily it seems to be a lot of small stuff. I just don't have enough time.

[nosignal]

- Pretty much running open header right now due to an exhaust leak, car is obnoxiously loud.
- Small hole in driver's floorboard and above mentioned exhaust leak means the windows have to be open no matter the weather unless I feel like suffocating. haha
- Windshield wipers don't work. I have a replacement linkage but a nut on the linkage currently in the car is stripped so I can't get it out.
- Blower motor doesn't work.
- AFM is dying, randomly makes the car run like shit.
- Loses a little oil.
- Has a slow brake fluid leak somewhere. Have to add more every 3 weeks or so.
- All sorts of minor cosmetic issues.
- Inspection is up this month. Won't pass because of the wipers, but I'm putting it away for the winter so it's not a big deal.

Despite all of that, I've put ~15k miles on it in the past 6 months and only been left stranded when the alternator ground wire broke 150 miles from home.

[bignate948]

where to start.
-interior light fell out today.
-gas guage
-glove box(but whose isnt)
thats all ican thnk of for now

[mattdk318i]

thinking about all that needs to be done is too depressing to type

[Pinepig]

I was out today and apparently busted an exhaust hanger, I hate that buzz it makes when the pipe rests on the rear sub-frame.

[deutschman]

-can't open or lock doer from drivers side
-antenna is gone
-im using 3 rota slips and one bottle cap because my tire popped and i can't afford new tires right now (fuck school and not having a job!!!))
-my gas gauge is wacky as all get out!
- the left side of my instrument panel needs a new light bulb

[e30pwr]

wheels bearings making loud noises
brakes need done
passenger side regulator is stripped
paint is cracked nearly everywhere
hail damage that i'm too lazy to fix
exhaust leak that i need to seal up
fog lights need help
clutch likes to complain in the cold am mornings.

[Collin]

-O2 sensor
-oil pan gasket
-paint
-bumpers
-exterior trim
-grille
-seats
-interior lamp
-one broken head lamp courtesy of bambi

Atleast it's almost all cosmetic

[Jand3rson]

Oh, and my ABS is engaging at random during low-speed stops, and I can't figure out what it is that's causing it.