Need help - bought 1986 325e 900 miles away in MA

[bwanac]

I live the one town over. BUT I am at school right now in NY.
I will be home as of Dec. 18th or so. I can look at it then easy enough.
But if depends on if you can wait that long, and the dealer.

And if youre really interested give me the parts and Ill do the work for you so its ready to drive when you get here. I will need something to do when I get home!

[AndrewBird]

Those door panels are so sweet!

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[catalyst.]

Paypal me 20 bucks for gas and il go look at it, thats about 50 minutes away from me.

i could do it saturday maybe, monday most definetly.

Im no e30 expert though, i can drive it around and take a look at the obvious stuff.. suspension, rust, see if the oil is clean, look at the belts, hoses, coolant system, etc.

My cousin may want something like this if you decide to ditch it, hes looking for a sub 1000 dollar car that drives.

[ekhtr]

Thanks, catalyst. I would like to get someone to take a look at it this weekend, hopefully be able to shoot some more pics, maybe even a quick phone-record of the engine.

How much snow are you guys getting?

[Jarvis]

2-3" already. I thought it wasn't really supposed to start until this afternoon... Winter Storm Warning until 5pm tonight. Should get 8-10" when all said and done. Hopefully more.

[ping65810]

We got over a foot here in Dracut, MA, and well buried! The Mercedes is stuck in the driveway, won't move an inch :), but thats what the Jeep is for!

[Bimmerfanatik]

We got over a foot here in Dracut, MA, and well buried! The Mercedes is stuck in the driveway, won't move an inch :), but thats what the Jeep is for!

that's what I'm talkin about! The Wrangler successfully pulled 4 cars out of the shoulder/median between methuen and andover, and I pushed 3 cars back onto the road myself, managed to completely destroy my thumb in the process.

Ah, the fun :) I wouldn't move out of NE for anything.

[ekhtr]

Hey guys - several people have offered to go take a look/listen (I'm hoping for more pictures, too). Not a freebiie - $20 for your gas or whatever. But are you snowed in now? There's no webcam I could find in Westborough. I thought you Northerners scoffed at this stuff, while those of use who see snow once a year are little snow girly men.

Anyway - I wish we had some snow down here.

[catalyst.]

Hey guys - several people have offered to go take a look/listen (I'm hoping for more pictures, too). Not a freebiie - $20 for your gas or whatever. But are you snowed in now? There's no webcam I could find in Westborough. I thought you Northerners scoffed at this stuff, while those of use who see snow once a year are little snow girly men.

Anyway - I wish we had some snow down here.

I can go look on monday.

I dont have a camera though, besides my phone camera - its not to bad though, its like 1 MP.

[ekhtr]

sad to say, this car is back on eBay - I couldn't work out getting it down here, so I sent the title back to the dealer.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-3...QQcmdZViewItem


-B

[moatilliatta]

4 Cylinder?

[ekhtr]

Pretty sure it's 4-cylinder

[parkerbink]

325 4cyl? Looks like it was hit hard in the one partial ds rear picture

Vin decodes as follows:

Chassis number 0993570
Vehicle code 1564
Series E30
Model 325e
Body type saloon
Catalog model USA
Production date 1985 / 12
Engine M20
Transmission Automatic
Steering Left
Catalyzer YES


Additional Information for Vehicle code 1564
Production FROM : 1984/09/01 TO : 1988/06/30
Engine M20 B25
Engine Oil 4.25 Liter
Transmission Automatic
Transmission Model 4HP-22/EH
Transmission Oil 3.00 Liter
Rear Axle Oil 1.70 Liter
Coolant(w/o Air Conditioner) 10.50 Liter
Coolant(with Air Conditioner) 11.00 Liter
Brake fluid 1.00 Liter
Remarks :

Additional Information for Vehicle code 1564
Production FROM : 1984/09/01 TO : 1988/06/30
Engine M20 B25
Engine Oil 4.25 Liter
Transmission Automatic
Transmission Model 4HP-22/H
Transmission Oil 3.00 Liter
Rear Axle Oil 1.70 Liter
Coolant(w/o Air Conditioner) 10.50 Liter
Coolant(with Air Conditioner) 11.00 Liter
Brake fluid 1.00 Liter
Remarks :

[Brew]

Pretty sure it's 4-cylinder

Pretty sure you're a dumbass.

[ekhtr]

yeah, I should have spent the 10 seconds on google to confirm the details. I figure the folks here know way more about these things than I do, especially about this particular model. Hope that someone close by this car can possibly get something out of it, if only for parts.