What would you consider a major fault with the E30's

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  • Stanley Rockafella
    R3V Elite
    • Aug 2011
    • 4056

    #46
    Originally posted by KIRIEIW
    -Cracked Dash's (unless you live in Europe; they seem to survive there)
    Come up here to the PNW, all the e30's I've ever seen all have uncracked dashes...esp those in the wrecking yards.

    Heck, up here a crack free oem dash is usually the LAST thing pulled from a parts car, as nobody wants/needs one. As a result, they usually sell cheaper than elsewhere
    If it's got tits or tires, it's gonna cost ya!

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    • UlrichFennec
      E30 Fanatic
      • Dec 2014
      • 1268

      #47
      Originally posted by IceWhite
      The fact that when you take ownership of the car with the M20 motor, you have to do the Timing Belt/Water pump irrespective of what the PO says.
      Well, that's just general preventative maintenance. Maybe I'm just anal, but I always try to get the most important things done to prevent a failure later on when I get a different car.

      It's also a fun learning experience.
      "Leafeon" '92 Lagunengrun 325i Vert (Daily Driver/Project)
      http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=366044
      The stickers make it go faster. :nice:

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      • E30 Wagen
        No R3VLimiter
        • Jul 2005
        • 3425

        #48
        Battery box rust in late models. Steering rack. Sport seats self-destructing. Dash cracking.

        But mostly the fact that many seem wind up in the hands of some retard who was too cheap to fix things the right way.
        My Feedback

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        • agent
          Vice Grand Pubaa
          • Mar 2010
          • 7960

          #49
          Originally posted by E30 Wagen
          the fact that many seem wind up in the hands of some retard who was too cheap to fix things the right way.
          /thread
          Originally posted by kronus
          would be in depending on tip slant and tube size

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          • Kershaw
            R3V OG
            • Feb 2010
            • 11822

            #50
            Originally posted by 101
            The use of steel for brake lines and fuel lines instead of an alloy.

            The design of the "bitch tube" on the M20 engine that requires massive effort to change the 50 cent rubber O-rings on it.
            Zip tie the spring compressed and its a piece of cake.

            Here's an ix specific fault. Really short suspension travel in the front.
            AWD > RWD

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            • slammin.e28
              שמע ישראל
              • May 2010
              • 12054

              #51
              Originally posted by E30 Wagen
              But mostly the fact that many seem wind up in the hands of some retard who was too cheap to fix things the right way.
              Like this??
              1974.5 Jensen Healey : 2003 330i/5

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              • jan318
                Noobie
                • Mar 2012
                • 16

                #52
                Originally posted by E30 Wagen
                But mostly the fact that many seem wind up in the hands of some retard who was too cheap to fix things the right way.
                and the M42 ?:

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                • Vincent Brick
                  E30 Modder
                  • Feb 2013
                  • 879

                  #53
                  Originally posted by Kershaw
                  Zip tie the spring compressed and its a piece of cake.
                  But you still have to pull the intake though, right?
                  sigpic
                  1991 325i Sport - Calypsorot Metallic - DAILY DRIVEN

                  WTB in SoCal: 8"/10" Lukebox, leather Sport steering wheel, 60L MotoMeter fuel gauge, Thule/Yakima roof rack

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                  • Bmwdayz
                    Mod Crazy
                    • Apr 2011
                    • 609

                    #54
                    Nope and i've never had a problem with the so called bitch tube. haha

                    Originally posted by Vincent Brick
                    But you still have to pull the intake though, right?

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                    • Bmwdayz
                      Mod Crazy
                      • Apr 2011
                      • 609

                      #55
                      If you change all the shifter parts including the piece on the trans that the selector rod connects to e30 shifters are pretty tight.

                      I'd say the most annoying is the crappy coolant systems they came up with and The timing belt on the M20.

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                      • Kevinl
                        E30 Modder
                        • Oct 2012
                        • 897

                        #56
                        I don't really recall any 80's cars having cupholders

                        Shifter is fine for me actually feels easier than my e90's shifter

                        steering rack is a joke although it still has more feel that any american or japanese car

                        I wish the seats went back further

                        My E30 has zero rust maybe its where you live not the cars fault
                        Last edited by Kevinl; 03-31-2015, 09:38 PM.
                        1989 BMW 325is Lachsilber metallic 5 speed
                        2007 BMW 335i KARMESINROT 6 Speed manual
                        2011 BMW X5 35I

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                        • whitebulat22
                          Grease Monkey
                          • Apr 2014
                          • 330

                          #57
                          Originally posted by IceWhite
                          The fact that when you take ownership of the car with the M20 motor, you have to do the Timing Belt/Water pump irrespective of what the PO says.
                          POs are the worst part. One of mine attempted to wire a sound system in, and when I put a head unit in to try it out I found that the headlights turn it all off.

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                          • AntiScope
                            E30 Addict
                            • Oct 2011
                            • 401

                            #58
                            Originally posted by whitebulat22
                            POs are the worst part. One of mine attempted to wire a sound system in, and when I put a head unit in to try it out I found that the headlights turn it all off.

                            Ahaha the same thing happened to me with my first touring. Such a frustrating experience!

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                            • varg
                              No R3VLimiter
                              • May 2014
                              • 3283

                              #59
                              Originally posted by jan318
                              and the M42 ?:
                              The M42 has more design and build flaws than the rest of the car around it.
                              -Oil pan bolts that weren't threadlocked from the factory
                              -Critical oil passage runs through the oil pan and when said bolts loosen can cause oil starvation
                              -Insufficient half-shell thrust bearing causes crank walk
                              -Timing chain idler gear is a common point of failure and the casting that it is mounted to is weak
                              -Profile gasket fiasco could have been avoided altogether by using a different cooling passage design between head and block
                              -Valve cover fastener design sucks, should've used bigger studs instead of weak little M6 threads in aluminum
                              -The under-intake hose mess
                              -3 piece Timing case design is very leak prone
                              -7mm exhaust studs

                              IG @turbovarg
                              '91 318is, M20 turbo
                              [CoTM: 4-18]
                              '94 525iT slicktop, M50B30 + S362SX-E, 600WHP DD or bust
                              '93 RX-7 FD3S

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                              • ST1G
                                R3V OG
                                • Oct 2012
                                • 6689

                                #60
                                Originally posted by rzerob
                                Did you switch your power source to the headlight switch from k30(Hot at all times) to k15(Hot in acc., run and start)?
                                Both my e30s do this. I don't think they have been modified.

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