So I was on my way home.............

[Fidhle007]

We have a couple at my shop I think but shipping would probably be a bitch. I'm out for the next but you can email my boss, Alex, if you're interested: alex@avarestoration.com. Good luck with everything!

~Brendan

[FredK]

That sucks.

All 'i' heads are the same, and can be identified externally by a large "884" casted into the side of it.

[SandyEggoE30Girl]

Welp..................... def more damage than just a split radiator, and bits.
Got my car back today, and the temp guage is running 3/4s of the way up (never did that before) and I noticed quite a bit of moisture in the tail pipes.
So I think I just need to find a rebuildable head, and do a top end? I also noticed one of the injectors clicking too.
So anyone with an IS head for sale????

[Jscotty]

Like I had said.................. Being a girl............... I still pulled over right away when I noticed everything going wombly.

I know many women who would just keep on driving. My ex girlfriend blew my head gasket that way when the TEMP light came on and the needle was deep into the red area. She kept on driving around town running errands and carrying on as if there was not a problem. Then later in the day she called me to tell me that the car stopped running and she could smell something funny.. and she figured that even though the red light came on, the car still ran fine so there was nothing to worry about.

[RobertK]

Radiator split, water pump/alt belt was toast, thermostat was not working, and the lower hose was pretty well shot too.

Wow, that's a lot of stuff to go wrong at once.

Was the water pump / alt. belt just worn out or was it torn up?

[StereoInstaller1]

Like I had said.................. Being a girl............... I still pulled over right away when I noticed everything going wombly.

Better that than the "I only drove 45 more minuites with the noise going on" stupid shit of an ex-twat....er...wife of mine...like "Hey idiot, what the hell do you think the flashing red light MEANT?"

So keep yer fingers crossed that all is well wiyhing the big black iron thingy with the things that go up and down.

Wait...what did you break?


kekekeke.

Luke

[MikeE30325i]

what about the things that spin in circles? is those things ok too?

[SandyEggoE30Girl]

Radiator split, water pump/alt belt was toast, thermostat was not working, and the lower hose was pretty well shot too.
OK I just hope it did not do any other harm to the engine / head?
Like I had said.................. Being a girl............... I still pulled over right away when I noticed everything going wombly. So keep yer fingers crossed that all is well wiyhing the big black iron thingy with the things that go up and down.

[StereoInstaller1]

I found a little red X on mine....

[ivo316]

Like a little red x ? :)

[jajou318]

did it look like this?

[CleanAzzE30z]

On my '87, the motor mounts were so shot that the lower radiator hose was shredded by the alternator fan.

This also happened to my eta many moons ago.


Mariano

[MikeE30325i]

r3vlimited road trip 2k6

James Criv was driving matt's turbo e30 and we threw a belt (or two? i dont remembeR) on the highway. all of a sudden shits lighting up james is like 'oh fuck' and we pull over on the highway, dick around for awhile trying to get the car somewhere safe, got it towed to BMA, bought the parts to fix it and did it in their parking lot.

Done this too. 10:30-11 at night on a frontal road going as fast as he could. water pump pulley shredded and the belt came off. took us a while cause we dicked around, and i had to tow another E30 with mine, but with the parts in DevoE30's garage and it being freezing cold outside at 3 in the morning we did a pretty good job.

[Charlie]

r3vlimited road trip 2k6

James Criv was driving matt's turbo e30 and we threw a belt (or two? i dont remembeR) on the highway. all of a sudden shits lighting up james is like 'oh fuck' and we pull over on the highway, dick around for awhile trying to get the car somewhere safe, got it towed to BMA, bought the parts to fix it and did it in their parking lot.

Been there, done that. Side of the road at 8:30 at night, 12 degree weather in January about 6 years ago.

Oh so fun.

-Charlie

[SandyEggoE30Girl]

That is pretty funny!
But none of my belts are gone. They are all in good shape. I kinda got under the car today to see if a freezeplug let loose, but they all look ok.
I have my friend coming over here soon to pressure test the cooling system to see where the leak is.
GOD I hope it is something easy.
But yeah I hope since the car was spewing steam, nothing major is phuked.:drink: