Hey everyone!
This thread is where I'll post my progress on my 1990 BMW E30 325iX Touring.
Info about the car
Type Code AG95
E Series E30 (5)
Series 3
Type TOUR
Model 325IX (EUR)
Steering LL
Doors 5
Engine M20
Displacement 2.50
Power 141
Drive ALLR
Transmission MECH
Colour LAZURBLAU METALLIC (294)
Upholstery (0269)
Prod. Date 1990-01-03
Options
L801A National version Germany/Austria
S240A Leather steering wheel
S288A BMW light alloy wheel, cross spoke 29
S314A Door mirror / driver's lock, heated
S320A Deleted, model lettering
S354A Green windscreen, green shade band
S400A Slide/tilt sunroof, manual
S428A Warning triangle and first aid kit
S494A Seat heating driver/passenger
S498A Headrests, rear, mechanically adjustable
S510A Headlight aim control
S530A Air conditioning
S556A Outdoor temperature indicator
S570A Reinforced power supply
S655A Radio Bavaria C Business
S681A Roof antenna
S690A Cassette holder
S940A special equipment BMW Individual
Background
Short introduction about myself; My name is Martijn and I am from Belgium. I've been restoring a Volkswagen Golf mk1 1.1liter and also started restoring a BMW 2002 Touring. I've been looking for an E30 for a while now to use as a daily. It all started when a friend came to visit with his Malachite Green 320i Touring. We took it out for a drive and that was when I was sold, that straight six sounded so good! I had to have one. So the search begun...
After searching in Belgium, I decided to also look in Germany as there are plenty for sale over there. I knew that I wanted a 320i or a 325i but I stumbled upon an 325iX Touring. Love at first sight. After contacting the seller and messaging back and forth. We came to a deal. He had also kept a ton of receipts of part he bought when servicing the car, big plus. The car had done 242416km.
The previous owner had also installed the rear view mirror with map lights, original Bavaria C radio as it was missing before & regular offset BBS 15inch wheels. However he still had the original IX 15" alloy wheels with winter tires. He switched the airconditioning system over from R12 to R143a. And finally, the original cilinder head cracked so he replaced it with an AMC head & timing belt, waterpump... This was roughly 2500km ago.
The Touring was located roughly 500km from where I lived, luckily my uncle (picture below) didn't have any problems driving this far to get the car.
After checking out the fluids, general shape of the body work and performing the test where you jack up one of the front wheels to test the condition of the viscous coupling all was good. The previous owner did tell me he had repaired the front corners of the floor. (I later found out quite poorly..) We went for a test drive, I tested all electronics and they all works, Aircon was blowing cold air, both front seats heated up etc.. So, I bought it :)
However, before I was able to inspect and register the Touring as my daily, I needed to go the the main BMW dealer in Belgium to get a CoC (Certificate of Conformity). This was something I know before buying the Touring though.
Halfway point when driving the car home, checking the ratchet straps.
Car sitting on our driveway :)
And sitting with the Golf mk1 my brother and I restored to factory condition
First order of business, some small maintenance.
I got and replaced; air, fuel and oil filter. Replaced the oil with 10-W40 oil. Also the coolant got replaced. I cleaned out the expansion tank as well since there was some slight sludge in there. (Probably from when the cracked the old cilinder head)
While replacing the fuel filter I also went ahead and replaced the rubber fuel lines. I'll be replacing the metal fuel lines too later on as they have seen better days.
Sparkplugs seemed to look ok.
That's it for now.
I still have some stuff to figure out like the central locking that doesn't fully work, still need to adjust the valves and have a look at readjusting the handbrake.
This thread is where I'll post my progress on my 1990 BMW E30 325iX Touring.
Info about the car
Type Code AG95
E Series E30 (5)
Series 3
Type TOUR
Model 325IX (EUR)
Steering LL
Doors 5
Engine M20
Displacement 2.50
Power 141
Drive ALLR
Transmission MECH
Colour LAZURBLAU METALLIC (294)
Upholstery (0269)
Prod. Date 1990-01-03
Options
L801A National version Germany/Austria
S240A Leather steering wheel
S288A BMW light alloy wheel, cross spoke 29
S314A Door mirror / driver's lock, heated
S320A Deleted, model lettering
S354A Green windscreen, green shade band
S400A Slide/tilt sunroof, manual
S428A Warning triangle and first aid kit
S494A Seat heating driver/passenger
S498A Headrests, rear, mechanically adjustable
S510A Headlight aim control
S530A Air conditioning
S556A Outdoor temperature indicator
S570A Reinforced power supply
S655A Radio Bavaria C Business
S681A Roof antenna
S690A Cassette holder
S940A special equipment BMW Individual
Background
Short introduction about myself; My name is Martijn and I am from Belgium. I've been restoring a Volkswagen Golf mk1 1.1liter and also started restoring a BMW 2002 Touring. I've been looking for an E30 for a while now to use as a daily. It all started when a friend came to visit with his Malachite Green 320i Touring. We took it out for a drive and that was when I was sold, that straight six sounded so good! I had to have one. So the search begun...
After searching in Belgium, I decided to also look in Germany as there are plenty for sale over there. I knew that I wanted a 320i or a 325i but I stumbled upon an 325iX Touring. Love at first sight. After contacting the seller and messaging back and forth. We came to a deal. He had also kept a ton of receipts of part he bought when servicing the car, big plus. The car had done 242416km.
The previous owner had also installed the rear view mirror with map lights, original Bavaria C radio as it was missing before & regular offset BBS 15inch wheels. However he still had the original IX 15" alloy wheels with winter tires. He switched the airconditioning system over from R12 to R143a. And finally, the original cilinder head cracked so he replaced it with an AMC head & timing belt, waterpump... This was roughly 2500km ago.
The Touring was located roughly 500km from where I lived, luckily my uncle (picture below) didn't have any problems driving this far to get the car.
After checking out the fluids, general shape of the body work and performing the test where you jack up one of the front wheels to test the condition of the viscous coupling all was good. The previous owner did tell me he had repaired the front corners of the floor. (I later found out quite poorly..) We went for a test drive, I tested all electronics and they all works, Aircon was blowing cold air, both front seats heated up etc.. So, I bought it :)
However, before I was able to inspect and register the Touring as my daily, I needed to go the the main BMW dealer in Belgium to get a CoC (Certificate of Conformity). This was something I know before buying the Touring though.
Halfway point when driving the car home, checking the ratchet straps.
Car sitting on our driveway :)
And sitting with the Golf mk1 my brother and I restored to factory condition
First order of business, some small maintenance.
I got and replaced; air, fuel and oil filter. Replaced the oil with 10-W40 oil. Also the coolant got replaced. I cleaned out the expansion tank as well since there was some slight sludge in there. (Probably from when the cracked the old cilinder head)
While replacing the fuel filter I also went ahead and replaced the rubber fuel lines. I'll be replacing the metal fuel lines too later on as they have seen better days.
Sparkplugs seemed to look ok.
That's it for now.
I still have some stuff to figure out like the central locking that doesn't fully work, still need to adjust the valves and have a look at readjusting the handbrake.
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