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★ ★ Project Glacier | Make the E30 a Daily Again ★ ★
I know you probably did, but check the oil pressure sensor- I had one fail and create a severe leak on the passenger side, super easy fix if that’s the problem.
Yeah it's not that simple unfortunately.
I took these pictures this morning after drinking away my sorrows last night...
Here you can see the oil pooled up on the skid plate. It doesn't look as bad as last night where it was a legitimate pool of oil sitting on the skid plate. Most of it, as you can see, has drained off the back of the skid plate and onto the ground over night.
And here's where the oil is coming from...
It doesn't leak when the car is running. But, once the car has been running, shuts off, and when the engine has no more oil pressure, a stream of oil starts flowing down here:
I know you probably did, but check the oil pressure sensor- I had one fail and create a severe leak on the passenger side, super easy fix if that’s the problem.
Well... bad news and good news... Got the car aligned today and had my good rear Futura mounted today. Car drives awesome now that it tracks straight.
And it looks great now that it has matching wheels (on one side for now). I was planning to drive down to O Fest and grab the Futura from Paul at the event. It would have made for a great story for the come back of the Futura's.
However... I found a massive oil leak this evening. It's severe enough to the point where I'm not comfortable driving 3,000 miles round trip. My guess is the oil leak is coming from the head gasket. It's not coming from the valve cover gasket, rocker end plugs, or cam shaft seal, all of which I replaced. It's also not coming from the oil pan which was just resealed a month or so ago.
On the plus side it is nice to see the car on a matching set of wheels...
I wish... not sure even a pizza this big could feed all the dudes at ofest
Originally posted by jeenyus
dude, but you will be able to sleep elevated above the ground and easily be able to pack up your tent and do it again somewhere else! Not dumb when it's functional.
Yeah it's gonna be fun. There's a lot in store for this trip. Although this is probably the last use I'll get out of this tent. Thinking of selling it for a different setup for my truck.
dude, but you will be able to sleep elevated above the ground and easily be able to pack up your tent and do it again somewhere else! Not dumb when it's functional.
Well, car is out of the garage. It runs so fuckin good. Now I'm just praying I can get my Futura back from being fixed. I really don't want to drive to O Fest with stupid mismatched wheels... Paul said it should be done on Monday and he's going to try to overnight it to me. Starting to get a little nervous about it...
Tomorrow I plan to put the hood back on, get the tent mounted and play with the ride height to get it good for the trip, and also start organizing shit to bring. All my stuff is setup for my truck where space isn't much of an issue so I need to figure out what I do an don't need.
Engine bay really needs to be cleaned and freshened up but it's not looking too bad.
Wow it's crunch time now. I've been following along with you progress on IG. I made a 2k mile drive MD to MT a day after finishing a swap for a new m20. I have faith you'll make it. And at least in Virginia you'll be surrounded by e30s incase you need to borrow any parts haha.
With ofest looming, I finally kicked my ass in gear and over the past few days I got the car put back together. Unfortunately I'll be breaking one of my promises. I told myself I wouldn't let the car leave the garage until the Futura's were installed and the car had A/C. The bent Futura is getting fixed by Paul at Erhlich Wheel Works. Hoping that gets back sometime this week. But, I procrastinated a bit and I underestimated what I needed to do to get an R134a A/C system in this car. I won't be able to complete that system to my satisfaction before I leave for Virginia... So I decided to just not do it lol. Fortunately, this time of year it really isn't necessary so I should be good.
The car got pretty much a full tune up. Spark plugs, wires, distributor, rotor, and coil are all new. I did a timing belt/water pump and replaced all the coolant hoses. I replaced the radiator with a Z3M S54 one (stoked that was a bolt-in replacement), along with a new radiator temp sensor. I did a valve adjustment and replaced the valve cover gasket/rocker plugs/camshaft seal. I also replaced the timing belt/water pump while I was this deep in the engine bay. The oil pan gasket was replaced. And with my hookup, my e30 will be living its best life with genuine BMW coolant.
There's a few more things I need to do before the big trip. I'm a little nervous about the 3,000+ mile round trip but I trust this old girl. I need to sort out my front sway bar. The 10+ year old GC adjustable end links self destructed (probably because of me not maintaining them properly...) so I need to find some end links that are the right size for my set up. Other than that, I need to figure out my ride height for the weight I'll be carrying for the trip. That's important because I'm going full retard and mounting the tent from my Tacoma to the roof of my E30 for this trip. It's gonna be stupid but fun af. I'm also running slightly taller tires than I did in the past for the Futuras so I'm praying I can get the fitment right so I don't rub on this big trip.
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