My project 84 318i

[Jean]

I am finding more and more m30b35s locally, but not a single one with a 5spd :( Are the engine harnesses different on the auto vs. manual m30 cars like on the m50/s50+ cars?

[Jean]

Gave the car a bath today and a little present :)





washed up heh



vinyl comfort seats be gone





I know they aren't black, but they are mint and sooo much better than vinyl. I > cloth seats.

[Danny]

How hard is it to dye cloth seats?

[Jean]

How hard is it to dye cloth seats?

No idea, I am not going to bother. I'll look for a matching rear seat instead.

[JasonC]

So simple and clean. I like :)

[E30nate]

finally found some sport seats huh. looks good.

[Jean]

Yep, gotta love oem sport seats, now if they were also heated hehe. Got a matching blue cloth rear seat as well :)

I think this m10 will soon give up the ghost as they say... not getting oil pressure on morning start ups for some reason, light stays on for up to 5 seconds. I am not using oem oil filter, does it matter? I guess I'll have to figure out what to do with this sooner than later... just put 20k miles on it since I bought it.

[nefarious7907]

what weight oil are you using? Oil filter wont make a difference unless its filthy.

[Jean]

I use 10w40 every 3k along with filter.... I heard only OEM filter has some kind of valve in order for the m10 to build up pressure ? Is that false?

[Jean]

Car is dirty, but I had in my hands a 70-200 f2.8 so I had to take some shots with it :p

[Nicademus]

I love your car Jean. What a world of difference Euro bumpers make.

[Turf1600]

Oil filter wont make a difference unless its filthy.

This is NOT true. I had it happen on my 2002. A cheap filter caused low pressure at startup. It was new, too!

[BenM]

I love your car Jean.

Truth right thurr. Looking very fine as usual Jean.

[Jean]

Thanks :)

Finally installed heater core, heater valve, new heater core lines and o-rings today so I'll have heat!!! Just need to install two new heater hoses under the hood and make sure nothing leaks...

Also changed oil/filter and used an oem (bosch) filter and the oil light goes off right away so maybe there is truth to the oem filters....

[el bob]

That is great news about the oil filter! I admire you're dedication to keeping the car's original systems running tip top.