SoCal General Chat

[Robert]

well theres $120 i had planned for an "is" lip... guess ill have to look up where this is located

Go to the junkyards and pull 3-4 and try them all one by one.

[dickfitzwell]

Go to the junkyards and pull 3-4 and try them all one by one.

I'm relatively new to the SD area. where might i find a decent BMW junkyard around lemon grove/chula vista area? i'm assuming that the CPS is a relatively common fix for the problem i'm experiencing? correct me if i am wrong but the CPS is on the Front passenger side of the block near the AC compressor correct?

and just curious but, if i can't audibly hear my fuel pump priming, why would it be the CPS and not the pump?

[turge]

So any of you guys going to Bimmerfest on Saturday? I'm a maybe on going. Long ass drive and I already went to the Mighty Car Mods meet on Tuesday.

[Mr_Tripp]

So any of you guys going to Bimmerfest on Saturday? I'm a maybe on going. Long ass drive and I already went to the Mighty Car Mods meet on Tuesday.

SD has a meet going and if you don't want to go to that OC had one that a few guys and myself have together

DT.

[MR 325]

Are e30s considered vintage, doesn't say they are on the bfest email

They soon discovered that if they excluded E30's that would mean Matt wouldn't be able to park with them and so E30's are now the exception.

LOL Barry! :rofl: Robert I talked to Jon Shafer (Bimmerfest founder) and he OK'd E30's.

[mkcman17]

I'm relatively new to the SD area. where might i find a decent BMW junkyard around lemon grove/chula vista area? i'm assuming that the CPS is a relatively common fix for the problem i'm experiencing? correct me if i am wrong but the CPS is on the Front passenger side of the block near the AC compressor correct?

and just curious but, if i can't audibly hear my fuel pump priming, why would it be the CPS and not the pump?

You can jump the fuel pump relay to check the pump...bad CPS should kill spark to.

If it's the fuel pump, take off the rear seat/cover and tap the fuel pump with a blunt object while cranking. I'm not kidding.

[IRON-E]

You can jump the fuel pump relay to check the pump...bad CPS should kill spark to.

If it's the fuel pump, take off the rear seat/cover and tap the fuel pump with a blunt object while cranking. I'm not kidding.

^^^ Tis true, this man has so much experience with bad fuel pump, that it's not even funny.

[mkcman17]

I've been whackin' it for years.


Anyone BMW-less for tomorrow? We need someone to drive the BBQ and awnings/chairs in my wagon. Noidiotzplz.

[E30 331is]

Buy now, I will deliver to Bimmerfest

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=319880

[dickfitzwell]

You can jump the fuel pump relay to check the pump...bad CPS should kill spark to.

If it's the fuel pump, take off the rear seat/cover and tap the fuel pump with a blunt object while cranking. I'm not kidding.

there are 2 relays that look the same under the plastic trim piece near the windshield cowl, the fuel relay is the closest to driver side correct? jump it front to back not side to side right?

^^^ Tis true, this man has so much experience with bad fuel pump, that it's not even funny.

been there done that man. back in the day i had so much trouble with a walbro pump they sent me, i ended up going to a friends shop and grabbing 4 off his shelf until i found one that worked properly.. ended up being a bad batch or something so i know the feeling.

I've been whackin' it for years.


Anyone BMW-less for tomorrow? We need someone to drive the BBQ and awnings/chairs in my wagon. Noidiotzplz.

as of now i am BMW-less... as much as i want to go still, i gotta find time tonigt or tomorrow and get this thing running :(.

does anyone here go to "cars and coffee" saturday mornings in temecula i think it is? a friend was telling me about it. be nice to meet some fellow e30 owners

[E30 331is]

http://youtu.be/mYlq0SPcSq8

[IronmanE30]

does anyone here go to "cars and coffee" saturday mornings in temecula i think it is? a friend was telling me about it. be nice to meet some fellow e30 owners

There is a caravan starting at the Carlsbad Cars and Coffee that we are going to hit. I have not heard about a Temecula caravan.

Cheers,

Jim

[2mAn]

Can you guys refresh my memory on something. My fuel gauge isnt accurate (~1/2 tank actually means empty) and I dont want to run it dry, but is it 12.5 gallons for the early models and 14.5 for late models? Ive been filling up around 10 gallons because Im still trying to figure out what kind of mpg the M52 does, which so far has been better than the M20 :)

[E30_Pare]

i believe thats the other way around. Earlies have more fuel capacity.

[dickfitzwell]

There is a caravan starting at the Carlsbad Cars and Coffee that we are going to hit. I have not heard about a Temecula caravan.

Cheers,

Jim

caravan to Bimmerfest or just a meet up in general on saturdays? sorry, I wasn't referring to Bfest