NOR-CAL General Chat.

[Cabriolet]

nat's 330 is such a comfy ride. i shoulda bought one.

[CabbE30]

Got some Koni adjustables to replace my rear Bilstein HD's

[Cabriolet]

adjust them before you install. go to full tight then back off 1/4 turn

[CabbE30]

adjust them before you install. go to full tight then back off 1/4 turn

Sweet. Thx. What "setting" is that?

NVM. I searched and read.

[Cabriolet]

firm. but full lock can cause them to stick. so dont run them at full hard.

[Wh33lhop]

nat's 330 is such a comfy ride. i shoulda bought one.

I can't believe you thought your eta was faster, lol

[Cabriolet]

I can't believe you thought your eta was faster, lol

lets go!

[Vivek]

328 then definitely

I know he was content saying he got the biggest engine for the year, so I'm almost certain it was the b28 then

What year is it? 99's were the really early 323/328's, but they didn't do the facelift until 04 I believe.

[JinormusJ]

99 or 2000
No newer than that
It's a pre-facelift

[Thizzelle]

what should I do with my tax return? buy a garage door or
do this to my interior but with black alcantara. cloth has been sitting for years

[JinormusJ]

what should I do with my tax return? buy a garage door or

do this to my interior but with black alcantara. cloth has been sitting for years

Invest in stocks

If I didn't have immediate needs that needed addressing most if not all the return would've flowed into the NASDAQ

[Vivek]

Between those two options I'd go interior, but how bad is your garage door?
I FINALLY got my goddamn oil pans off. The lower was fused and didn't want to budge and I stripped one of the bolts on the bell housing on the top which took 2 days to remove. What a fucking pain in the ass. It doesn't look like my oil pump has been sucking up any oil. Hopefully the pressure relief valve I'm replacing will fix that and it's not the oil pump itself. I feel like the pump would slowly get worn and work less efficiently, but should still suck some oil up, and maybe a stuck valve would block it completely?

[Steven]

Between those two options I'd go interior, but how bad is your garage door?
I FINALLY got my goddamn oil pans off. The lower was fused and didn't want to budge and I stripped one of the bolts on the bell housing on the top which took 2 days to remove. What a fucking pain in the ass. It doesn't look like my oil pump has been sucking up any oil. Hopefully the pressure relief valve I'm replacing will fix that and it's not the oil pump itself. I feel like the pump would slowly get worn and work less efficiently, but should still suck some oil up, and maybe a stuck valve would block it completely?

You'll be pissed if you out the pan back on and it was he pump. Put the one from your old engine in at least.

[Rodoni]

You'll be pissed if you out the pan back on and it was he pump. Put the one from your old engine in at least.

for real lol all that work. you're already there..

[Vivek]

I asked on the m42 section if it could be the pump. And looking at it I don't think pulling the pans is involved with the pump. If I did it I'd get a new one instead of risking a 205k oil pump. But anyways I can't find a DIY on it and I've heard anything from just pull the timing cover to I'd have to pull the pans and head and basically get it to a bare block to replace the pump (fuck.that.). But from everything I've read the pumps never (extremely rarely) go bad. Obviously if I could just reach up and unbolt the pump I'd replace it (with a new one) but it's not that simple.