NOR-CAL General Chat.

[DaWildBeast]

Okay cool, if we end up getting this one, the one we currently have will go under my dad's name and this one will be under mine as a fall back plan for that day when the E30 doesn't wanna cooperate and while it's getting manual swapped. I guess after that's done, I'll manual swap this M3 and be set for a good while.

So you are doing that manual swap on your e30?
Im going to need subframe bushings soon
and a manual swap by the end of the summer :|

[CarsonE30]

So you are doing that manual swap on your e30?
Im going to need subframe bushings soon
and a manual swap by the end of the summer :|

Yeah I'm gonna pick up GoldE30's parts.

[Steven]

I have an interview for an internship in one hour. eek

[mbonanni]

Anyone look at or know the owner of this?

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/5562290138.html

[mtech325]

Anyone look at or know the owner of this?

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/5562290138.html

I can't say I've seen the car itself, but the guy who owns it has bought a few parts off of my friends and I. He seemed nice enough and easy to deal with.

[phreshkid]

e36 m3's have only two possible states:

- the cooling system needs to be replaced
- the cooling system is being replaced

One time I had an e36 m3 for over three years and I never touched anything in the cooling system.
I even ran it for 8 full minutes at 9/10ths in the mountains without realizing that I blew a rad hose and was fully overheated and it was still fine once I put like 9 gallons and re-pressurized the system.

ak- saw the whole thing happen. It didn't even make sense.

[2mAn]

do you still have this M3 or did you sell the M3 to get back into a E30?

[DaWildBeast]

Hey guys ive had my e30 for about 3 days now and i dont know what happened today but while i was on break i was listening to music in my car for like 10min then i smelled gas so i looked at the exaust and saw small clouds of smoke coming from the exhaust i turned it off then went back to work and came out about 30min later and started it and it was good again. I drove it home fine and when i pulled out of my parking spot a small spot of some fluid was on the ground about under the drivers side back seat.
Anyone know if this is a problem and if I should drive it before getting it checked out?

[Toodaloo]

Hey guys ive had my e30 for about 3 days now and i dont know what happened today but while i was on break i was listening to music in my car for like 10min then i smelled gas so i looked at the exaust and saw small clouds of smoke coming from the exhaust i turned it off then went back to work and came out about 30min later and started it and it was good again. I drove it home fine and when i pulled out of my parking spot a small spot of some fluid was on the ground about under the drivers side back seat.
Anyone know if this is a problem and if I should drive it before getting it checked out?

Most likely one of the hoses to your fuel filter is crusty/leaking. It doesn't explain the exhaust though.

[DaWildBeast]

Most likely one of the hoses to your fuel filter is crusty/leaking. It doesn't explain the exhaust though.

I dont think it was fuel in the little spot on the ground i put my finger on it to smell it and it didnt smell.
I think the car was running really rich because there was like a spot where the smoke was coming from the exhaust which i believe smelled like gas.

[Toodaloo]

I dont think it was fuel in the little spot on the ground i put my finger on it to smell it and it didnt smell.

I think the car was running really rich because there was like a spot where the smoke was coming from the exhaust which i believe smelled like gas.

There's literally no other fluids in the general driver side rear seat area other than fuel. The rubber lines to the filter get frail over time; cracking and causing leaks.

I'm confused, are you saying smoke was coming out of the exhaust tips, or somewhere off the midsection? Seems like you're hinting towards that, however it's kind of hard to tell...

If the car was running rich, the excess fuel would just combust in the exhaust. It wouldn't leak out the fuel.

There aren't any fuel lines near the exhaust. If there's some kind of smoke coming off of the surface of the exhaust; it's some other liquid dripping on it, but once again I don't think that's really possible underneath the car outside of normal circumstances.

[DaWildBeast]

I'm confused, are you saying smoke was coming out of the exhaust tips
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Yep just the tips no other areas.
If you ever seen someone Vape thats what it looked like coming out of the tips when i pressed gas.

[Danny]

You write like a six year old.

[Steven]

I have job. That is all.

[kronus]

Yep just the tips no other areas.
If you ever seen someone Vape thats what it looked like coming out of the tips when i pressed gas.

Was it white or blue smoke?

Check if your oil on the dipstick and under the cap still looks like oil. This might be a head gasket.