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The first car I ever rode in was an e30
Originally posted by Cabriolet
Wish you the best and hope you don't remember anything after 10pm.
1992 Mauritiusblau Vert
2011 Alpinweiss 335is coupe
2002 540i/6 Black/Black
2003 GSX-R 750 (RIP)
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Originally posted by Vivek View PostI daily’d a 1990 535i for 25k miles and have an ‘89 sitting around (for sale actually). What’s up with yours? Mine never had any of the little things but I did all the major maintenance on it
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Originally posted by newman8r View PostEverything's good and really clean but the transmission slips. Need someone that has an m50nv 5spd e34 that I can just take all the swap parts. Other small this is the blower motor intermittently goes out, sunroof drain needs to be unclogged. But that's all I assessed in the 2hrs that I actually got to spend with it. This weather sucks :(. Car looks like a project now that it has a tarp over it and some spare tires on top :'(
E38 update, it's still the best BMW I've ever had but I caught part of a tire on the way up to SF the other day that shattered my passenger side kidney and left a nice 3" dent and 20,000 hopefully repairable scratches in my hood.C6Z
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Originally posted by CarsonE30 View PostI have nothing but bad things to say about my old '95. Sunroof opened fine but didn't wanna close, (as I found out when I originally got it home), transmission was fine for about 600 miles and then started to slip, the hatch glass had a bad catch and never actually closed, the electronic release for the hatch was out, it went through brake light switches like no tomorrow, and the seats were uncomfortable. However, I did like the way it actually drove and looked. But that's not enough for me to want another one lol.
E38 update, it's still the best BMW I've ever had but I caught part of a tire on the way up to SF the other day that shattered my passenger side kidney and left a nice 3" dent and 20,000 hopefully repairable scratches in my hood.
In the market for A4s 270R/310R tranny for her. or 91-92 m50 5spd parts car :). If anyone is in the market for Borbet Type A's let me know. Need to free up some money.
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Originally posted by kronus View Postquoting for eventual regretC6Z
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Well. This makes me want to do my oil pump rebuild/reinforcement ASAP...The first car I ever rode in was an e30
Originally posted by Cabriolet
Wish you the best and hope you don't remember anything after 10pm.
1992 Mauritiusblau Vert
2011 Alpinweiss 335is coupe
2002 540i/6 Black/Black
2003 GSX-R 750 (RIP)
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Originally posted by Vivek View PostWell. This makes me want to do my oil pump rebuild/reinforcement ASAP...C6Z
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Originally posted by CarsonE30 View PostRoughly 2 weeks and 748.3 miles later, the regret has arrived.
Shitty situation, I suggest pulling the motor to inspect it closer. Then find an E30 to put it inSimon
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The manual 540 will actually do about 300 around town til the light comes on after about 15-16 gallons. Over 400 on the highway, and the e38 is apparently similar. It’s the v8 suv’s That burn gas like there’s a hole in the tank from what I’ve gathered
Is the 2002 model not considered the ‘msport’? I can’t figure out if it has an LSD or notThe first car I ever rode in was an e30
Originally posted by Cabriolet
Wish you the best and hope you don't remember anything after 10pm.
1992 Mauritiusblau Vert
2011 Alpinweiss 335is coupe
2002 540i/6 Black/Black
2003 GSX-R 750 (RIP)
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Originally posted by Vivek View PostThe manual 540 will actually do about 300 around town til the light comes on after about 15-16 gallons. Over 400 on the highway, and the e38 is apparently similar. It’s the v8 suv’s That burn gas like there’s a hole in the tank from what I’ve gathered
Is the 2002 model not considered the ‘msport’? I can’t figure out if it has an LSD or not
As for the LSD, only the M5 came with the LSD in the 3.15 ratio from what I understand.
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E38 update -
Oil is fine, oil pump is fine, car is running with no oil pressure issues, misfire, or CEL but it is still making an awful noise, (I'll try to upload a video and post it here.) Sounds like bad timing chain guides to me, any idea how long the motor can run with bad guides?
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These video's were the 1st and 2nd starts today and I actually let the car just idle and recirculate the oil as much as possible. Oil is clean, no metal or anything in it, gaskets are all good. I'm assuming that the hard braking actually just sloshed the oil so hard that it lost pressure and it just needed to recirculate. The noise is however still concerning but the noise in the videos is much quieter now, but it isn't gone. Counting down to actual engine failure, saving money for M62/420G swap.Last edited by CarsonE30; 03-05-2018, 05:11 PM.C6Z
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Originally posted by CarsonE30 View PostUpdate - it'll last about 13 miles lol.sigpic
1987 - 325i Convertible Delphin Auto [SOLD], 325i Convertible Delphin Manual [SOLD]
1989 - 325i Convertible Bronzit m30b35 swapped [SCRAPPED], 325i Sedan Alpine Auto[DD]
1991 - 325i Coupe Laguna Manual [Project], 535i Sedan Alpine [SCRAPPED]
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