NOR-CAL General Chat.

[Cabriolet]

There used to be a huge monthly GTG when I was in the VW world. It was at the end of 85 off of Rengstorff and 101. It was basically a mid point for a lot of people so we'd get a good mix of people who would travel to it. Big parking lot too

if you hear about one soon, lmk. i need to show off my corrado and get someone to buy it.

Fucking peninsula, why can't people live in the east bay where it's convenient to me?!?

Because the roads are better on the peninsula and you have a lower chance of being shot/mugged.

[2mAn]

if you hear about one soon, lmk. i need to show off my corrado and get someone to buy it.

Not likely, but Ill let you know. My vortex days are over. I dont have anything VW left and my login got all messed up when they got that huge hack a little while ago.

[McGyver]

Because the roads are better on the peninsula and you have a lower chance of being shot/mugged.

Fair point, Oakland's roads are destroying my car.

[chriso]

I'm down for any meet, but if it's not in East Bay, I won't be taking the E30, unfortunately, but I'll be there with my 135.

[kronus]

i'd meat

e30's down though, but the moupe runs!

[McGyver]

i'd meat

e30's down though, but the moupe runs!

isn't it a smoupe?

[kronus]

it is a smoupe yes

[ohthejosh]

Jeeps are oversized e30s right

[chriso]

Anyone around sometime to help me out with a bigger job?

I replaced my lower oil pan on my E30, but I found out (or caused) the upper oil pan is stripped, causing a vacuum leak. So, obviously it's pretty out of commission due to overheating if driven more than about 30-45 minutes.

Basically, I either need to redrill my upper oil pan as a temporary fix (the gasket is leaking), or replace the pan itself.

All the leaks I have remaining are pretty minor, only my lower oil pan was especially bad.

Since moving into my new apartment, I've been pretty short on money, so I can't quite afford to bring it to a shop right now, but it would be nice to have it drivable around town as my daily, again.

Beer, Pizza, Friendship, all the joy of helping me learn the hard stuff all included! Just moved to Northwest Berkeley.

I'm leaning towards having the pan re-drilled or helicoiled for now, but idk. Any leads on an east bay shop that would do it dirt cheap? I don't care if it's a sloppy job, and it will all be fixed in a few months.

[Cabriolet]

Blah blah blah

jb weld it for now. then:

lose the damn m42 and your life will be better for it.

[Thizzelle]

can you guys confirm e30 alternators from any e30, fit in each car? RealOEM seems to say so. Only difference is the amps but i'm just gonna get a 95a cuz cars only use what it needs and I can put it in my M3. Then throw older one on other car.

[chriso]

jb weld it for now. then:

lose the damn m42 and your life will be better for it.

JB Weld all the way around the lower oil pan? haha

[McGyver]

I replaced my lower oil pan on my E30, but I found out (or caused) the upper oil pan is stripped, causing a vacuum leak. So, obviously it's pretty out of commission due to overheating if driven more than about 30-45 minutes.

Basically, I either need to redrill my upper oil pan as a temporary fix (the gasket is leaking), or replace the pan itself.

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I'm leaning towards having the pan re-drilled or helicoiled for now, but idk. Any leads on an east bay shop that would do it dirt cheap? I don't care if it's a sloppy job, and it will all be fixed in a few months.

So the threads in the upper oil pan got ripped out and now you can't torque the lower oil pan bolts to spec, which is causing leaks?

Why not buy the tool to fix it yourself? (Make sure to get the correct thread pitch)

Helicoil:
kit
single tool

Timesert:
single tool

Here's a thread about other options:

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=198134

[oliver.r]

a meet?

[kronus]

we can eat tacos around the 2002 maybe

just like old times