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For Sale / FS, 1991 318is (e30) (denver, co)

« on: September 16, 2010, 10:36:12 AM »

Hey guys, I have to sell my beautiful 91 318is, 177k, sport seats, sunroof, white, redline fluids and mobil 1, 3rd owner, colorado car, no rust, car is in awesome shape and I get 28-32mpg on premium, 3300, 303-884-3773 or nilsson.eaton@gmail.com for pics, thanks!

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Engine + Driveline / Help!! Easy repair turned nasty

« on: November 20, 2008, 04:51:40 PM »

Hey folks, so here's the story, I have a 91 318is, 140k.  I got a crack in my oilpan courtesy of a chunk of concrete off the back of some dudes pick up on the highway, I pulled over, seemed like a small crack so I drove about 6 miles home and checked the oil level twice on the way and saw some minimal loss but nothing more than like a cup.  So I changed the oilpan and filter, fire the car up and it's running really rough and I hear a lot of valve noise, I checked the oil pump and it's operating fine so I'm at a loss.  does anybody have any ideas? seen this before? thanks for reading and thanks for any advice

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Engine + Driveline / New to the forum, seized water pump

« on: August 23, 2008, 03:11:00 PM »

Hello all, I'm new to the forum and the m42. After 6 years of punishing myself with three different e21's, I finally found a excellent condition 91 318is with 135k on it, needless to say, I'm not missing the e21!  Anyway, my water pump seized and I can't separate it from the block, I have never seen a water pump so hard to get out, I've checked to make sure I have all the bolts out a number of times, soaked it in penetrant for two days, whacked the hell out of it with my ball peen, I have the radiator, thermostat housing off for some working room and I can't get the thing to budge, has anybody ran in to this before? should I just eat the labor and go to my mechanic?
I'm happy to be a part of the forum, I look forward to talking with everybody!