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Member Profiles / Mattt (from Canada eh?)

« on: October 25, 2008, 12:37:38 PM »

yeah, body work. paint is getting done by a long time friend of the family that runs his own body shop. takes cash under the table. AWESOME

A new shifter  (same as the stock one, the fabric is tearing off) and a K&N Air filter and an oil filter are on their way. Once they get here I'll spend an afternoon changing the air filter/fuel filter/oil filter/oil/shifter/trunk lid/ cleaning the interior again real good. It sttill smells like cigarettes. When we took it out for a test drive the PO smoked atleast 4 of them.

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Member Profiles / Mattt (from Canada eh?)

« on: October 24, 2008, 09:10:13 PM »

I'm in Moncton, not very far from any of those places!
And no, I don't plan on doing any of the body work myself. one big accident waiting happen there.

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Member Profiles / Mattt (from Canada eh?)

« on: October 24, 2008, 10:50:52 AM »

yes, Diamondschwarz Metallic FTW is right! I'm gonna get the body work done before the mark D chip, because it won't get much driving untill march/april depending on the weather.

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Member Profiles / Mattt (from Canada eh?)

« on: October 24, 2008, 07:27:21 AM »

so I decided I might as well show everyone my e30.
It's my first car and I couldn't be happier with it. I bought it about 2 months ago and so far I haven't had the money to do much. A new trunk is on it's way though(you'll see why).
I got it for $1500 and it runs strong, the idle isn't jumpy and there's no rust on anything structural. There is a bit on it though. But even a car 4 years old without rust is rare. East Coast FTW!

My to do list (in order)
re attach the front lip (PO knocked it off going into a gas station)
body work/paint(should be getting done at the end of the month)
Drop
Wheels
than doing a mod or 2. I hear these respond really good to the Mark D chips.

And now for the pics!








There you are!

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Engine management / What's making this noise?

« on: October 04, 2008, 11:52:07 AM »

I think it might be.the car doesn't get driven at all ATM, but I started it last night to move it under the car port, and it made the noise. not as badly though.

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Engine management / What's making this noise?

« on: October 02, 2008, 01:14:52 PM »

this weekend I get to clean all the hoses and find the damn leak.

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Engine management / What's making this noise?

« on: September 21, 2008, 06:53:58 PM »

ATF is what I used.

There's a leak in a hose so that's why its low

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Engine management / What's making this noise?

« on: September 21, 2008, 04:35:12 PM »

I checked my power steering fluid and it was low, so I topped it up but still nothing has changed. I opened the cap to check the fluid again and the fluid had a bunch of bubbles on top of it.

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Engine management / What's making this noise?

« on: September 21, 2008, 03:28:54 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PatCCuLTJ3k

There's the video. RPMs also seem to drop slightly/ So I'm guessing SOMETHING is rubbing.

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Engine management / What's making this noise?

« on: September 21, 2008, 03:03:29 PM »

My engine is making some sort of grinding/vibrating noise when I turn the wheel, Car hasn't moved since last time I started it, and this didn't happen last time. I've got a video up loading to youtube right now and I'll post a link to it once it's uploaded.
EDIT*Sorry, It's a 91 318is