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Engine + Driveline / Just changed my O2 Sensor

« on: March 14, 2009, 01:51:18 PM »

just changed mine Bosh uni. cost me 20 bux and runs alot better, just cut splice raps start allso advsnced my timing just a lil. the old o2 was straight black with white dots ,  was getting to hot, luckly in the old 318i i have a lil meter on my dash that tells me when a o2 goes bad lol but i didnt find it untill after i swapd o2s haha but yea makes a bigg diffrnce.

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Engine + Driveline / coolant type/brand?

« on: March 14, 2009, 01:45:49 PM »

all coolants are fine is you flush on a yearly bases, Go-5 or Dex-cool would be good to but you will be payn more but its worth it, since mines a old 84 ethenal glyclo (green stuff) is just fine .

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General Topics / engine oil

« on: March 10, 2009, 01:09:02 AM »

With all due respect, you simply cannot evaluate the condition of your oil by its appearance. I have a used oil analysis performed at every oil change of my wife's X3 and my Mazdaspeed 3(MPS to our British friends). I run Mobil 1 0W-40 in the X3 and the UOAs indicate that a 9,000 mile oil change interval is perfectly safe. I run Mobil 1 5w-30 in the Mazdaspeed and the UOAs show that a 5,000 mile OCI is very conservative- even after the car has seen an HPDE or two. In my opinion you are literally pouring money down the drain when you change synthetic oil every 3,000 miles. If you insist on changing your oil so frequently I'm certain that any conventional SM-rated oil will prove to be more than adequate.

I hear you, well like i said everyone is diffrnt on how they do it, ive been doing this for over two years and after seeing guest cars come in some serviced on time some over the miles or a year and you notic the build up , if you looking 80% of owners books for cars you see thay say every 6000 miles but really thats not good , its the same for people never changing their coolant, in their book says 100,000 miles , really would you do that or would you change more often to make sure that rust dosnt build up or anything, go for any fluid, really it all depends on how teh persong drives teh car, if thier hard on it then fluids fail, but still to maintane a clean running eng better to change b4 what it calls for , just my 2 cents

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General Topics / engine oil

« on: March 10, 2009, 01:01:27 AM »

well the oil can last that long but think about long term effects, burnt oil builds sludge and varnish build up, you dont want that at all. and really oil dosnt cost much u spend mayb 30 USD every 2-3 months depending how much u drive , its well worth it, unless your leik teh people who come into my a job like mine, we service cars we charge 8 USD per qt of syn on top on the reg service so ppl spend like 80 bux but if you do it ur self then its no biggy. even easier on the 93 and up all canister top side filters and u have one 17m drain plug. I see people come in with nice clean engs and pretty clean oil when draining, then i see others that go 5000 miles and its burnt and black. non burnt oil should have a goldist tent not black. thats my opion on oil etc. better safe than sorry and maintane your car , parts last longers

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General Topics / engine oil

« on: March 05, 2009, 02:17:18 AM »

i change oil every 3000 or when ever i look at it and see how burnt it might be. Better to change more often than a long time, allways better in the long run and ur car performs smoother, but yea some people just dont car and take it the limit, oil also turns into acidtic acid over time thats not good eather

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General Topics / Keep the M10 or go for swap?

« on: March 04, 2009, 05:09:16 PM »

tight

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General Topics / Keep the M10 or go for swap?

« on: March 04, 2009, 01:35:15 AM »

cool, so basicly , eng tranny driveshaft ecu and new coolant system, i can allways up the diff to LSd and just a stright forword swap, thats what i was hoping now to see how much all thats going to cost for a well running m42 and everything ill need. Im still not sure what i wanna do for that with this car, i feel like theres so much to do haha but right now i do need it to run for now, hows the trannys for teh m42? from what ive read the 84-85 318i have gertech trannys and their built pretty well, i cant fiond to much info on the 1st e30 lol but idk haha what ever comes along i guess, think right now i need to worry about sys, rims and flat black teh car ( paint is fadeing an chiping off) and id liek to do teh plastic bumper swap get ride of those huge metal ones , what other car apps can i use on e30's? vw stuff newer bmw? anything would help with a bmw noob

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General Topics / Keep the M10 or go for swap?

« on: March 03, 2009, 08:31:15 PM »

g thanks your alot of help!

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General Topics / Keep the M10 or go for swap?

« on: March 03, 2009, 01:28:11 AM »

ohh yea how to i lower teh idel, its at 1800

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General Topics / engine oil

« on: March 02, 2009, 09:27:51 PM »

15W-50 Mobil 1, change it every 10k miles.  I usually have to add 2 quarts over that 10k stretch.

how often do you go 10K? half a year 1/4? dam dude that pushing oil to the limit , and ur burning 2qts. try adding some teflon based additive so it slow burning and reduces the sludge build up and werd of advice dont go 10K on same oil thats just bad, thats like waering ur same underwear for a week , its not right haha  and oil is cheap take advantge b4 the price goes up , u can get 5qts of m1 at a walmart for 25bux and ur filter for 5:D

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General Topics / engine oil

« on: March 02, 2009, 09:22:34 PM »

wow you guys are crazy going 5-8k on oil lol, i work at a oil change place ( not just oil but every other fluid) i personaly wouldnt even push 5k for same oil syn or not. ok so yea 5/40 is good its recommended for turbo deisels or new bmw's, but dependeding where you live if its hot or cold, if it really hot the 5/40 or 10/40 is no problem, if its cold use teh 0/40  its made for easy starts and better emmisions. but threw my years working at this place, personly your best bet if ur allways pushing ur car use a /50 , M1 makes a 15/50 made for high reving/turbo/ super charger apps. thats just my personal input. and for all bmw's 95 and up are all syn im sure u can run base oil and fuk ur shit up with a gang of slug or not. most older bmw's (m20's) use 20/50 cuz they burn like crazy. ur your not going with syn ur best bet is to use ( Delo 15/40 ) has alot of additives allready in it its what deisels take ( btw are bulk oil is all Chevron) ive heard alot about penzoil have wax in their oil , other syns besides m1 rairly do we use. liek i said b4 just a lil input from ur local Lube Tech haha

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General Topics / Keep the M10 or go for swap?

« on: March 02, 2009, 08:42:26 PM »

Ok everyone who may read this ,as you can see from my s/n im new to teh bmw scene, ive had nissan 240sx's (2) and soem other junk, about a month ago i picked up a 84 318i for yes...300 bux running, i drove it home 60 miles no problem now i just gotta get a new cat so i can pass smog here no biggy, but im wondering what id have to do to go all out with a m42 swap? can i just swap eng tranny and driveline? leave teh stock diff till i can afford one or just maybe fix up that 25 year old eng? Liek i said im new to the bmw world i know this is a m42 form but for e30tech u havw to pay and right now thats a no can do. anyways just wont some ideas etc and im looking for some rear 1/4 panel fenders sorta like the m3 e30 but i dont want to pay 600bux for that , i have some rear 1/4 dents and just wanna cover it up, i paln making this car my DD and track ( whos nos maybe even drift it) but yea just want tips and all that good stuff again thanks in advance -ben