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General Topics / M42 = Dead

« on: January 04, 2010, 06:29:09 AM »

Hi guys, thanks for all the replies.
I put a second hand sump on and filled up with oil. It runs however its defiantely not right so Im gonna put the old sump back on and make an insurance claim. Dumping an unknown M42 in its place is gonna cost me about 3 times as much as my insurance.
With a little bit of luck they should write the car off and let me buy back the wreck. If this happens ill have about $6000 in my pocket to get up and running again... Really trying hard not to think about the possibilities!

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General Topics / M42 = Dead

« on: December 22, 2009, 09:34:57 PM »

Went out to start my car this morning and was greeted with the most god-awful knocking sound I have ever heard and a big bright red oil pressure light. I quickly turned the engine off and peered under the front to see a big patch of oil slinking its way across my driveway.

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af274/tjcrowther/IMG_0140.jpg

I went for a long drive through the hills late last night and must have hit a rock and not noticed (how... that I do not know!). I did notice a clicking noise on my way home that was getting progressively worse however n00bishly I thought it was my water pump because thats been getting noisier the last few days - just waiting for it to arrive in the mail.

Hopefully it will all be taken care of on insurance nice and easily however im just a little scared of them saying "yeah we will pay for your sump, but everything else is consequential and therefore not covered..."

Anyone any thoughts on how to play this one?

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M42 Reference / Hi from Australia + Stalling issues

« on: November 02, 2009, 09:41:38 PM »

Thanks for the reply, I have read the procedure for the stomp test - 5 stomps of accelerator within 5 seconds... my car doesnt want to know about it. Maybe the bulb has blown out, Ill replace them all when I rebuild my instrument cluster. Does anyone know if possibly australian models didnt have diagnostics?

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M42 Reference / Hi from Australia + Stalling issues

« on: November 01, 2009, 12:48:08 AM »

Hi guys, I just picked up my 1990 318is a few weeks ago and have so far been loving it. It is not my first E30 having owned a 323i sedan a few years back (My "kicking myself for selling it" car).

All was good on inspection and after a decent drive however it was a cold miserable day... Yesterday was the first hot day I have driven it and after maybe 45 minutes of driving it started misbahaving, stalling and running rough. To make matters worse, this was the second time my fiancee has been in the car... she didnt say anything but the look on her face was "WHAT THE F*** HAVE YOU BOUGHT THIS TIME?!"

So far this is what I figure...

The engine will stall or almost stall then charge back up to a high idle if I remove the oil cap
The "Run S*** wire" is disconnected
The idle is not affected by shaking or tapping on the AFM
Problem is worse if the AC is on

For some reason The 5 stop/ 5 second test doesnt work (maybe because its an AU car - different management?)
My next step will be to pull the ICV and clean it out, has anyone any more suggestions?