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M42 Buyer's Guide / M42, but E36 one, not e30

« on: April 13, 2010, 04:07:18 AM »

A con would be its an E36 not an E30  lol jk
 and their interiors don't hold up as well.
The rear shock mounts usually wear out and need replacing or you will have to spend a lot of money to replace your towers due to the shocks going through the rear end, so Z3 rsm plates are good to get.

Are you talking about "famous" rear subframe damage? Because I saw couple people already fixed this issue on e36 and e46 with not so much money. They spent from 100 to 250 euros for this intervention.

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M42 Buyer's Guide / M42, but E36 one, not e30

« on: April 12, 2010, 02:00:22 AM »

m42's vacuum leaks, icv=iddle control valve, cps=crank position sensor i believe...major issue with m42's vacuum leaks...as for cons of the e36 i have no clue im an e30 guy so wouldnt know

Thanks!

Can you or someone else explain a bit about this vacuum leaks? What it means exactly? Something about intake?

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M42 Buyer's Guide / M42, but E36 one, not e30

« on: April 11, 2010, 12:34:13 PM »

Hello everyone!

So basically I am looking to buy an IS, but the e36 one. I need some advices only about cons of e36 IS and possible usual troubles in this model. I saw some comments about vac leaks, ICV & CPS and so on, but really don't know what are those about. I am in Europe, so as you probably think my English is not native one and I don't understand what those ICV, CPS and others means at all.