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« on: January 25, 2014, 11:45:37 AM »
Hi I live in Mesa, AZ got a 1991 E30 318i 4 door White w/ gray cloth int. Posted pics of the car, and my 1 yearold son Jonny!
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« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2014, 01:54:15 PM »
That's a clean looking 318i!
Welcome to the club!

Dean
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« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2014, 01:27:04 PM »
Cleaned the White Angry Chihuahua!

A perfect day for it too!
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« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2014, 03:55:41 PM »
that is a sad looking yard?! Do you live Death Valley? :)
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« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2014, 11:28:34 PM »
Living in Arizona my father doesn't winter seed his yard so the crab grass is dormant this time of year.  It's kinda the norm for people who don't belong to a HOA.  My father lives on an acre with water rights, and farm animal privileges so during the summer it's green, because of the every 2 week flood irrigation.  During the winter it's once a month after dry up.   

Quote from: deansweet on February 09, 2014, 03:55:41 PM
that is a sad looking yard?! Do you live Death Valley? :)
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« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2014, 08:41:56 PM »
Well it looks like the Angry White Chihuahua's water pump died.   So I think it might be a good time to flush, hoses, belts, and thermostat ....
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« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2014, 04:50:07 PM »
Well I'm in a snag on a water pump change out ...
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« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2014, 09:23:46 AM »
snag? details?
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« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2014, 09:11:03 PM »
The snag is whoever serviced the car before I got it used lots of RTV!  The water pump is pretty much glued in the engine.  You know how the 2 screws that you use to pull the water pump out well one of them broke part of the housing the other strip the threads in the pump housing.  So this weekend was preparing, and cleaning for water pump extraction.  The trick will be not damaging other aluminum parts on the front of the engine when extracting the water pump.
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« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2014, 08:11:26 AM »
yep, that would definitely be a snag.
I feel for you, the pump is in a peculiar spot that doesn't allow prying that's for sure.
Hopefully you can get it extracted without collateral damage. 
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« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2014, 07:37:08 PM »
Got an extra engine for parts.  There's some salvage yards locally here in Phoenix Metro area ... I wish I had the time to go find a 92 thru 95 M42 so I can update my car to serpentine drive belts, and coil over plug setup.
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« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2014, 11:38:53 PM »
Moved the car into the shop after the post rain dry up ...  let the tear down begin ...
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« Reply #12 on: March 07, 2014, 08:34:45 PM »
It looks like my Father, and Brother got the water pump out while I was at work today ... I really wanted to be there, but I have to work.
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« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2014, 09:35:39 PM »
Well ordered the parts from http://www.autohausaz.com/ they should be at my Dad's house sometime tomorrow.  I have some pics.
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« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2014, 09:50:52 PM »
They E30 is up and running!  I cleaned it too!  Cleaned my wife's car so she's happy!
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