monty23psk

[monty23psk]

I am working on installing my Stromung m42 exhaust after 7 years of my custom one. I decide to refresh all the mounting hardware from BMW as well. New heat shield and mounting brackets.

Before:


After:

[monty23psk]

I need to post pics of the exhaust installed. It sounds great!

I was looking around engine bay and noticed the 30+ year plus original rubber hose from TB to charcoal canister was in bad shape. I got a new replacement from BMW.

New Hose:

Before:


Hose cut to length. New and old side by side:


New installed:

[monty23psk]

Here is the Stromung exhaust installed pics.

[monty23psk]

So after I replaced the charcoal canister/fuel purge valve hose, I noticed the Bosch 2-pol connector has one lead that was oxidized. I rebuilt the connector/pins with another Bosch rebuild kit and after I did that, the purge valve lasted a week before the CEL came on. I guess it was making contact in the right place but after new metal came in, the oxidation inside the valve connector was not making good contact. I order a new on from BMW, swapped it in and no more CEL. After the atthevintage event, I am going t rebuild the actual charcoal canister as the outside looks like it is truly over 30yrs old.

Here is a pic of old vs new:

[monty23psk]

I noticed the brake booster check valve hose were all cracked. Decided to replace it all and went with an e36 check valve as the e30 version is NLA.

Before:
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Parts:
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After:
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[bmwman91]

Nice workaround, it is good to know that the E36 valve is a workable option here. I did my BB/vacuum hoses a while back, and thankfully the check valve was still fine.

How is the Stromung cat-back?

[monty23psk]

Nice workaround, it is good to know that the E36 valve is a workable option here. I did my BB/vacuum hoses a while back, and thankfully the check valve was still fine.

How is the Stromung cat-back?

My original CV was still working, they are bullet proof unless oii/fluid gets into them. But it was very faded and removing the old hoses as I want to keep showed me how brittle the plastic was so I threw it away.

Exhaust is awesome. I just did a 2k mile trip to the Vintage and it was nothing crazy compared to my old one and good volume on the high way with no really droning unless you step on it. I got two compliments while doing the tail of the dragon again on how it sounding ripping through the curves. Now to find a good SS polish to keep and protect it.

[monty23psk]

Been busy with life but still enjoying the e30. After searching 3 years, I finally found the elusive air intake box snorkel.
Here a picture of the gap where the tube should go:


I sourced one that had a little bit of grime build up and the bellows had two tears. I did the bellow repair with crazy glue and RTV as I found online, and then gave it the SEM treatment. SEM Soap, gray scuff pad and then SEM trim paint. It came out pretty nice.


And here it is installed:

[monty23psk]

So after 32 year and one week from my car coming off the factory line, the hood shock was replaced. It went bad a few weeks ago and the hood wouldn't stay open if it was just touched or while on a slight incline. I opted to get the OE part as it was just few dollars more and it has the work E30 labeled on it, which I fine cool. here is before and after: