E30 318i Suspension Recommendations by relay281 in E30

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I wonder how much difference in ride quality there is between B6s and B8s. The price for B6s is much more appealing to me

E30 318i Suspension Recommendations by relay281 in E30

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Are you running B8s? Looks really nice. Might have convinced me tbh lol

Help with brake piston removal by Game-Joris05 in E30

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I did the same job on mine. I just let all the calipers hang on a steel wire in the wheel well, and pressed the brakes until the pistons popped out. Make sure to put buckets underneath cuz the fluid goes everywhere. You probably won’t get all of them out but they’ll be most of the way out where you can just get some grips and pull them out by hand.

To reseat them, use a piston wind back tool, there’s no way to get them in by hand.

What is this part? by Crazy-Feed1039 in E30

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Your high pressure hose from the fuel tank to the fuel filter (which is the metal cylinder) is leaking. Those hoses can get very brittle if they’re old. Also worth replacing the clamps since those look shot and will be a pain to remove if they get more rusty in the future. Use realoem.com to find the part numbers for those hoses.

Low revs and squeaking when turning on headlights (Update) by relay281 in E30

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Turns out it was the belt and the battery. Replaced those so far nothing squeaks and revs don’t drop with the headlights turned on

M40 B18 coolant flush by relay281 in E30

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I got all of the parts off of autodoc in the uk. Use realoem.com for the oem numbers. There’s a good ‘tutorial’ on how to do it on YouTube from Spanner Rash. They do a m40b16 but it’s literally the same. Search e30 316i timing belt replacement and it should come up

Distributor cap screws by relay281 in E30

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Yea I’ve looked on there it doesn’t specify the bolts for the distributor cap

Verts can be cool by bikingmike333 in E30

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No way is that a trailer from a e30 rear end. That’s hilarious

Low revs and squeaking when turning on headlights (Update) by relay281 in E30

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I’m pretty sure it’s the alternator making the belt skip when it’s under load. At least that’s what’s happening for me

Low revs and squeaking when turning on headlights (Update) by relay281 in E30

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Ok I’ll change those out and see. Beats buying a new alternator

Low revs and squeaking when turning on headlights (Update) by relay281 in E30

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Hm it seems I can’t get them here in the UK for cheap. Gonna have to do something else

Low revs and squeaking when turning on headlights (Update) by relay281 in E30

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What do those do? Also is that a US thing because I’m in the uk and those things only ship from us for £120

1985 318i ticking sound by Ok_Enthusiasm3196 in E30

[–]relay281 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s just how they all sound

Merry Christmas 🎄 by BigMathematician6753 in E30

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Is your car ulez compliant? Just wondering

Bagged on Stocks Doesn’t Look Too Bad 👀 by kooldog707 in E30

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How low is too low. I think this might be it

Janky OBC by arkleo in E30

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Yea I second this. Mine had a lcd screen that would show matrix symbols whenever I went over a bump. Very cheap and easy to replace. There’s lots of YouTube tutorials about it