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It looks pretty sad! Seller goes on about how rare it is and then wants to break it!!! I can only assume it has NSF accident damage as he carefully has avoided showing that corner and the stance looks wrong. Even with the escalating prices of the M there is only so much that can be done to keep them...

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I applied for a job once retro-fitting air con into brand new cars on behalf of franchised dealers. They expected me to fit two or three a week and maybe an extra one by doing overtime if there was a long commute from the head office. I never took the job for several reasons but it gives an idea of ...

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As I said the temperature is being measured at one point in the cylinder head, not the radiator as that temperature will fluctuate every time you stop or move or the fan cuts in. "Cool" water is being pumped into a "hot" engine through narrow ducts there will be all sorts of temp...

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Nice looking car although with almost a million miles on the clock you must know it is reliable!
I would change the quoted mileage of "964500" if I were you!

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That's a bad move! Just watched one of those house hunting programmes on TV where the 'expert' was getting really frustrated with the guy looking to buy a house since he was putting more priority on the garage / workshop facilities for his Land Rovers than the living accommodation. I guess there are...

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It's like that because that's the way it is. You cannot expect a temperature gauge to sit exactly in the middle of full scale and it will generally move slightly up or down depending on several things e.g. engine load, ambient temperature, airflow around the engine. The gauge is measuring the temper...

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"pry in and out"! Did you not use spring compressors? Changing springs without them is a very dangerous game! There also appears to be an emphasis on lack of tools which considering the enormity of the task of building a kit car is surprising. I hope the car turns out well, certainly what ...

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Worryingly Mike there is a photo with the bonnet open and the engine looks pretty straight to me.

This suggests that the owner cannot tell the difference even when looking at the engine!

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I'm not saying that the fuel had no effect but you also need to take into account the ambient temperature, pressure and humidity especially since your tests were several weeks apart. Cold air will be more dense and therefore have more mass for the same swept volume. Since cars these days have a Mass...

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Whereabouts is your mate Craig based?
I have a rear quarter panel off the car that I need respraying and his handy work looks the business.

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You say it is an "old" 2.8 so I'm guessing that it has a cable and it is one of those hybrid throttle bodies where the motor overrides the cable for traction control. I read somewhere that you should not try and move the butterfly on these by hand otherwise the unit can be damaged but sinc...

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Absolute nonsense, Corky! Mugs is correct. If you put lead in the tank you will probably destroy your catalytic converter. What the guy is talking about is that you should use high octane fuel in other words 'super unleaded' RON 95 or above if you can find it not the usual rep-mobile supermarket unl...

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Forgot to mention, Bob, when I bought my replacement key from Motormec, not a franchised dealer, there was no need for any of this pfaffing about reprogramming it worked straight out of the packet. Remotely opened the doors and started the car as well as fitting all of the locks to manually unlock. ...

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When I got my Z it only had one key with the 3 buttons on it and looked like it had been used by a labrador! I initially went down the ebay route and found it was quite difficult to get anyone to cut a blank to fit my locks for less than about £50 and then guarantee it would work. You should be able...

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It could, of course, be leaking between cylinders and may not be showing any oil / water symptoms but then I suspect it would run like a pig if it started at all.
A compression check could spot this eventuality also.

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The sound comes from the speakers and the standard fit ones are not the best. Better electronics will still sound poor if the speakers are not up to the task so I would start here. Having said that part of the allure of the Z, particularly the 6 pots, is the exhaust note so why would you want a radi...

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The best way to be sure is the compression test as the other symptoms (oil in the water, white smoke from the exhaust) are dependant on where the breach in the gasket lies. Does the owner report high oil or water consumption with no obvious leaks onto the floor? You say the engine runs but how well ...

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Good call Bob.
Let us know if code 12 disappears for good.

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I am certain that those that suggest leaving it or gluing it back together are only having a bit of fun and are knowledgeable enough themselves to realise that this is a serious safety issue and the car should not be driven in this state. The worry is that the OP is obviously not so knowledgeable ot...

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Hi Bob, So I take it code 12 has reappeared? It could still be a fault elsewhere but if you wish to replace a sensor try www.motormec.co.uk. Their website is not particularly helpful since it always seems to be under construction but it has contact details and if you ring them they are extremely kno...

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Pagid were OEM for my Porker. Nuff said!
Still think Mintex are hard to beat for value and performance though.

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If you had split inlet bellows then you are unlikely to need new sensors. These codes were probably registered by running with the air metering outside pre-programmed parameters. A word of caution: Now you are the proud owner of a code reader treat it like a newspaper and don't believe everything yo...

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Another vote for Mintex. Excellent value and stopping power so I have them on all 4 of my cars. They do (did last time I looked) something called Brake Box which they claim to be matched discs and pads which is what I fitted and have no complaints at the price. It takes the guesswork out of finding ...

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My last car with a carburettor was a 1978 Opel Manta that I owned in the early 1980's with a twin choke monstrosity. Fine from cold but a hot start - forget it! In 1986 I bought a fuel injected 1984 Manta GTE and have never looked back. Had it tuned by the legend Bill Blydenstein a couple of years l...

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Don't start me on that topic - A lot of designs these days are about making more money not to improve the product by making it more useful or easier to use. How regularly do we need to update a mobile phone for example? I grew up when a phone that was not in your house was fitted in a red box and yo...

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Almost identical to my Mora Red (purple) individual except of course this one is errr, blue! Southernboy is right though, cream and body colour piping does set the interior off more than black. Just have to be careful what I say as the last time a thread went in this direction I was accused of being...

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True! I do remember many a Triumph owner carrying bags of frozen peas around with them trying to keep their early fuel injected cars running! I'm glad Mr Bosch et al got their act together as I for one would never consider a carburettor again. Wheels are ok provided they come in fours and as for fir...

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Lots of different manufacturers use this disc/drum set up for the rear it's not peculiar to BMW. My many large Vauxhalls, Jaguar, Volvo and Porsche all had a similar set up. In fact the only car that I have owned with rear discs that actually used the discs and pads for handbrake was a 1991 Volkswag...

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There is another possibility if the car is running as well as you say it is... When I took my daily driver Volvo for its first ever MOT when it was just 3 years old it failed on emissions at my local MOT station. I took it back to the stealer where I brought it brand new and they said "these ne...

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Hi, I would really worry if you had that much CO2 in your exhaust emissions. I take it you mean CO? That's not your only problem by the looks of it as there seems serious combustion issues to resolve. Have you checked the spark plugs to see what condition they are in? The kind of deposits on them an...

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Yes Zederbee is correct. Don't dismiss a Stealer without asking the question sometimes their prices are almost realistic! I bought the rubber hoses from the MAF to throttle body and genuine BMW items from a franchised dealer were 2/3 of the price of some dubious replicas from the Far East on eBay. T...

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Yes being sold by such a specialist company too that think that ET 2 and ET 9 rims will fit on an E 36!

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I feel sorry for the poor old M54 spending its life bouncing off the rev limiter!
It's likely that the cost of fuel will be the least of your worries before long!

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I wondered what the candlestick on the dashboard was for!!!

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Yup! It is Mora Red paint code 359. It was applied to the Mora individual with matching piping on cream seats and a few other extras over the standard spec. I have only ever seen it with the 2.0 engine which is unfortunate unless someone knows different. I have a Mora Z3 but you do not see many in t...

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I had similar issues a month ago. Just after its winter lay-up turn the key and the engine did not spin. Try several times and then it would start. As Mike suggests, a simple bit of Holmes and Watson with my eyes and fingers and I found a loose connection at the battery. Not the battery connection i...

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Yes, it does not specifically mention E36/7 Z3 but I can access all modules on my 2000 2.0l by using a combination of the E46 and E39 tabs.

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Not sure UK Plod would approve of a tinny of ale within arms reach of the driver should you be stopped!
A neat job all the same.

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I have one of those BM Cables it is excellent. All sorts of useful data pops up on the screen. Be aware that you will also need an adaptor cable from the rectangular OBDII connector to the circular pacman connector under the bonnet to read any codes other than the engine related ones but presumably ...

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The two little o-rings that never come with the oil filter and no one ever changes but will hopefully stop it taking a couple of seconds for the oil pressure to build while it refills the filter with oil after start up. £4.51 including postage from a franchised BMW dealer (can't really call them a s...

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Are you sure that it is not a comb that hairdressers fit to their clippers?
After all all soft-top sportsters are tarred with the hairdresser brush!!!

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Way to go Del!
I wouldn't even contemplate replacing a single ball joint on one of these arms.
Great price too for a pair.

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Hi Inferno, you don't say what time on Sunday the auction ends. If the seller is experienced and wants top dollar it shall end late afternoon early evening. This is when there is maximum traffic on the site. Be prepared for the price to escalate many times in the last minute so if you really want th...

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I got 10 out of 10... on the second attempt!!! 4 from 10 first time through. It's a duff quiz anyway; 3 are French rubbish that no one would be interested in at those prices and 2 are ridiculous Italian (German really) supercars that cost as much as my entire street of houses! The quiz should theref...

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When you do eventually find the culprit perhaps you should take a photo and take it back to the stealer and ask why they did not find the problem that they were expressly asked to look for. My guess is that they just did the routine service and left it at that as the message to look for the particul...

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You have to compare like with like. The sort of cars that are making big money are exceptional and in the main fairly rare, low mileage examples. To compare you would need to be buying exceptional shares not those of a high street bank or exceptional property in an up and coming area not the house t...

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An interesting idea but personally if financial reward was my goal I would invest in bricks and mortar every time. I would feel sorry for that poor M Roadster that was bought ten years ago (and the Ferrari also although I never understand what people see in them) to add a handful of miles. BMW's are...

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Sounds like it does have air-con then. Heated seats too a bonus!
Check the air-con works if it is fitted since it can often be an expensive fix if you need a new condenser rather than just a gas recharge.
If it's not working then this is a price haggling tool!
Let us know how you get on.

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Not all the 6 pot cars had powered hoods as mine has never had one fitted and doesn't have the ram gear in the boot so don't feel short-changed if it doesn't have one. I generally find that people who dismiss air-con have never had it. Personally I would not buy a car without it but not for balmy su...

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Hi again, mine is a 2.0 and the power is adequate but then I changed from a 4.0 supercharged Jaguar! You may need to stir the gearstick a little more than with a larger engine but owning one of these cars isn't just about the performance which is why the good condition 4 cylinder cars are popular. H...

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