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Yes Alan
I fitted a pair of Front discs with drilled holes and curved grooves on then, they also came painted in black. Mine were solid discs not the vented type and got them from an eBay site, the cost was about the same as the non drilled type.

Two new rear brake discs and brake pads plus a new steering wheel leather cover.
Nad

Hi The light for the engine oil level remains on for a few seconds after the engine is started and sometimes flickers on again shortly after it has gone out, before going out all together. I have checked the oil level with the dipstick and it's OK. Is this a common problem?
Nad

Hi The chrome exhaust finisher on my cars tail pipe is the oval type and it's got a bit rusted along the bottom edge, has any one replaced theirs with a twin pipe finisher? Just wondered how difficult it would be to fit, as the single tail pipe appears to turn down inside the oval chrome finisher. :...

My o/s door mirror just gives a click when I try pressing the switch to adjust it, is it cable operate or a small motor inside the mirror head, how do you remove the mirror glass without braking it? Any diagrams on the door mirror would be helpful.
Nad

Think I have a noise from the drive belt tension idle bearing I mean, I would like to know can you replace the bearing and pulley only, or do you have to replace the full thing that's including the spring housing :?: Nad Well that's it changed ! that is the Drive belt tensioner and bearing I mean, ...

Think I have a noise from the drive belt tension idle bearing, I would like to know can you replace the bearing and pulley only, or do you have to replace the full thing that's including the spring housing
Nad

Thank All especially for the diagram showing all the parts. Removed the wing liner and the cable from the actuator to the petrol flap, it appears that the small plastic bush was missing on the bracket inside the flap and I think the plastic end on the wire has a bit missing from it. Have ordered the...

Yes Found the fault, had another look at the petrol flap and there is a small plastic rod at the end of a wire which does move out when I lock the car But it appears to short and had got stuck at the back of the small hole it should slide through to lock the flap, May be there is a bit broken off th...

Hi
Might be a silly question but I have a small green button in the boot on the O/S with a small petrol pump on it which I assume you would pull to operate, but as my central locking has no affect on the petrol flap what use is this button.
Nad

Hi All Just got fitted an after market front pipe and cat, and it's not as good as the original BMW unit which came off the car. Just not as responsive as it was. I had to have it changed because where the exhaust front pipes joined It had rusted through. I could have gone for the proper pipe and ca...

Hi Fish Same thing happened to me a number of years a go, only the wire went in between my big toe and the one next to it and its only by luck I spotted the end of the wire sticking out, managed to get hold of it with tweezers and started to pull it out, couldn't believe how Far it had worked it's w...

Don't ! Get a garage to do it, you need special hub bearing pullers and a large socket and bar and if it was like mine all the nuts holding the brake back plate were rusted, as its the only chance to change that plate when the hub is removed but if you start pulling the hub off and the inner part is...

Hi
Added a small bottle of injector cleaning fluid to the petrol and the day after adding it the engine management light has come on is this a common problem when this type of cleaner is used
Nad

First long fast run yesterday and when I came off the motorway and started on the country roads a loud squeal started from the o/s rear wheel I thought that a small stone had got between the brake splash guard and the disc, so stopped and had a look nothing to be seen. When I got home I removed the ...

Came today a used exhaust front pipe and cat, but its like new and cost a
quarter the price of a new one
Nad

Its an integral part of the latch, look for the little button Thanks Alan Silly me I went out again and had a look and as you say it's in the catch and not one of the push in rubbers on the boot lid. And all is well the boot light goes out when the switch is pushed in Thank goodness for that :colou...

Hi Just renewed the boot loom wires as they had broken at the pivot point, a common problem I believe, but the boot light has power at it all the time now, and a earth so just wondered where the switch is located I think it will be at one of the push in points at the outer edge of the boot lid :?: I...

Hi All
I find I can move the gear lever from side to side about 5mm when in gear, Just wondered if there is an external bush that can be replaced to eliminate this movement.
Nad

Hi
Just wondered if it's possible to replace the N/S rear Brake stone guard without removing the hub bearing? I don't think so but maybe I am wrong
Will

Hi All
Just changed my spark plugs and fitted a set of NGK BKR6 EQUP (Platinum Tipped) price £34.00 for four. I can remember you could get a set of four Champion Spark Plugs for one Pound! (£1.00) but that was a long long time ago
Nad

Hi
I have 18" BMW Motorsport wheels fitted to my 2000 1.8 Z3 with 225/40/18 tyres and I think they improve the look of the car over the standard 16" wheels.
Will

Try K-Seal coolant additive, it worked for me
Nad

Here we go again Just changed the N/S front wheel bearing with one I got from eBay but it has failed in a very short time, so purchased two new front wheel bearings and hub units from an other local source and hope they last longer this time, they should do for what they cost me. I am also taking th...

Tweeter speakers.
Should there be tweeter speakers in the top part of the door card as standard? My 1.8 has two speakers in the foot wells and two behind the seats but the tweeter speakers behind the small grill in the top of door cards are missing.
Bill

Yes I had the same happen to mine, It had been sitting for about a week and when I tried to start the car all I got was a click. I had checked the battery when I got the car and found it was new but the wrong APH and size, so when this happened I replaced the battery with the correct one for the car...

The very early (pre-facelift) 1.8 litre model was imported into the UK, but only to special order - I have met a lady who had one, complete with narrow steel wheels, and without fog lamps. Oddy enough, it was the same colour (Hellrot 3) as mine, with the same paint code on its label, but was quite ...

colb wrote:RealOEM brings mine up as follows
Z3 E36 Roadster z3 1.9 Europe 12/1999 M43 engine
The boot badge is 1.8

Colb

Hi Colb
The engine in my car is the same as yours 1895cc M43TU Europe 10/2000 I have now replaced the 1.9i badge with what I think should be on it a 1.8

Yes when I check the chassis number it comes up as Z3 1.8 it is an E36 (7) so I think it should have the 1.8 badge on the boot, glad I asked the question, there are still some mystery's around the Z3 models
Bill

Hi Trayton
The car was an import built April 2000 and first registered here new on Nov 2000 and is the facelift model 1.8 118bhp 1895cc eight valve engine.
Bill

I have a Z3 1.8 but the 1.8 badging had been replaced with a 1.9i which is not correct for this car. Can anyone tell me if the badging for my car should be just 1.8 or a 1.8i ?
Bill

Hi
The paint on my door mirror aluminium bases have blistered up, a common problem I think. I was thinking of painting the bases in black instead of the body colour, I just wondered what you all thought!
It would make it much easer to repaint if the aluminium were to bleed through again.
Bill

Hi
My seatbelt slider clip at the top of the drivers seat has broken Has anyone changed this type of belt slider clip ? and can it be replaced without striping the seat down. Might end up sticking it together with some glue.

Hi
Don't think it can be a CV joint as it's rear wheel drive! could be one of the inner or outer ball joints or may be a bulge on the inside of a front tyre. There are a lot of large potholes in the roads which can fracture a tyre wall.