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Tilly

Yep we're a black and blue family.
Black M the Blue Z.

Unfortunately our son has absolutely no interest in cars apart from being a taxis service. This means when we go on holiday we have to take the hurse, sorry Touring

Tilly

You lucky lot. Spent most of the day trying to get all the oil off the garage floor. Still later had to nip to the shop and my wife kindly let me borrow her Z to make the trip. The 1.9 auto may not have the poke of the M but even after ten years it still has the fun factor. The only problem was that...

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Hi Tilly No worries here is a picture of the Exhuast Side cover removed and the two solenoids (Advance and Retard) with their wiring and connector http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq359/apj2007/VanosSolonoids2.jpg That's better size picture :D Regards Ade[/img] Thanks for the pics. I was thinking...

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Hi Tilly No worries here is a picture of the Exhuast Side cover removed and the two solenoids (Advance and Retard) with their wiring and connector http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq359/apj2007/VanosSolonoids2.jpg That's better size picture :D Regards Ade[/img] Thanks for the pics. I was thinking...

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If that is a BMW $tealer, I would be having a word with BMW UK Customer Services, as they sound to be blowing smoke up your ass. :evil: People make mistakes, we all do, I just wish some of them (particularly garages) would admit it when they do. I had the back end of a brand new car scraped when it...

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Ade,

Mega thanks. That is just the info I wanted. it looks as if the cover was removed and that is what probably caused the bolts to drop out.

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Got the AA to check the car. Two bolts had fallen out and the remaining two were finger tight. It must have happened just as I returned home although we could not find the bolts. On start up oil sprays everywhere. My Vanos was not growling before and there was no loss of performance. Engineer said I...

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After reporting a lumpy start-up to my garage they reported the following on the invoice: 1. Checked the fault codes and found nothing. 2. Ran a vanos test to check system and found the exhaust retard inoperative. Can anybody give me any ideas on what the vanos check entails? There is a reason for t...

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Boysie [i ]After my trip to the dealer i didnt know what step to take next. I knew I was going to munich legends on saturday, so iI thought as a independent i would ask them to do a complete check of the diff bracket and any signs of a weld problems. I had asked them had they seen and dealt with th...

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I have now received responses to both of my queries. Firstly from VOSA: “ If your vehicle was taken back to the original test station for the retest they could have only charged you up to half the original fee. It was retested for what ever reason at a different test station so that garage had to do...

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You're right, trust nobody. I this case I don't believe it is a scam. The garage did not know the centre which failed the initial test. They are over thirty miles apart. I believe the cold was the culprit but if you define a specific standard test MOT centres need to take this into account. Since ev...

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Depreciation will be more on the roadster than the coupe but you will pay less for the convertible in the first place. Unless you get one with a hard top you will have all of the usual problems, occasional leaks, scratched rear window, more noise, less security. The roadster also has slightly less s...

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This ref might give you some further ideas. http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16048&highlight= Since listing costs I have had some hefty bills apart from normal servicing. £1995 for repair/strenghtening rear differential and wheels refurbishing. In addition I will again need the air...

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On the refusal MOT test certificate it states: If this vehicle is left at the testing centre for repair and is retested before the end of 10 working days, then only a partial retest is needed for which no fee may be charged. If the vehicle is removed from the testing station for repair and returned ...

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I have sent all the information to VOSA and am awaiting their reply.
I am also awaiting a response from the County Council concerning the pot hole damage.

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Check under car found no additional damage following pot-hole incident. Also with respect to MOT emissions failure no fault could be found. Car thoroughly warmed and then retested. CO emissions were 0.01 so it sailed through. First failure put down to insufficient heat in the CAT because of very low...

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How is this for a main A road !!!!!!!!!!!

Think I'll buy an off roader

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Going to get it checked tomorrow. Thanks for the further suggestion.

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Got the pics. Road is worse than I thought. Over twenty holes in a section 100 metres long. Some almost a metre in length. Could not get the exact dimentions since the road is a very bussy A road. I felt quite exposed standing by a very bent barrier, where somebody in the past has come a cropper, in...

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Thanks I'll go back and take some pics and see what happens. I won't be driving the Z though!!!!!!!!!!!

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Well, thought I would give the car a good run and get the CAT really warm. Trouble was I almost lost control and was lucky not to spin and hit the central barrier all on a dry duel carriageway main A road at less than forty. I was on inside lane slowing for a roundabout when I suddenly saw around a ...

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Nothing different in terms of journeys length or speed. I must admit this time much colder and the MOT centre is only four miles away. However car did not cool much and was left idling for over ten minutes while usual electrics checked. Before second test engine had been running for over 20 minutes ...

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Car just failed the MOT on emissions test. S50 Feb 1997 with 113,000Km on clock C0 level(% vol) 0.625 whereas the max limit 0.2. Second fast idle test for longer at 2500 rpm CO level down to 0.414, still above max. Test conditions same as in previous years when it recorded 0.014 and 0.019, well belo...

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OOps, Trying to save time gave the wrong link. Sorry. But you got the right info now. As aj says it is the one half way up side of gearbox. And yes the price of oil is high but worth it. Hope the repairs work and all is well. Mine has to have some welding for the rear diff supports. Half of the rive...

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No probs.

Rather than describe see following link which shows how to do it with pics.

http://www.mdracing.co.uk/howto4.asp

Glad to be of help

Tilly

Looks like it is the sump cover with a leaking o-ring. The following gives a diagram of the sump with parts and numbers.

http://bmwfans.info/original/Z3/roa/Z3% ... 1_1574/url

Hope it helps

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On my car, prelaunch german demonstrator, both of the oil lights are red. The bottom one, an oil can with a wavy line underneath is the sensor light. Flashing before starting the engine indicates level sensing is malfunctioning. If the light comes on and remains on when the engine is running this in...

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The top oil light and the bottom light both come on when the ignition is turned on to position 2. Before starting the lower light should go out after a couple of seconds indicating that engine oil level is being monitored. If it flashes it means that level is not being monitored and there is a fault...

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Had the same problem. Just a few drops under the engine.

When checked it was the engine block pressure valve. Part number BM 11111318185 cost about £18. Simple to fit.

Leak solved.

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I don't think car prices will go up at all anytime soon. Recession is on its way as P rightly says. Credit costs are spiralling. I am seeing horrific loan APRs being quoted, credit limits slashed etc working in a bank. Things will get worse before getting any better Not the best time to sell. If yo...

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Depreciation is a big factor. In 11 years the car has depriciated £30,000. In addition petrol is a big cost to add. However, averaging 6000 miles a year, with all running costs, depreciation and maintenance it works out to just less than £16/day. That is pessermistic since I have estimated fuel at 1...

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The roadster will be 11 years old this month. Loooooooooooots of fun but what about the costs of running such a high performance car? For the performance quite amazing as I hope the following figures show. They do not include road tax, mot and insurance. However, I have given my current year’s insur...

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A Long time. The history of my car is it was built in Feb 1997 as one of the first batch. 38 cars were made in Jan 1997 and mine was one of the 148 made in the Feb. The official press ride-and drive exercise was held in Spain in March 1997 and by that time the car had been delivered to the main BWM ...

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David, You asked about fuels. My ZM is one of the oldest in this country, if not the oldest (Manufactured Feb 1997). I have run it on 95, 97 and 98 juice and it now has 106,000Km on the clock. I have tended to use Optimax as a preference though that is more from habit and the location of the garage....

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Our three current cars have regularly been serviced at ML. ZM roadster, Z3 1.9 and 530i touring. Over the last seven years the only issue is jobs can take a little longer than with other garages. However, service is good, carried out by competent mechanics, pricing is very reasonable and advice and ...

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Yep you need a sense of humour to drive a car these days.

The question is "where do you jam in the coins?"

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Just had the leather seat back replaced since the leather was worn. Mechanic had to remove the whole seat. In doing so he found some old German coins which must have been there since the car was a demonstrator in Germany from Feb 1997. Unfortunately after refitting the seat it now slides about half ...

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I have owned for over six years a Z3M Roadster [left hand drive] and it was first registered to a main dealer, Autohaus Fulda in Germany, on 21-02-1997.The main agent in Germany filled in the servichelt book and in the fahrzeugdaten page under erstulassung they have put the date 21.02.1997. Since I ...

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Rev counter problem any ideas. Problem for over three years. When car driven( Feb 1997 ZM Roadster German launch demonstartor), usually in summer enough to really get warm and then it is parked for a time, after restarting when under hard acceleration the rev counter fails. Stop the car leave for a ...

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