was at the mechanic today, problems

[barische]

i was gettin my windows fixed, well they are ok now, but i had the check engine light on so the mechanic hooked up the car, and i got problems wiht the camshaft position sensor, misfire, secondary air pump (this problems is caused by the intake i think),and some thin about the mass air flow reader, so the car will be gettin new cables next time and gettin the sensor changed.

i am kinda pissed off, i dont want to spend anymore fixing this thing, i want to save some money for the mods, i hope these problems will be it, wish me luck. i will be goin back in maybe next week.

[bbbmw]

Did you get it fixed? The same thing happened to mine @ 100k - cost about $100, as I remember.

[barische]

well i got the windows fixed, 2 windows fixed, 1 regulator and 4 clips, total = $150. new performance spark plug cables are installed. gettin a new camshaft position sensor tomorrow. so is there anything else i can fix please tell me. i am kinda gettin sick of this bullcrap. sometimes i get so pissed of at bmw for makin some design cheap. like having a plastic thermostat housing. that is the next maintenance item wiht the oxygen sensors.

thanks.

[cali-ti]

it's nice if you can at least budget/plan for them and they don't all attack you at once. if you own it long enough, it'll even out. i haven't spent that much over the 9+ years i've owned it. just dropped a bunch, but i also plan to keep it until 400K or so. it still looks pretty damn good and drives awesome.

[nick_hegel]

^^Same here! I'm spending an assload now, but I have had very little in expenses for the first two years. After this is all done though, it will be like a new car and ready to rock :evil_lau: Eventually it will balance out!

[cali-ti]

the other "methodology" i use is to upgrade components as they need replacing (you'd be spending money anyway, so it's worth possibly spending a little more to get better replacements). did this with ball joints (meyle solid metal), LCABs (e30 m3 offset bushings), shocks/struts (bilstein sports at about 150-180k, did springs at the same time too for labor savings), exhaust (~205k, stock finally started rusting through), brakes (got used e36 32x fronts and 318ti rears, rebuilt them and had them powdercoated along with new brake hoses, all emergency brake parts, rotors and pads at ~207k), poly subframe and trailing arm bushings ... you get the idea :p and swapped to e30 3.73 LSD + e30 halfshafts when my stock open diff was making progressively louder bearing noise after the passenger side halfshaft popped out without me knowing it for i don't know how long (dirt got in ... not good). so it's actually quite a bit better now in terms of performance than when i bought it new in october of 1996 :biggrin:

[Boxbrownie]

well i got the windows fixed, 2 windows fixed, 1 regulator and 4 clips, total = $150. new performance spark plug cables are installed. gettin a new camshaft position sensor tomorrow. so is there anything else i can fix please tell me. i am kinda gettin sick of this bullcrap. sometimes i get so pissed of at bmw for makin some design cheap. like having a plastic thermostat housing. that is the next maintenance item wiht the oxygen sensors.

thanks.

I think its actually glass reinforced polyester.....somewhat better than plastic! LOL Or even fibre reinforced ABS.......did it break or something?

[mickd]

well i got the windows fixed, 2 windows fixed, 1 regulator and 4 clips, total = $150. new performance spark plug cables are installed. gettin a new camshaft position sensor tomorrow. so is there anything else i can fix please tell me. i am kinda gettin sick of this bullcrap. sometimes i get so pissed of at bmw for makin some design cheap. like having a plastic thermostat housing. that is the next maintenance item wiht the oxygen sensors.

thanks.
The M42 ('95) has a metal thermostat housing and metal oil filter cap. You might be able to retrofit the M42 thermostat housing. You wouldn't be able to retrofit the oil filter cap, it is secured with a long bolt (13mm), unlike the M44 cap that has threads on its base.

[aceyx]

I think its actually glass reinforced polyester.....somewhat better than plastic! LOL Or even fibre reinforced ABS.......did it break or something?
it's a material called "zytel," glass-reinforced nylon.

the only way you're breaking this is if you're doing something wrong.