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Old 07-16-2010, 01:47 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by bird67 View Post
Great thought on the cooling system, I am new to BMW's 4 cyl variants. Is there a thread or post somewhere I can view (I own the Bentley for e36, which I understand is partly non-ti, does it deal with cooling system effectively?)?

Will post pix this w/e, along with pix of the Z3. It's one-of-a-kind. Among other mods, having started with a "base" 2.8, I stripped out the stock console with the digital clock and no gauges and replaced with a full console and gauge set from an M. The seats are pumpkin leather and I recovered a number of other components in the car with leather that matches, replaced the 4 spoke with a 3 spoke M wheel (hmm...sounds familiar). And, recently, I was given a parting gift from a volunteer organization with which I worked for a while - a Dinan strut brace as jewelry for the underhood. No clock or plaque for me. Ha.

So thanks for the welcome, I will up pix asap. I owe this list that much, having scoured it and found answers for most of my noob questions about the car. In repayment, I have already posted the "fix" for the dreaded gas gauge-temp gauge-OBC simultaneous fail. It worked perfectly.
Honestly, I have the digital version of the bentley and I really only use it for torque values. It has some good info but a lot of "facts" in it aren't totally correct.

CirrusSR22 put a great write up in the knowledge base here:
http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthread.php?t=18066

and CoolJess76/Wolferj have a good bleed procedure here:
http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthread.php?t=27983

and like Chudzikb said, its a good time to fix the oil filter housing bush/gasket if that is leaking, write up by dave45056 here:
http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthread.php?t=20854

Sounds like a cool coupe, from what I understand the "base" coupes are rarer than the M coupes.
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