1995 Club Sport - Sell or Repair?

[Guarddog]

Any advice appreciated. Car has a small leak in the radiator, may need a new radiator fan, needs window regulator on driver side, and intermittently gives a fault for mass air intake sensor. Dealer quoted repair cost of $2700. Car runs very well, hate to give it up, but repair service has increased in the past year. Replaced rear wheel bearings 2 months ago for a grand. Worth repairing? Only 126K miles. Thanks.

[central09]

dealer always charges more .. id find somebody on the side to do it for you or do it your self there are plenty of D.I.Y. forums out there .. i would keep it if i were you

[yoda]

All the parts you have listed are readily available on ebay...just type in 318ti on the search feature and around 500 + listings will appear. As to replacing the parts the one that would be tricky would be radiator, all the others are extremely easy to do... All you need is a little know how on working with tools and a bit of patience....plus a DIY guide to help you along...

[M332TI]

KEEP IT! while youre at it id replace the water pump every 40k just to be sure. on my old M44 my water pump failed 3 times at intervals 40k 96k and 130k. that did some damage on my head which i had to bring to the machineshop... i got pissed so i just decided to do a swap. for a 1995 with 126k is pretty good. i have a 1996 with 211k on the body ans s52 with 40k.( still not done with the swap.... im still rebuilding the engine lol)

ask for advice here with people who live in your area if they know a good shop to bring it. $2700 is steep for that. if you only live in socal you can bring it in my house on a week end and ill do it for free...

[elchicano]

Dude its a Club Sport all those things can be done and have DIYs. Also the radiator can be bought at ebay and so can the window regulator.

[Ji Money]

Depends if you have another car to switch to while you're working on the Clubsport.

I got one in pretty rough shape too but since I have another ti, I'm keeping my Clubsport.

[budget76]

I could swap all those parts out within 2 hours, it's all very simple. Mass air sensor is the only thing I'm not familiar with, but I'd venture a guess it's not hard either. Keep it, find someone local like me who does work on the side for parts $$. I'd probably charge $150-200+parts, so <600 total probably, and no car for a day.

[RidingSimple]

Originally Posted by Guarddog

Any advice appreciated. Car has a small leak in the radiator, may need a new radiator fan, needs window regulator on driver side, and intermittently gives a fault for mass air intake sensor. Dealer quoted repair cost of $2700. Car runs very well, hate to give it up, but repair service has increased in the past year. Replaced rear wheel bearings 2 months ago for a grand. Worth repairing? Only 126K miles. Thanks.

Those three parts would cost about $250 on the forums and take 4 hours total to replace. Get with it kid and keep the rare club sport! Or ship it to me in Hawaii.