 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | | | 318ti AMR500 ... 06-09-2023 09:43 PM 09-22-2023 10:21 PM 29 Replies, 22,861 Views | |  |  |  | |  01-06-2009, 06:23 PM | #16 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 134 |
Guys, I replaced the Y connector on my 318i. It sure is a lot of work, but not that bad as it looks.
If you still haven't done, let me know, I can explain how I replaced mine |  |  | | 01-06-2009, 07:11 PM | #17 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Austin Posts: 3,059 |
Quote: Originally Posted by applefan  Guys, I replaced the Y connector on my 318i. It sure is a lot of work, but not that bad as it looks.
If you still haven't done, let me know, I can explain how I replaced mine | How'd ya do it? __________________ Come get a ti-shirt
Quote: | From the e30 M3, evolved the e36.
They were "Keepin it Real" when they introduced the 318ti ClubSport in '95 and the 318ti Sports from '96 to '99.
After that... well nothing else really matters. ~Jess | | | | | | 01-06-2009, 07:21 PM | #18 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stamford, CT <-> Boston, MA Posts: 1,393 |
Quote: Originally Posted by scoti49 I have a E46 Australian model ,318ti 2003 2Lt engine ,67,000kms.
Is this applicable ? | Possibly. You have a different motor, http://www.realoem.com/bmw/partgrp.d...53&hg=11&fg=35 Some of those pipes/fittings may be plastic and become brittle over time. __________________ 
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I have 1999 318ti and am looking at having the head gasket replaced. Good to know about these parts. Is there a list on the site for all the parts needed when replacing the head gasket as well as parts you may as well replace (250,000 km)?
Thanks,
John Paul | | | | | 01-25-2009, 06:30 AM | #20 | | Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 19 |
Hi, I know this is an old post, but I was wondering if when this happened to your car, did it leak radiator fluid into your driver side interior, wetting the carpet? Just had this problem, and I'm trying to figure out where it's coming from. __________________  CARPE DIEM | | | | | 03-11-2009, 12:02 PM | #21 | | Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hawaii Posts: 39 |
hi, im new to this site. i actually dont even have my 318ti in yet haha. it just got loaded on the barge and is being shipped from California to Hawaii today. i asked the previous owner if he replaced this part but he said he hadnt. there was one owner before him so he wasnt sure if it was replaced. the car has 120,000miles and his mechanic says it is in perfect working condition, how can i check if the 2 connections have been replaced? | | | | | 03-11-2009, 02:18 PM | #22 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oxford, Ohio Posts: 868 |
what year is your car Chicken?
Without records it's hard to tell.
I have an m42 engine which only has the longer connection. I ended up breaking it myself when doing some engine work.
Search the Knowledge base. Cirrus did an excellent DIY on a cooling system rebuild.
I would consider doing that (maybe less the radiator) if I were you. Then you can sleep worry free about overheating your engine. The original stuff on the ti seems to last 130-160k miles I think. | | | | | 03-11-2009, 10:07 PM | #23 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Scotland coatbridge Posts: 197 |
Quote: Originally Posted by cday318TI Hi, I know this is an old post, but I was wondering if when this happened to your car, did it leak radiator fluid into your driver side interior, wetting the carpet? Just had this problem, and I'm trying to figure out where it's coming from. | this problem will be the heater matrex would have burst as its thin alloy cant remember if this was a easy in and out or a a full dash out job __________________  | | | | | 03-11-2009, 10:34 PM | #24 | | doesn't care about you. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 3,925 |
Quote: Originally Posted by chicken hi, im new to this site. i actually dont even have my 318ti in yet haha. it just got loaded on the barge and is being shipped from California to Hawaii today. i asked the previous owner if he replaced this part but he said he hadnt. there was one owner before him so he wasnt sure if it was replaced. the car has 120,000miles and his mechanic says it is in perfect working condition, how can i check if the 2 connections have been replaced? | chicken - it's best to just have them replaced proactively. __________________ 
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Quote: Originally Posted by dave45056 I have an m42 engine which only has the longer connection. | really? I didn't know that, does it have the one behind the block or under the intake? | | | | | 03-12-2009, 06:14 AM | #26 | | Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hawaii Posts: 39 |
mine is a 1998. how difficult is it to DIY? European car mechanics are hard to find here and pretty expensive. i have worked on a Ford engine but this is my first BMW. but i will definitely get the parts changed, better safe than sorry | | | | | 03-12-2009, 09:03 AM | #27 | | Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: 96706, Hawaii Posts: 5 |
my 97 318i is overheating, steam came out of the number 1 thing...
just checked the DIY looks hard but very fun ;0 | | | | | 03-12-2009, 09:47 AM | #28 | | Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hawaii Posts: 39 |
that sucks krispy. hey you dont have the red 318ti do you? i saw one in honolulu the other month.
what website sells the parts? | | | | | 03-13-2009, 09:38 PM | #29 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Central NJ Posts: 2,440 |
| | | | | 03-16-2009, 09:04 AM | #30 | | Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: 96706, Hawaii Posts: 5 |
Quote: Originally Posted by chicken that sucks krispy. hey you dont have the red 318ti do you? i saw one in honolulu the other month.
what website sells the parts? | Naw bro i got a Moreagrun 318i, the one in my avatar. | | | | | |
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