Skattrd's red e36 - 6 pot turbo dizzle

[skattrd]

15 hours ago, RobT said:

Have you got Euro cover for it Chris?  Or was it a case of just pray and nurse it back to Calais?

When I was in Germany limping it home I thought I did. I came back via Rotterdam as it was a shorter drive from Cologne than Calais.
I set off from Cologne early so that I could plan stops and take it steady on the run over to Rotterdam. The car ran fine, and I ended up in Rotterdam 4hrs before the ferry check-in started.

When I got home I checked my docs etc and discovered that I did not have European breakdown cover … Before heading back to the continent I bought some through FJ insurance, £150 for the year to cover any vehicle on my FJ policy.

 

15 hours ago, bigfella2 said:

Don't you need to drop the tank to do the rear brake pipes on these.  Am sure when I had mine done years ago I remember the mechanic moaning about it.

This was noticed, and my mechanic and I had a discussion about it.
We are not removing the petrol tank, exhaust and prop-shaft.. It looks like there is a "T piece" just before the brake pipes go under the petrol tank, it'll probably be disconnected there and the new pipe routed somewhere else.

[DaveDorson]

1 hour ago, skattrd said:

We are not removing the petrol tank, exhaust and prop-shaft.. It looks like there is a "T piece" just before the brake pipes go under the petrol tank, it'll probably be disconnected there and the new pipe routed somewhere else.

I think most e36s end up done like that.

[skattrd]

A couple of weeks back the brake pipe was repaired by the garage as well as the new piston on the nsf caliper.
Whilst he was working on the brake pipes at the rear I dropped the ATF, removed the sump, changed the filter, cleaned it out and refilled it with nice new ATF.

200 trouble free miles later I'm driving to the garage in the e36 to fit some new coolant hoses on the P38, when the gearbox starts behaving oddly.
I get to the garage and discover a trail behind me and oil all over the boot of the car. When I say oil, I mean ATF, the clean new ATF I put in 200 miles earlier...

Upon investigation the car has a small split in one of the high pressure ATF hoses going to the cooler. It appears the hose has been rubbing and worn through. My local garage reckons he should be able to repair this without too much trouble … Then we can put in some more new ATF. On the plus side I would consider the ATF to have been flushed through and cleaned after the next lot goes in.