Jazoli Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 Probably the worlds shortest one but hey ho.... Idly browsing eBay this afternoon with the funds from the jag sale in my account, I saw a car I liked, messaged the seller with my number and 2 minutes later I got a call from him, had a brief natter and drove the 12 miles to his house. His 21 year old son had bought it, then promptly realised that he could not afford to insure it, it had sat on the drive for 3 months getting in the way so the dad advertised it for half what the son paid as he'd made no attempt to move it on, so I got a bargain! Car was as described, paid the cash electronically, insured it on my phone, job done, home 30 minutes after leaving the house! Not shite, most probably shit but it's a non rusty e46 318i Ci, I have always liked the look of them but have never owned one until now, got home recharged the aircon and that now works, needs an abs sensor and a window regulator, can anyone recommend any (free or knockoff) diagnostic software for it? mrbenn, Doctormop, Broadsword and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 Looks very tidy that. I love how simple a collection it was. bangernomics and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebob Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 Just get a suitable lead from eBay and then download Bmw INPA or DIS, Inpa is much easier to install and use though. Steve Jazoli 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 Inverness reg, no rust... I don't believe it unless it spent 5 minutes in the Inverness area. *Aberdeen reg. I still haven't got my head around the post-2001 system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 Inverness reg, no rust... I don't believe it unless it spent 5 minutes in the Inverness area. *Aberdeen reg. I still haven't got my head around the post-2001 system.Sorry I lied, there's a rusty untreated stone chip on the rear 3/4 panel. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Sorry I lied, there's a rusty untreated stone chip on the rear 3/4 panel. SCRAP IT M8 HillmanImp, Jazoli, The Moog and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 I am liking this car already, I gave it a good look over last night, topped up the fluids, drove around a bit with the handbrake on (used to driving an auto!) and the abs lights have now gone off, and the dashboard is error free, happy days, nice to have cruise control again for the run to work, missed it in the jag. HillmanImp, mrbenn, Burnside and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 My brother bought a non rusty 52 plate 320i floppy top in the same colour. It’s not actually a bad motor. Think he payed 1350 for it. A few edd brewer style repairs and he’ll flog it on in summer for a small profit once his 2006 325i is fixered. Top buy that, especially if it was cheep cheep Jazoli 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted March 8, 2019 Author Share Posted March 8, 2019 Bit of an update for this, I know its too new (its only 16 years old this year) and not shite (I don't care to be honest, its an old car that needs fettling) so will probably offend some fucking snowflake but tough shit. The car had a few issues when I bought it, the drivers window didn't work, the abs/dsc lights were on, there was a noise from the osr that the seller thought was a wheel bearing, it steamed up really easily and it hadn't been serviced in 18 months, so today was the day to tackle some of the jobs, upon removing the door panel it was obvious that the cable had broken so I have ordered a repair kit from eBay and it'll hopefully be here tomorrow, next onto the lack of service, I warmed up the car for 10 minutes then connected my trusty vacuum extractor, fuck crawling around on the floor under the car and spilling oil everywhere, I pumped it up and left it to suck whilst I changed the pollen filter and started the rest. This explained why the car was steaming up, it was soaking wet and looked like it hadn't been changed for a very long time Nice easy job that one was.... Next onto the 'wheelbearing' noise, i knew it wasn't the wheelbearing that was failing as the noise went away when I pulled the handbrake on, so wheel off, disc off and something is amiss here The backplate had rotted around where the sprung dowels are holding the shoe to the plate, allowing the shoe to move and jam in a funny angle, oh dear... The backplate was pretty rusty and I gave it a quick coat of hammerite then I had to use a bolt and nylock nut with a couple of big washers on the back to spread the load to hold the new top shoe in I hate the fucking springs on these things, and thankfully only smacked myself in the face once with the spring puller, I cleaned up the disc with a wire brush on the grinder, cleaned up and re-greased the caliper and re-assembled everything By now my oil extractor had stopped doing its thing and when I checked it had pulled nearly six litres of oil out of the sump, its only supposed to have four and a half in it! it was also like black water, why people never change the oil is beyond me To be continued, I have just wire brushed all the loose rust off everywhere and slapped a coat of vactan on, and I'm writing this whilst it dries... Edit, rain stopped play, I have a carport but it was horizontal this afternoon, to be continued Sunday. Burnside, spike60, bangernomics and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 I do love an E46, good choice chap:) Jazoli 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamgroot Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Eww E46 handbrakes, I've done roughly what you did to hold the shoes in on these before, they always seem to go wrong like that. I hate these handbrakes less than I hate Freelander handbrakes however. Nice buy though. Jazoli 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxxo Waftybarger Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Good buy provided the door seals are in good nick. Mine was like having a hair dryer in my ear on the motorway. Seals £300 a side and they are on long term backorder from Germany. Eventually got rid because of that. Handbrake is shit but TADTS. You learn to only park on hills facing forwards. If it's still on runflats bin them. Jazoli 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Yup they do, in three years mine failed on the handbrake each and every year and I adjusted it before on two of the three. They are just a crap design. Iamgroot and Jazoli 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 Door seals are fine thankfully and it's pretty quiet at speed, I am awaiting a delivery of a window motor, abs sensor and trim clips, plus seals for the vacuum pump, I'm also going to de-rust the underneath and give it a coating of schutz or similar, Sunday's job was stripping out the knackered window reg and replacing the cables, only to find that the cable had got caught up in the motor gears and knackered the splines. I don't think these ever came with runflats, but it's not a worry as it has a brand new set of ditchfinders fitted. Broadsword and Burnside 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxxo Waftybarger Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 You are probably right. When I bought mine from a drug dealer bumtree dullard he had put run flats on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith777 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 2randoms please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 It's sold already! bangernomics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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