paulh617

Evo triangle is amazing. Did this run in an astra sri last year. Loved it. I need to show it to my BMW. Any chance of heading up there again as a group?

Cheers guy i will have a good inspection of the diff see if i can locate the problem. Couple of questions. If i was to have the diff or bushings changed what are we talking in labour costs? A big job removing the drive and prop shafts not something i wud wana do myself. also can anyone recomend what oils to use for the transmission and difderential.

Cheers, i have done a bit of reasearch on this and am getting a lot of different answers. main ones being, a common problem is the donught that connects the prop shaft to the gearbox, had it on the ramp today and this looks new, some people are saying it a normal clunk, and also heard it could be the rear diff bushings/mounts. I may start off getting trans fluid and diff fluid changed, if this dont work maybe look at getting the diff bushing replaced?

Only tonight i notices my bmws gears started clunking. Every single gear. During the change it does not feel smooth. There is a clunk sound coming from the mid to rear end as if i can physically hear it engaging. Any ideas what the problem could be guys?

Hi Guys, bought this car a couple of weeks ago. Its running well but there is something up with the handling its not ideal. It has covered 106,000 Miles. While driving I am having to correct the steering to keep the car in a straight line, not that noticable around town but at motorway speeds its fairly bad. It has just had an MOT and had inspection 1 done on it at 93,000 miles. I am taking it to have the 4 wheel alignment done tomorrow as this is obviously the first thing that springs to mind. Anything else i should check for initially? cheers guys. any advice is much appreciated

Cheers guys! I hope i have many happy years to come driving my BMW :D

Sound. I will keep my eye on the post and make my way along!

Sound well you can +1 im up for this. I could push my beamer to sutton park...altho it would be nice to drive it. Do u guys meet and then go on a bit of a cruise?

Just read this.....sutton park....that is within spitting distance of me. End of my road haha

Cool, im petrol manual so all is good. Any meets coming up or whatever? Im birmingham, sutton area

Just found out about swirl flaps. Are these only on diesel engines?

Also saturday im taking it to an indi garage.. oil service and brake fluid change ive been quoted 162 inc vat. This sound decent?

Sound, i guess i will just have to see how i go. Fingers crossed i hope i have bought a gem! Was a tad nervous investing a wad of my hard earnt cash into a car reading 106k. Just hope these bmw things are as solid as people say they are :D

Sound sound. Is there anything i should check for while its up on the ramp this weekend. Garage are gonna check handbrake linkage. Can hear a scoring sound coming from the rear when i apply the brakes and handbrake ocasionaly sticks, they wreckon could be the linkage. Whats this i read about control arm bushings being another common item to replace along with water pump etc...

Hey, i am the pround new owner of a 2002 318 2L petrol Coupe. Purchased from my local garage with 106,000 miles on the clock. Full srvc history etc. Gotta say sofar it drives like a dream. Few things im gonna get done. Oil service, break fluid change, 4 wheel alignment. Then hopefully it shouldent need touching for a while. What are peoples experiences/opinions of these cars. Should it be trouble free with this mileage....any common faults etc its my first beamer