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Low oil level.
Go around corner fast and oil pushes to the side of the sump. Oil pick up sucks air and throws the low oil pressure light up.
Check oil level first.
If there's enough thread left after taking off the inlet top try using some "irwin bolt grip extractors" with a little heat prior.
If not.... centre punch the bolt then drill with a small drill bit gradually getting larger. Then use an easy out so you don't have to re tap.
Very busy day on the cup.
Fitted Pure Motorsport solid front top mounts.
Fitted KTR uprated engine mount.
Fitted KTR uprated gearbox mount.
Fitted Whiteline Rear anti roll bar.
I've owned plenty of bmw's e46's and e36's and driven many more and can honestly say the e46 is one of the most boring to drive. They look good, are good value for money and very reliable but you never really get excited when driving them. Even the m3's don't feel that fast to be honest as...
The old 3.2 used to suffer with chain stretch. This could be the problem with the newer engines too. Possibly the tensioner hasn't auto adjusted correctly (become stuck) and the chain has jumped a tooth or two on start up. Continuous attempts to start would damage valves if the crank and cams...
The original photos were way to dark because of shitty iphone camera. Will be digging the srl out soon. Haven't felt this excited about a project car for a while.
Hi everyone.
So I've owned this for about 6 weeks so far and this is how she started out. I'll post more as I've already been on the case of getting her how I like. Westley