Fancy Stancy 325is
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Here are a couple pictures of sealing up the oil pan from the turbo drain. I don't turbo much but don't you need to drain above the level of the oil in the pan? When I took the hose off several quarts of oil came out. Also who uses self tapping screws for something like this... Oh wait, they are leftovers of the same ones that attach the side skirts...
Old oil drain contraption
Holes in the oil pan
Remounted and plugged
matching screws on the side skirts...
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I don't turbo much but don't you need to drain above the level of the oil in the pan? When I took the hose off several quarts of oil came out.
Yes, Ideally the drain goes into the block, but drilling into a replaceable/removable oil pan is less daunting than drilling into the block.
The oil level will spill into the drain hose and the drain hose will act as part of the oil pan. It is fine as long as there is adequate air space to keep it from becoming a problem as oil sloshes around on corners, That said, they could have mounted it a bit higher.
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With how much oil was leaking out of the turbo it may have been full all of the way back. And it never even ran like that lol.
I took it for a spin last night, drives better than expected for being so low. It is feels darty because of too much camber and it idles high/surges when warmed up. It actually idles too high all of the time, 1100-1200 while partway warm and then starts a slow surge up to 2000 when warmed up. I will look at the throttle body stop because it might not be moving the TPS correctly, also the coolant temp sensor could be not reading warmed up to back off the enrichment. My e30 would surge like this when the temp sensor connection went bad.
Transferring plates today!
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Nice! Have you done any work on your other e36 lately? Last i remember was a lot of rust repair.
On a stock ecu, a manually set idle speed via TB stop screw will have the engine trying to fuel and time the engine as if its at partial load since it sees a TP and RPM above what it expects for the idle settings. So it is not applying the idle advance and fueling that will help it to have a stable idle
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Mine is having idle surges and other weird idle issues lately so I cannot wait to see what you come up with.
Must have a nasty cam
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Must have a nasty cam
I wish..
Well I had to run home at lunch to pick up 25 chicks from the post office (bring your best jokes), and I got the plates transferred from the old car so I drove it back to work. Seems to run well, LSD works too.
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I wish..
Well I had to run home at lunch to pick up 25 chicks from the post office (bring your best jokes), and I got the plates transferred from the old car so I drove it back to work. Seems to run well, LSD works too.
I had baby ducks shipped through the mail one time and a bunch of them died from the cold. I have no jokes and your statement made perfect sense to me.
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Mb they adjusted the throttle cable so its further open at idle.
I did check that and it has enough slack to close all of the way.
I drove it to work again today, the only problem is some tire rub in the back when hitting a bump. And that someone threw away the cruise control actuator!!!!!
Looking for some uncut lowering springs. The Billies seem to still work, it isn't bouncy.
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400ish miles so far, it runs better the more I drive it. Sitting for 5 years is no good for any engine. After adjusting the throttle stop it idles properly and has no codes. It was held open a little.
I replaced the rear springs with the Eibach ones from my other car, it raised about 3/4" but the ride is way better and doesn't rub except over big bumps which I can deal with. The wheels are 17x8 et13. That explains the rubbing. The hub bore is also too large, I assume they were intended for an e39? I also removed the stickers as it isn't stancy enough to have cool guy stickers.
I ordered a few parts now that I feel confident that it runs well. RSM's, hardware for X-Brace, oil filter housing gasket, vanos oil line, cabin air filter, radiator clips, hood release cable, Spal 16" fan ( I can't stand the mechanical fan), and front control arm bushings (centered m style ones).
Next up will be some cooling system work to make sure everything is solid.
LSD works, I left 2 black streaks each time on 3 attempts.
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