Its a 320i auto with 165k on the clock. When I got it the brakes were no existent and leaked coolant under the dash.
First job was to fix the leak. It turned out to be a solenoid that allowed coolant to flow into the heat exchanger under the dash. It had separated in half, pulling out the brass rivets that held it together. I replaced with bolts and reinstalled. A fiddly fix but cross that off the list.
I then dumped the coolant and replaced. After doing this I was having over heating issues due to and air lock in the cooling system. After checking the thermostat and re installing I managed to solve the issue by raising the front of the car and running the heater with the bleed screw off. After some fiddling i managed to get a constant stream of coolant from the bleeder screw atop the thermostat and that solved the over heating.
Next on the list was the brakes. I wanted to put some vented x-drilled discs and EBC green stuff pads on. During the boxing day sales I was not able to find a stocked set so i decided to just slap some standard replacement DBA discs and Bendix pads in. Shed still needs a bleed to set my pedal feel but it was a marked improvement, the discs i pulled off looked to be the originals! So the rears will defiantly require the same treatment.
There is a bunch of little stuff i need to sort on on her. Lots of little trim pieces need a clean or fixing but theirs a few of these out there being wrecked atm. To get the car where I want I will put some new carpet in, replace whats broken trim wise and have some dents fixed. Then depending how keen I get I like the Idea of some bilsteins, lowering it it and a set of fake bbs 16/17's. It depends what i can find cheap. Id also like to think one day ill stumble across a wrecked 3251 and manual to go in.
Its a neat little car and im looking forward to putting her back on the road.
jim
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