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Hi guy's

I've been on the phone this evening to somone who's selling an e36 cabby which I may look at buying from him. However when I was talking to him on the phone he was giving me all the info about the car etc, and then said " It's absolutely mint, no rust or anything, the engine is fine, no problems etc just may need to look out for overheating which is a common problem with these cars"

Is this true? is this a common issue? is there anything that can be done to prevent overheating etc?

If anyone could help I would be most grateful

Many Thanks!

Steve

Posted

Hey bud,

I would not say it is a 'common' problem, no. Its common with all cars as it happens to be the sign of many different things that are failing. You don't drive down the road, see its overheating and go... "ahhh thats okay because it's an E36"

The E36 being SOOOO common, if your being preped for an overheating problem before you be the damn thing, I would probably avoid it all together. You can pick up one in just as good nick somewhere else mate.

We could be here all day and throw at you every way to check and fix an overheating problem but, If you can avoid it all together, do that :)

HTH,

Daz

Posted

Hi Daz,

I really appreciate your help mate. Thank you!I might give him a call or drop him an e-mail about what he exactly meant. Trouble is im on a budget, and it's local to me..................and i have a little impatience problem :lol:

Posted

Over heating can be a major issue as could be head gasket probs and they ARE expensive to fix !! AVOID AVOID !!

p.s. if its just 'one of them issuses' get him to !Removed! fix it !!

Posted

Over heating can be a major issue as could be head gasket probs and they ARE expensive to fix !! AVOID AVOID !!

p.s. if its just 'one of them issuses' get him to bloody fix it !!

Took the words right out my throttle body....

Posted

Right.........

Ive just got a reply back from the bloke. He said that it does not have any over heating issues. ( My fault for not listening properly)

Thanks guy's! I seriously appreciate your help!

Best Regards

Steve

Posted

Right.........

Ive just got a reply back from the bloke. He said that it does not have any over heating issues. ( My fault for not listening properly)

Thanks guy's! I seriously appreciate your help!

Best Regards

Steve

Hmm Well Im sure he mentioned it otherwise you woudlnt of remembered such thing.

when you view it. leave it running and DO NOT drive it. Leave it for a good 20 mins and watch for the needle to tip over 90degrees. If it those... walk away

IF it does, Could be anything easy like viscous coupling change too difficult head probs :)

Daz

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