Abs & Traction Control Lights On: Death???

[328i-E36-OXON]

Hey,(e36 328i coupe) my abs & traction control lights came on permantly, driving home @ about 70mph power dropped steering went funny & now engine seems dead!!! Have been told by a m8 that the traction control & abs kinda fight with engine resulting in this mess!! anyone know anything about this or suffered the same fate? cheers guys :angry:

[IanIOM]

By heck chief not having much luck with this motor,pull the ABS fuse or the traction control fuse out see if it solves the drop in power

[328i-E36-OXON]

Lol tell me about it!! Have pulled both traction control & abs relays and fuses, just waiting for battery to charge n see what the damage is.... Hoping it will start but as it made lots of funny noises lost all power and had to be towed, it don't look good :-( fingers crossed!!!

[IanIOM]

If the battery is flat that will cause a host of leccy issues,

[IanIOM]

What sort of noises? Banging? Knocking? Ticking? Any smoke?

[328i-E36-OXON]

sounded like an army of pellets through cat (new) knockin from engine loads of smoke from exhaust, battery charged now, turns over but no fire, will do a compression test in the next day or two..... personally i think a piston has a gaping hole in it :-(

has anyone a very large hammer i can borrow!!

whats the going rate for a recon unit lads?

thanks for your help n thought............

[328i-E36-OXON]

Right, just woke up..... Ran a compression test ( on removal, all plugs were very black & covered in what looked like burnt oil ((only bought em a week ago)))

most cylinders were running between 10 & 11 but cylinder 1 = 9 and cylinder 6 = 8

will retest with a drop of oil once battery charged up again to see if rings gone, either way its a head off job!!! :angry:

oh and cylinders 5 & 6 both had oil over the spark plugs ( not from rocker cover )

Gawd I hate cars!!!

:huh:

[IanIOM]

Seen worse result,not too sure why it wouldnt fire tbh.just because two were down on compression the other four would still fire....be it a tad rough!

2nd hand units are about 400-500 quid.

[328i-E36-OXON]

:-) if ya had seen the plugs you would understand why they wouldn't fire, might as well have wrapped the electrodes in leccy tape!! Lol

I'm just praying it's only the head gasket gone n flooded engine with oil, unlikely as water fine.... What a headache!!

Might be worth boring it out to a 3.0 whilst appart??

And an addition of a supercharger maybe!? Nah, now I'm dreaming!! Lol

[Guest Mister Dabsy]

Remove the head anyway... This may confirm or refute any suspicions !

[328i-E36-OXON]

Right......

Been looking into taking the head off..... OMG!! what a nightmare it looks......

All the specialist tools needed, Dont think im gonna bother.

Can anyone recomend a trustworthy & reliable company to fit a fully rebuilt engine for me?

been searching for hours & always get knocked back by reviews.....

Oh found this site which could be of great use to anyone wanting to work on their zim zimmer......

http://www.pelicanparts.com/bmw/techarticles/101-projects-17-head-gasket/101-projects-17-head-gasket.htm

cheers

[IanIOM]

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=222294

£180 quid is nothing

[328i-E36-OXON]

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=222294

£180 quid is nothing

What's that all about buddy? :-)

[IanIOM]

Another engine and box if the worst has happened

[328i-E36-OXON]

Looks like I'm gonna break my baby down...

Mrs refused to let me buy another Zimmer so unfortunately I've gone with a Scooby, good news though, parts available of you guys need em.. Cheers lads