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Dont get me Wrong I love this car, I love it so much i did 1.7 Miles in it last year! mainly due to work, and also i was using the morgan for my topless fun. However one of the reasons i dont use it is the battery drain. Leave it for two weeks and its flat, quite annoying! now i get around this by disconnecting the battery however i shouldnt have to do this,clearly a there is a fault some where, so far I done the following Disconnected the radio-Still goes flate Put a small child in the boot to see if the light stays on,which it doesnt-still goes flat Taken the glove box bulb out-still goes flat with the ignition off got a multi meter out and poke the fuse box to see if anything has excessive current going to it, which again it doesnt. Now before anyone says, YES the battery is fine and YES the alternator works! Its a 99 318 cabby. anyone got any ideas to solve this apart from disconnecting the battery/torching it?

Agree white is hard to keep clean but nothing is worse than cleaning a black car.damn swirl marks and water marks! Congratulations in order for you charlee,dont worry about being skint! Life will ensure it stays like this for the majorty of us!

Agree white is hard to keep clean but nothing is worse than cleaning a black car.damn swirl marks and water marks! Congratulations in order for you charlee,dont worry about being skint! Life will ensure it stays like this for the majorty of us!

David I would like to see you 728, I have never seen one in that colour!

BMW 5 Series (E39 1995-2003) If you are looking to buy an E39, please use all the comments below as a guide. The BMW E39 was introduced in late 1995 to replace the E34 which had been in production since 1987. All 520/523/528 Petrols Up until mid 1998 were fitted with a 6 cylinder M52 engine, with the 535 and 540 being a V8 .The 4 cylinder 518 was dropped from the range. Early Diesel engines were the “TDS”, fitted to the P 38 Range Rover and the E36 325, A simple turbo diesel engine which produced around 150 BHP. Not very exciting to drive,however the only weak spots are the pick up pumps,other than that they go on and on and on.Also small bonus is with the TDS engine it will run onf BIO Diesel(AKA cooking oil). Enignes are known to do the 500,000 miles mark so i would be happy with one!. The M52 520/523/528 models are a single vanos straight 6 engine. Smooth makes a fantastic sounds will do mid-late 30`s mpg on a run and early 20s around town. Arm the 523(2500cc)/ 528 with an earlier m50 manifold and a re-map and 200+BHP quite possible without strainging the rest of the car. Sadly for some reason the M52 can pop its head gasket, if the car doesnt over heat then you should get away with the head being pressure tested/skimmed and new gasket(have £800 in hand and you should be ok!), If its over heated,throw the engine away, from experiance the heads can crack, However so can the block!. The alloy block sadly warps with the head which means stripping the whole block down skim it. Fear not your problems have not ended yet! If your block hasnt warped you will find that when you come to tighten down the Cylinder head the Threads in the block have a habbit of stripping which then need a few helicoils to fix this, or you could just buy an engine from a BMW breakers which will be ganutueed for 6-12 months for £500 or so. The 535i and 540I V8,are fantastic engines! Fuel consumptions could be worst,but isnt great. The only problems i have found over the years is the Oil Seperation Value provides problems, which causes the engine to burn oil and smoke like a steam train!, Although this sounds worse than it is as the part is £60 and can be replaced without to much differcult if the inlet manifold is removed. With all of the above please remeber to check excessive smoke, rattles bangs etc! Bodywise Again with BMW`s they seem to have the rust under control, However the boot lid/estate tail gate are prone to rust if incorrectly adjusted, in addition to this the fuel filler flap, just where the solinold exits on the rear quarter tends to suffer from the rust bug a tad, However the chances are the car you will be looking at will be 10 years old with over 100k on the clock, compare it to other makes and they stand the test of time very well indeed. Interiors Leather of Fabric the seats are very supportive and will stand the test of time well,The fabic seats tend to wear the seat base over the years,this is quite normal and occurs around 130k miles mark. Again the above is all only a guide to add to coments already here, one of which i will build on and add photos and correct my spelling errors over time!However I have just typed this up on the Euro Star on my mobile, this will be expanded upon over time.

I must admit i am not a fan of the compact, HOWEVER i spent 4 months trying to find one in Yellow, then gave up, 318TI in Yellow is a seriously cool car!

i do fancy a white 7 series, not to sure why! i do agree, people seem to of lost there abilty to choose different colours.

Clean all the gubbings out from under the inlet manifold, Maybe worth cleaning it all to be honest!, If filters and bunged up then that wont help the starting. Are you getting a spark when it cranking over?

judging by the photo in the corner here, No i dont think you do

Mileage does bother me, it will go on forever if well looked after! Good looking car, how is it preforming and MPG?

They shake the car?dont like the sound of this failure list.

When i am next at home, i will find the bill as it will have a part number on it

So is anyone on here on this? I was asked by "work" to set up a profile however it just seems to be full of recuitment agencys only.seems a waste of time

Charlee, Please see below a photo of 8k Angel eyes in a E 36.

LOL! Dont blame the previous spanner monkey for this!, I have known my E36 cabby from new(its done 30K) and last summer i discovered this fault aswell. The car has never been apart and it makes no sense for this fault to happed,But it did, I think the cog was in the £20ish mark from the dealer.worth gettin a spare C clip aswell because for the life of me i have no idea where mine "pinged" off to!

Angel Eyes were never fitted by the factory to E36,E38,E46............but for some reason the E39 did!

Charlee I am being a bit Blonde today, what "k" are you refering to?

Thats a huge jump! Might take a pinch of salt with it? Do you really want a dump value? No performance increase what so ever!

If I reply to this,i would be banned.

Just ask the garage to have alook at the joints and suspension bushes,If the ball joints are knackered then Tracking it will be near impossible

Well that buggers that up!,it wasnt sold when i put the link up!

Now I have an Ebay problem, first of all i dont pay my bill. but thats another story, 2nd of all i have a itching for a E34 M5 to take back to the I.O.M and enjoy!, not pamper so i have been looking for a tidy example but not a show winner so to speak.because at the end of the day i will use it, and It will get used for work so 10,000 miles a year is possible!. So lady and gents.your thoughts please! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1993-BMW-M5-3-8-M5-4-door-Saloon-/130642934492?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1e6aecfadc

First weekend of march i am in surrender monkey land(France)

without personally using them, I cannot comment. However they only have 5 negative feedback regarding these in the last year, only one of them was about the product itself and they have sold 11 units this month alone, as with all after market bits, take time and care to fit them and you should be onto a winner. Either way pay by pay pal and if your not happy the pay pal scammer(sorry i mean ebay buyer protection) will refund you.

Oxford? there is a meet in birmingham soon,and one in gravesend in kent,however how close to the A34 are you?as i travel up and down it alot to get to Towcester