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Re: Emission passing and more - PLEASE ignore prev (archive)
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Posted by TOM on May 13, 2001 at 13:47:40:

In Reply to: Emission passing and more - PLEASE ignore previous posted by 87 325 metallic grey on May 13, 2001 at 09:22:33:


The car that I am buying(87 325 Auto) didn't make the emission tests last year. It was sitting idle for long time when brought to the emissions by original owner. Her daughter went overseas he claims and he is an 70 yr old man who is not driving and car was sitting in his indoor garage.
Could you please advise me what precautions should I take to pass it this year?

That nromal when you remover oil cap.no problem..you say you buy it only $2000...that good price.you got a great car, enjoy it

This car also has a squeking belt sound. Any tips to how to check which belt is making the sound? Or might it be something else? Water pump may be. I am not good in mechanics. Determined to learn mechanics when I purchase my e30 this year with the help of bentley manual.

Also when the car is running I opened the oil cap, car slows down a little bit, same happens when I lift the oil stick. Is this normal or major problem? There are no leaks though. Double checked the bottom and the floor where car was sitting.

Altough this is an eta 120hp angine I liked this car very much and very serious about purchasing it, regardless of the some potential mechanical(it has 180km) and emission problems since it had one original owner. Interior was immaculate. The original paint was immaculate and most important of all no rust (okey only bubbled area is
where the back plate lights are-but most cars that I checked since 3 weeks have this).

I am paying $3500 cdn which is $2000 US. And since the car looks very good I am willing to spend some on repairs. Will definately change all the belts and hoses.

A final thing, all E30 85-89 that I checked had a metallic looking trim in the front windshield so far, but his one has a black plastic looking trim like the 89-91 E30s. Is this you think original or they changed the trim? The metallic looking trim always looked rusty to me and I rather prefer solid black one against it but just curious.

I would very appreciate the comments from the BMW gurus here, which might help me to make my decision.

Thank you all in advance.

Oktay

PS: The car color and condition almost look like this(only the rims are different-original e36 stell/aluminum looking rims on the new one that I am getting) Below is an 88 325i(I owned it for 4 weeks sometime ago and due to a financial state had to flip it - A bad decision made that time).

http://torontonian.com/classifieds/pictures/10001.jpg




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