Beemer Lab

Grainy pic of a quite heavily disguised BMW E30 3-Series test-mule undergoing tests in Germany circa-1980. The square headlights and covered...

PIN: WIRE SIZE: WIRE COLOR: APPLICATION: 1 1.5 Brown Ground Distribution G101 4 0.5 Brown / Violet Gauges / Warning Indicators, Coolant Temp...

I had checked and re-checked the idle control valve [ICV], the air-flow meter [AFM], ignition system, tested for the fuel pressure, performe...

The temperature gauge in the dash has not worked since I bought the E30, which was a little worrying on my 250 mile drive home, but the car ...

After my disastrous few weeks I managed to get hold of a Bilstein strut-insert and get it onto the car along with the longer springs, meanin...

Stuck the new and much better quality exhaust-manifold gaskets on today from Euro Car Parts. They're thicker than the eBay ones and have...

After repeatedly timing the ignition perfectly to Z on the flywheel, [ see this post ], we decided there had to be something deftly wrong to...

So my adventures into re-timing the spark-plugs continue with the purchase of a Gunson Xenon timing strobe-light! I went for the cheapest ki...

Went on a Maccies run with some work colleagues on New Year's Eve and I may have been pushing the old girl a bit hard, when a horrible c...