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Negative. Plug and play. Works a treat!

MOST E24s have a low pressure high volume in-tank pump, and a high pressure low volume pump outside the tank. I'm not sure about the last couple years production. There were many changes between 1986 and 1989. It takes a little work, but the system can be converted to a single in-tank pump. A Walbro...

Took the tests yesterday, the 4th of January. Passed the Technician test with 34 out of 35 correct. Took the General class test and got all 35 correct! Took the Extra class test just for fun. Did better than I expected for not having studied ANY of it, but didn't pass. I should get my call sign in a...

Yup, that did it! LOL!

Good for you!

This explains my reaction.

What Jose said ^^^^^

That Warn winch is way overkill. You don't need to lift the car, just roll it up the ramps, which the little 2500lb Harbor Freight unit will do easily.

What was the exterior temperature when the ping occurred? Many BMWs have a warning chime that sounds at 37 degrees F (the temperature at which 'black ice' can form on pavement). If the exterior temperature subsequently rose above 37, then dropped again later the chime would again sound. Excellent "H...

LOL at Hulk hands. Good call, walk away for a while, clear your head, go back and proceed.

A blue one could easily be dyed black.

He lives about 50 miles from me, but I haven't heard from him in a long time. Last time I spoke with him he was custom building extreme duty flashlights for law enforcement. He has a couple of my glovebox lights he was using as testbeds. Melted one, was working on the second.

Welcome!

From someone who has 2 E24s and only half enough time to work on them, good luck!

Correct. They are the same part.

Having 12 volts at the injectors doesn't mean they are working. The ECU _grounds_ the injectors to fire them. If you aren't getting grounding pulses from the ECU, the injectors won't fire. Test them by spinning the engine with a noid light connected to the injector wiring harness plug. You can make ...

Cars like that show up and it makes me want to hide mine in the bushes!

Welcome to the group!

Happy Thanksgiving!

olympia57 wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 24, 2019 3:00 pm

How durable is the crack filler ?

^^^ This X2. I've seen several projects like this that look fantastic at first, only to have the cracks reappear in a few weeks/months.

Yup, I've seen some with plain old "E" clips, and some with that rather elaborate clip you've shown. The fancy version is much easier to get off and on without having it shoot across the garage (or lawn ).

If you want to upload more than 4 pictures (I thought it was 3) just make a second reply to the thread, and upload the pictures 3 or 4 at a time.

bpoliakoff wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 26, 2019 1:02 am

IIRC the plate they show as a shim in regard to the flywheel, is actually a plate with tabs on it that are bent against the bolt heads that hold the flywheel to the crank so they can't get loose.

That plate with the locking tabs is why you don't need/use lock washers.

Welcome to bigcoupe!
I've got zero experience with automatics in E24s, so someone else will have to pipe in with suggestions.

Welcome to the group! That sounds like a great adventure! One suggestion: I enjoy driving tunes as much as anyone, but when blasting the back roads nothing beats the music of a BMW inline six.

I guess it keeps starting and dying doing those tests. Question is, where's the fuel coming from if there's no fuel line to the CSI?

If I had one apart I'd darn sure change the expansion valve. It's too common a failure point to reuse the old one.

My two cents worth.

I would like, for the sake of elimination, that the CSI fuel line be disconnected and the electrical connection to the valve be disconnected, then several starts attempted. If it fires more than once, it's not the CSI. Pressure after one start would be nonexistent, and fuel wouldn't get past the inj...