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BorniteIdentity said:
derin100 said:
BorniteIdentity said:
The Sunroof on my 190e has started playing silly buggers.
It is the electric tilt and slide sunroof... and seems to open without any problems in both fashions.
However, when trying to slide it closed it keeps stopping. Hit the switch again and it'll budge along a bit and then stop. It always closes eventually, but I'm wondering what is causing the problem.
Any ideas?
Hope to hear.
PS: have posted on the 190 forum, but it's a bit hit and miss on there these days.
Lots of sunroof info and threads on the 190 Forum if you put "sunroof" into the search facility on there. I just tried it.It is the electric tilt and slide sunroof... and seems to open without any problems in both fashions.
However, when trying to slide it closed it keeps stopping. Hit the switch again and it'll budge along a bit and then stop. It always closes eventually, but I'm wondering what is causing the problem.
Any ideas?
Hope to hear.
PS: have posted on the 190 forum, but it's a bit hit and miss on there these days.
As with most things on 190s there's usually someone or several people who will have experience of exactly the same problem and usually the solution is there as well.
Good luck
Quite a lot of me has already died. Nobody seems to have had the same problem so far.
The hunt continues.
https://youtu.be/wCNplcjFLiU
For the record, I have a 1995 520i, and whilst it won't set the world alight, it is more than capable of hauling 2 people, 50 kilos of dog and a fully loaded back seats. It will soon pick it's skirt up once you've kicked down.
Granted, a manual would be preferred, but it was the car that turned up with an auto which I bought!
Granted, a manual would be preferred, but it was the car that turned up with an auto which I bought!
TheLordJohn said:
For the record, I have a 1995 520i, and whilst it won't set the world alight, it is more than capable of hauling 2 people, 50 kilos of dog and a fully loaded back seats. It will soon pick it's skirt up once you've kicked down.
Granted, a manual would be preferred, but it was the car that turned up with an auto which I bought!
Big dog!Granted, a manual would be preferred, but it was the car that turned up with an auto which I bought!
It appears the E34 is the thread car of the moment.
I've just made contact with a guy selling a N reg 525i auto, but looking at the MOT history it seems to have been run on a budget for the last 6 years Lots of advisories coming up year after year, many repeated. Shame.
Also, this talk of the 520 being slow got me thinking that both my 525s with auto boxes were not exactly rocket ships, though strangely my 525 touring seemed a bit quicker.
I have never driven any other E34 engine than the later 525 though, and mine were L and M reg which I think means they were 24v?
How does the 540 compare Derin?
I've just made contact with a guy selling a N reg 525i auto, but looking at the MOT history it seems to have been run on a budget for the last 6 years Lots of advisories coming up year after year, many repeated. Shame.
Also, this talk of the 520 being slow got me thinking that both my 525s with auto boxes were not exactly rocket ships, though strangely my 525 touring seemed a bit quicker.
I have never driven any other E34 engine than the later 525 though, and mine were L and M reg which I think means they were 24v?
How does the 540 compare Derin?
It was a V8 touring I was looking for initially, but with the pathetic amount of money I have available to me, it was the 520i which turned up closest at the right time.
I've put a new radiator in it, and a full service (apart from gearbox oil) and the vibration dampening rubber between the gearbox output and propshaft replaced, so fingers crossed, it'll make the 2k miles without too much drama.
Depending upon how it performs, depends how much of the 'negative points' list I address!
I've put a new radiator in it, and a full service (apart from gearbox oil) and the vibration dampening rubber between the gearbox output and propshaft replaced, so fingers crossed, it'll make the 2k miles without too much drama.
Depending upon how it performs, depends how much of the 'negative points' list I address!
Emeye said:
It appears the E34 is the thread car of the moment.
I've just made contact with a guy selling a N reg 525i auto, but looking at the MOT history it seems to have been run on a budget for the last 6 years Lots of advisories coming up year after year, many repeated. Shame.
Also, this talk of the 520 being slow got me thinking that both my 525s with auto boxes were not exactly rocket ships, though strangely my 525 touring seemed a bit quicker.
I have never driven any other E34 engine than the later 525 though, and mine were L and M reg which I think means they were 24v?
How does the 540 compare Derin?
The 540iA (this is based on my experience of the one I sold just last week...not the one I've just bought) feels like a 525iA really. The same solid feeling...just much, much faster if you put your foot down. 0-62mph in 6.8 secs and a (limited) top-speed of 155mph is still a fast car even 20 years on in my book.I've just made contact with a guy selling a N reg 525i auto, but looking at the MOT history it seems to have been run on a budget for the last 6 years Lots of advisories coming up year after year, many repeated. Shame.
Also, this talk of the 520 being slow got me thinking that both my 525s with auto boxes were not exactly rocket ships, though strangely my 525 touring seemed a bit quicker.
I have never driven any other E34 engine than the later 525 though, and mine were L and M reg which I think means they were 24v?
How does the 540 compare Derin?
The 24V 525s do have a good, efficient engine but to get their best speed performance they do have to be opened-up and held at high revs. Then they're quite a quick car.
However, I did have an older, manual and really low spec (so lighter, I guess) 530i M30 12V 6-cylinder a few years ago and that actually felt much faster than I ever would have expected.
It's strange what you say about your 525s because the handbook would suggest that the Touring should have felt slower than your saloons??? 0-62 is quoted as 9.5secs for the auto saloon and 9.9secs for the Touring; top speeds are 140 and 135 mph respectively.. I guess there will always be individual car variation?
But those figures also show how big the gap is with the 540i! I don't know why they made such a big gap between everything else and the 540i because even the V8 530i is way, way behind with a 0-62 a full 2 seconds behind the 540i at 8.8 secs.
If anyone was concerned that the 520i was too slow then they should see the figures for the real slouch of the bunch...the 525td Auto Touring. 0-62 at 14.7 secs...a full second behind a 518i Auto...2.5 secs behind a manual 518i plus a 9 mph slower top speed of only 114 mph.
TheLordJohn said:
r129sl said:
Big dog!
50 kilo's, conservative estimate, lol.
Any excuse for a picture....!
And my motor, bought to drive to Gibraltar -
Does anyone know the wheel type fitted? I could do with another centre cap!
Edited by TheLordJohn on Sunday 14th February 19:19
The wheel style is "Styling 2".
I think this...but please check your part numbers first on one of your existing caps:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-NEW-BMW-E30-E32-...
derin100 said:
Emeye said:
It appears the E34 is the thread car of the moment.
I've just made contact with a guy selling a N reg 525i auto, but looking at the MOT history it seems to have been run on a budget for the last 6 years Lots of advisories coming up year after year, many repeated. Shame.
Also, this talk of the 520 being slow got me thinking that both my 525s with auto boxes were not exactly rocket ships, though strangely my 525 touring seemed a bit quicker.
I have never driven any other E34 engine than the later 525 though, and mine were L and M reg which I think means they were 24v?
How does the 540 compare Derin?
The 540iA (this is based on my experience of the one I sold just last week...not the one I've just bought) feels like a 525iA really. The same solid feeling...just much, much faster if you put your foot down. 0-62mph in 6.8 secs and a (limited) top-speed of 155mph is still a fast car even 20 years on in my book.I've just made contact with a guy selling a N reg 525i auto, but looking at the MOT history it seems to have been run on a budget for the last 6 years Lots of advisories coming up year after year, many repeated. Shame.
Also, this talk of the 520 being slow got me thinking that both my 525s with auto boxes were not exactly rocket ships, though strangely my 525 touring seemed a bit quicker.
I have never driven any other E34 engine than the later 525 though, and mine were L and M reg which I think means they were 24v?
How does the 540 compare Derin?
The 24V 525s do have a good, efficient engine but to get their best speed performance they do have to be opened-up and held at high revs. Then they're quite a quick car.
However, I did have an older, manual and really low spec (so lighter, I guess) 530i M30 12V 6-cylinder a few years ago and that actually felt much faster than I ever would have expected.
It's strange what you say about your 525s because the handbook would suggest that the Touring should have felt slower than your saloons??? 0-62 is quoted as 9.5secs for the auto saloon and 9.9secs for the Touring; top speeds are 140 and 135 mph respectively.. I guess there will always be individual car variation?
But those figures also show how big the gap is with the 540i! I don't know why they made such a big gap between everything else and the 540i because even the V8 530i is way, way behind with a 0-62 a full 2 seconds behind the 540i at 8.8 secs.
If anyone was concerned that the 520i was too slow then they should see the figures for the real slouch of the bunch...the 525td Auto Touring. 0-62 at 14.7 secs...a full second behind a 518i Auto...2.5 secs behind a manual 518i plus a 9 mph slower top speed of only 114 mph.
tobinen said:
There is a way. I can do it for you tomorrow if you want. PM me the VIN and/or registration number if so.
Greatly appreciated. Sadly turned out to be more of a mutt than TheLordJohn's, but will come back to you when I find one if that's ok.Edited by tobinen on Sunday 14th February 14:43
golfer19 said:
Half the price of one round the corner to me! Strange ad though, when I have "a bit of a clear out" I tend to take a bag of clothes to the charity shop, not suddenly find a performance Merc to flog!Can't quite tell but is the boot misaligned with the light cluster? And how.do these perform with a 4-cog box?
Edited by Croutons on Sunday 14th February 21:44
All this talk of E34s has me remembering the days when E34 M5s could have appeared on these pages within/near budget.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C706248
But a distant memory now
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C706248
But a distant memory now
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