A Bit of advice please
A Bit of advice please
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JohnyTuff

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9 posts

220 months

Monday 14th December 2009
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Hi
Me and the boy have got ourselves an E36 for track use. The car is a 93 320i.

How often does the cam chain need chainging or is it quite bomb proof, anything you can think of that may need servicing would be of help, done the usual plugs,fuel and oil filter, coolant.

cheers
john

TheEnd

15,370 posts

218 months

Monday 14th December 2009
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You'll never need to touch the chain really.
If it does get noisy, it might benefit from a new tensioner, but they'll go on over 200k miles easily.

I suppose the major points are keep the cooling system up to date, and probably change the water pump if you can't be sure it's already been done.
The rest will be changing suspension bushes etc.