[cyberkaa]

Originally Posted by joonsup

man i hope it isnt too. i was out of town whole weekend but this morning i swapped the resevoir caps from the bronzit and drove the car to work. I'll check during lunch to see if i lost any coolant but after i got to work I didn't see any coolant dripping from below but we'll see.

if it's the head gasket i dunno what I'm going to do. Either try to save money and pull the head and replace the gasket myself and send the head to the machine shop, or call a bunch of places to see which place is the cheapest that does good work. Unecessary stress.

btw did you put together that diy for the engine swap?

Were you able to spot the source of the coolant that spilled out? In an overheating situation, the weakest link in the cooling system will give out first. By design, that's the expansion tank fill cap so you'll see coolant pooled in the in the engine bay frame right under the expansion tank. Any change in the oil appearance or white buildup under the oil cap?

If it comes down to it, doing the head gasket isn't too bad. The most time-consuming and obnoxious part of it will be taking off the intake manifold.

I was just thinking about finishing that engine swap writeup yesterday, but I didn't get to it. Right now it's still an outline with all of the major steps, but I need to flesh it out a bit with some text.

[Joonsup]

Originally Posted by cyberkaa

Were you able to spot the source of the coolant that spilled out? In an overheating situation, the weakest link in the cooling system will give out first. By design, that's the expansion tank fill cap so you'll see coolant pooled in the in the engine bay frame right under the expansion tank. Any change in the oil appearance or white buildup under the oil cap?

If it comes down to it, doing the head gasket isn't too bad. The most time-consuming and obnoxious part of it will be taking off the intake manifold.

I was just thinking about finishing that engine swap writeup yesterday, but I didn't get to it. Right now it's still an outline with all of the major steps, but I need to flesh it out a bit with some text.

no i wasnt able to find the source. however, when i initially popped the hood there was a lot of coolant around the expansion tank so it appeard to have come out of there and dripped down to the driver side fender underneath.

oil color seems fine from the dip stick although i checked it at night using flashlight. I didnt check the cap though. I just swapped it this morning with the bronzit. During lunch I checked to see i lost any coolant and it appears to be at the same level as this morning so i'm crossing my fingers that it was the cap. That would save me a lot of time AND money.

Lemme know once you finish that write up because i may need that when/if i end up swapping the motor out of the bronzit. thanks!

[snohman]

what up norcal!

[Joonsup]

wsup steve! nice to finally meet you in person this past weekend haha

[cyberkaa]

Originally Posted by joonsup

no i wasnt able to find the source. however, when i initially popped the hood there was a lot of coolant around the expansion tank so it appeard to have come out of there and dripped down to the driver side fender underneath.

oil color seems fine from the dip stick although i checked it at night using flashlight. I didnt check the cap though. I just swapped it this morning with the bronzit. During lunch I checked to see i lost any coolant and it appears to be at the same level as this morning so i'm crossing my fingers that it was the cap. That would save me a lot of time AND money.

Lemme know once you finish that write up because i may need that when/if i end up swapping the motor out of the bronzit. thanks!

Yeah, with any luck it was just a fluke. The temperature gauge is known to be worthless so maybe it did overheat, but for a different reason.

I'll be working on that writeup some more this week. Will link you to the thread on r3v once it's done.

[cyberkaa]

Originally Posted by snohman

what up norcal!

Sup!

[Joonsup]

Originally Posted by cyberkaa

Yeah, with any luck it was just a fluke. The temperature gauge is known to be worthless so maybe it did overheat, but for a different reason.

I'll be working on that writeup some more this week. Will link you to the thread on r3v once it's done.

yeah i hope so. it's weird b/c my temp guage starts off pretty low too and although it read at about 1/3 the way up at normal driving temp, i feel like it should be more closer to half. So i'm on the lookout for someone selling a function temp guage. But I may end up looking for one at the yards next time i go.

[cyberkaa]

Originally Posted by joonsup

yeah i hope so. it's weird b/c my temp guage starts off pretty low too and although it read at about 1/3 the way up at normal driving temp, i feel like it should be more closer to half. So i'm on the lookout for someone selling a function temp guage. But I may end up looking for one at the yards next time i go.

Could also be the thermostat being stuck open, or opening too early. I was suspicious of the one in the car and I was going to track it anyway, so I replaced it with one that opens at a lower temp. The temp gauge still sits around the middle, though.

I also had trouble with mine because the solder joints on the cluster were broken. Fixed my fuel gauge that way, too.

...basically everything that can go wrong does seem to go wrong on this car.

[snohman]

Originally Posted by joonsup

wsup steve! nice to finally meet you in person this past weekend haha

likewise sir! hope you guys had a good time down here!

[Joonsup]

Originally Posted by cyberkaa

Could also be the thermostat being stuck open, or opening too early. I was suspicious of the one in the car and I was going to track it anyway, so I replaced it with one that opens at a lower temp. The temp gauge still sits around the middle, though.

I also had trouble with mine because the solder joints on the cluster were broken. Fixed my fuel gauge that way, too.

...basically everything that can go wrong does seem to go wrong on this car.

haha yeah but i'm still addicted to them. it's a slow and continuous process until eventually one day almost everything will be replaced with new parts. i dont regret getting into e30s though. they are fun to drive

[cyberkaa]

Originally Posted by joonsup

haha yeah but i'm still addicted to them. it's a slow and continuous process until eventually one day almost everything will be replaced with new parts. i dont regret getting into e30s though. they are fun to drive

Yeah, that's the way it is with these old cars. It's good for peace of mind, though, hahaha.

[Mahhvinn]

Sorry to hear about the E30, Nick! Good luck with trying to fix it!

[shragon]

Originally Posted by joonsup

wsup steve! nice to finally meet you in person this past weekend haha

+1

[Mahhvinn]

whats good roberator!

[shragon]

what up marvin!

[Mahhvinn]

how was your weekend!?

[evoi19]

hi norcal

[Mahhvinn]

Originally Posted by andrew@Karbonwerke

hi norcal

whats up drew! how was your weekend?

[cyberkaa]

Hi

[cyberkaa]

Man it was pouring on 101 on the way back from South SF. One of the E30's low beams went out, too.

Like I was saying...

Originally Posted by cyberkaa

...basically everything that can go wrong does seem to go wrong on this car.

[Ray]

Norcal Rocks!

[Zoeb@WheelDude.com]

sontran coming to norcal:
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=354701