Hey everyone! Glad to join here. Owned a lot of 80's beamers and figured z3's are e30's with the m50 swap already done (albeit a little heavier).
Aaaaanyways ill mention all that in the introductory but for now i need a little help, or maybe I don't?
Let me explain. So had the car for a few weeks now and its been great, no issues what so ever. But I'm sitting last night in my parking spot on the phone while my car's on and bam, steam everywhere all of a sudden. Look at the heat gauge and its not where it should be, was at right (too dark to see how far in the red it was but definitely close if not in it).
So now i think, "Oh great lost a lot of coolant and need to replace a hose now. I'll wait until morning to see clearer"
Morning arrives and i turn my engine on to see if I can find the leak, nothing.
So I wait until its at operating temperature figuring the thermostat hasnt kicked in, nothing.
It idles at op temperature and doesnt budge. I figured maybe the burst last night made me run out of coolant when nothing showed up before but then why does it stay stuck at operating temp? Even drove it around my complex a little to instigate something new but no it was happy where it sat. When this happened to my e28 535 I couldnt get out of the parking lot before it got too hot. At this point im just going to drive down to the store and get coolant, why not? Even getting the coolant at this point seems just like a safety measure.
Anyways looking to you guys for help, anyone know something I don't? Do these hoses magically go back together when cold? Or did I not let it get hot enough? Or what? Hoping someone with a similar problem can shime in
Aaaaanyways ill mention all that in the introductory but for now i need a little help, or maybe I don't?
Let me explain. So had the car for a few weeks now and its been great, no issues what so ever. But I'm sitting last night in my parking spot on the phone while my car's on and bam, steam everywhere all of a sudden. Look at the heat gauge and its not where it should be, was at right (too dark to see how far in the red it was but definitely close if not in it).
So now i think, "Oh great lost a lot of coolant and need to replace a hose now. I'll wait until morning to see clearer"
Morning arrives and i turn my engine on to see if I can find the leak, nothing.
So I wait until its at operating temperature figuring the thermostat hasnt kicked in, nothing.
It idles at op temperature and doesnt budge. I figured maybe the burst last night made me run out of coolant when nothing showed up before but then why does it stay stuck at operating temp? Even drove it around my complex a little to instigate something new but no it was happy where it sat. When this happened to my e28 535 I couldnt get out of the parking lot before it got too hot. At this point im just going to drive down to the store and get coolant, why not? Even getting the coolant at this point seems just like a safety measure.
Anyways looking to you guys for help, anyone know something I don't? Do these hoses magically go back together when cold? Or did I not let it get hot enough? Or what? Hoping someone with a similar problem can shime in