E36 325i SE - Anything to lookout for?

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I got the car, done 900 miles in it so far, and loving it. However I have a couple of issues,
The car needs front pads, which are good ones to go for?
Needs Balancing/Tracking
Has a slight tapping noise from the engine when cold, once hot it goes away, could this be serious? I am hoping it might just need an oil change or something simple?!? Could it even be the fan? :/
It didn't do it when I picked up the car (was cold when I got there, checked by touching the engine), only happened within the last <400 miles
Edit, needs a small plate welding on the boot floor (under battery, about 2" long)
Edit2: In the rain it drifts well :P, but annoying in Traffic Light GP... *ahem*... Need new (Read: Not Budget) rear tyres I think :D

Couple of pictures taken on my phone, which isn't an iPhone, so excuse the quality! :p

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I think you've got a blinder there. I had a 323i variant and found the standard pads fine. I'd get a wheel alignment done, and an oil change. If the slight ticking doesn't go away after that, I'd not let it bother you. You'll most likely spend more than the car is worth investigating the issue.
 
DJ Binks said:
The car needs front pads, which are good ones to go for?
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Depends on how you plan on driving it really, stock should be fine if you drive normally.

You can go for uprated pads such as EBC Yellow Stuffs, or Performance Friction Z Rated if you want to do fast road driving.

Sign up to www.e36coupe.com if you haven't already and take a browse around, loads of useful information on there. With regards to brakes, check in the e36 Performance section, loads of talk about discs, pads, conversion kits etc. :)
 
MrFunex said:
I think you've got a blinder there. I had a 323i variant and found the standard pads fine. I'd get a wheel alignment done, and an oil change. If the slight ticking doesn't go away after that, I'd not let it bother you. You'll most likely spend more than the car is worth investigating the issue.
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InvaderGIR said:
Depends on how you plan on driving it really, stock should be fine if you drive normally.

You can go for uprated pads such as EBC Yellow Stuffs, or Performance Friction Z Rated if you want to do fast road driving.

Sign up to www.e36coupe.com if you haven't already and take a browse around, loads of useful information on there. With regards to brakes, check in the e36 Performance section, loads of talk about discs, pads, conversion kits etc. :)
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Cheers, I think I will go with standard, as it brakes fine as it is, just the warning light has come on and it was on the MOT advisory :)

Duke said:
How you liking the engine? :)
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Love it!!! Love the sound it makes aswell, cant stop planting my foot :o
 
R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
Not sure if the 325 has an exhaust flap, if it does, a la the 323 & 328i try the "Golf tee mod" , my 328i sounds MUCH better for it.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18120768
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Don't think mine has the "flap" :)

Has a lovely sound even on idle, and coming off the revs makes it burble a bit :D (That the word I am looking for?)

Got told my a mate who I picked up that it is VERY loud, could hear me 20 or so seconds before I got to him! It doesn't sound *That* loud in the car :D
 
325 doesn't have the flap.

The only issues I ever had with mine were rear top mounts, lambda sensor and clutch release bearing.
 
MikeHiow said:
And since then its been abused more than any 3 series on here will see over its entire lifetime.
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Hmm, mine gets some too... A mate commented on the burning smell from my brakes after a "spirited" drive from Stoke to his house in Telford.... - he could smell them from his front door! :o

Car abuse is nothing to brag about certainly, my problem is my e36 feels like a rocket powered rollerskate after my work vehicle, and I tend to drive it accordingly..

I don't recall any pics of yours MikeHiow, but if abuse comes down to bodywork I bet mines scruffier! - My latest addition? - ill matching Silver Hammerite to cover its rusty bits.... I'd love to come to a meet with it, I'd have to hide it in the corner somewhere..... :o:D

This post was brought to you with the help / hindrance of Tetley's Smooth Flow.... :o:D
 
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