These are BMW’s own installation instructions (Einbauanleitungen) for genuine parts and accessories, the booklets that came in the box with retrofit kits and that dealers fitted them from. This set has 135 of them, mostly for the E30: air conditioning, cruise control, central locking, alarms, power steering for the four-cylinder cars, heated seats, fog...
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For years, a leaking E30 power steering rack left you with three choices: reseal it yourself, buy a rebuilt or exchange unit, or “upgrade” to a different rack, such as the quicker Z3 rack with an adapter kit. BMW’s own exchange rack (32 13 1 127 793) is no longer available. Four aftermarket brands...
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This is the original FIA homologation form for the E30 BMW 325i, A-5292. Homologation papers are the official record of a car as built, and they decide what may be raced and which competition parts are allowed. The form was issued by the FISA through the German ONS and was valid in Group A...
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With an E30 at standard height, or even slightly lowered, an oil change is possible without lifting the car at all. From the front, you can reach the drain bolt with the car on the ground. Then with the setup below, you can remove even the most stuck oil filter from the top. That...
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Changing the front control arms on an E30 isn’t a hard job, but a few steps can eat up a lot of time: getting the center ball joint nut off, getting the ball joint out of the subframe, and pressing the new bushing and its carrier onto the arm. These three tools make the...
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Here are scans of the instruction manuals for the Baum Tools iSCAN, a hand-held diagnostic scanner for European cars. The manuals refer to the scanner as both the iSCAN and the CS2000. It uses a plug-in memory module and adapter cable for each make, and each make came with its own manual: BMW, Mercedes-Benz,...
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Here are the PDF scans of two factory radio manuals. One is for the Pioneer KE-81 ZBM, and the other for the KE-83 ZBM. Pioneer KE-81 ZBM, Anti-Theft Radio Pioneer KE-83 ZBM, CD-Ready Radio
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For the E30 A/C system, the main line-fitting O-rings are standard SAE sized. BMW confusingly identifies them by the O-ring’s approximate ID rather than the hose size and does so in mm. Because of the standard SAE sizing, you can can order oring kits much more widely and readily from suppliers like four seasons...
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Step 1: Remove the following fasteners and lift the front bulk head panel up and out. * Some 1987 E30s are equipped with fuel-cooling lines that run across the bulkhead and connect to the A/C lines. Neither the metal lines nor the rubber hoses need to be removed. Simply release the fuel-cooling lines from...
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Binary comparison of Bosch Motronic 1.3 173 and 525 ECUs, including coolant enrichment, cranking fuel and ignition, and every identified closed-loop idle-control table.
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