Help Needed with my e36 m3
Discussion
Where from? From the front it could be either..
Engine oil,
Power steering fluid,
Brake fluid,
Antifreeze (different viscosity though)
Petrol.
From the rear,
Brake fluid,
Diff oil,
Petrol.
Check the Power steering and brake fluid levels, these sound the most likely if it isn't engine oil.
Mike.
Engine oil,
Power steering fluid,
Brake fluid,
Antifreeze (different viscosity though)
Petrol.
From the rear,
Brake fluid,
Diff oil,
Petrol.
Check the Power steering and brake fluid levels, these sound the most likely if it isn't engine oil.
Mike.
Hard to tell how much, depends what it is. The place to look under the bonnet is on the right hand side, a black cylinder. Unscrew the top, the dipstick is inside. It may be a small leak, it may be the rack, until someone gets under it it could be all manner of things.....Hopefully simple
My E36 M3 developed a power steering leak at about 75k. The symptoms were:
1) small pools of oily stuff near the drivers side front wheel
2) completely normal steering until the fluid level got really low then:
3) when winding lock on or off (parking etc) you could feel it run out of assistance. This was very obvious, you couldn't miss it.
To top up the fluid I had to remove the thing which took air into the engine, was a bit of a pain.
Mine needed a recon rack which cost about 500 quid from a back street garage. Wish I'd paid to have bmw do it properly, I ended up selling it soon after as it just didn't seem quite right.
1) small pools of oily stuff near the drivers side front wheel
2) completely normal steering until the fluid level got really low then:
3) when winding lock on or off (parking etc) you could feel it run out of assistance. This was very obvious, you couldn't miss it.
To top up the fluid I had to remove the thing which took air into the engine, was a bit of a pain.
Mine needed a recon rack which cost about 500 quid from a back street garage. Wish I'd paid to have bmw do it properly, I ended up selling it soon after as it just didn't seem quite right.
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