Can anyone help me please. I have had my 318 (E36) for 6 yrs and in the last 6 months I have had problems with over heating. The problem still has not been resolved, 4 garages have not been able to sort it out....£100's of pounds have been spent. This is a very long saga, but I will give you the bullet points.
- On the first occasion a second hand raditor was fitted...over heated again within a week
- Major damage was caused (my fault) and I took the decesion to buy a salvage engine.
- After a few weeks it over heated again (towed home again) new thermosat fitted all checked and working
- Again over heated after 4 weeks, water pump propeller had broken, replaced, tested ok
- 2 wks later again same problem (towed home) Fully tested and found no problems, not losing water. I have run the car on short trips and the temp gauge reached norm (middle) When I check the top hose this is very hot, but the hose conected to the thermosat is still cold!!! So even with another engine the problem is still there, new waterpump & thermosat..could it be the Raditor or do you know better. I feel I have lose all confidence and I won't take it on a long run. Any help in resolving this issue would be great.