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1998 bmw 318i replaced thermostat and housing, top and lower hoses i guess the thermostat was stuck cause the vehicle over heated causing antifreeze to leak from rear of engine after inspecting the leak looks like theres a plastic piece that has two hoses coming from it that has broke cant seem to find out the name of that part and would it be something that could be done without alot of removing of parts

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  • Posted on Oct 21, 2008

SOURCE: Steering column 1992 BMW 318i

Go to the dealer parts dept and ask for them to print a copy of the exploded parts diagram.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 28, 2009

SOURCE: Water leak coming from back of engine. 1998 BMW 318i 1.9

see attached pic of the coolant hoses and see if any are in the vicinity of where the water is coming from at the rear of the engine:

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=CG83&mospid=47506&btnr=11_1567&hg=11&fg=35

here is your heater core which would also carry coolant. it has 2 hoses that go in and come out of the core. see if water is coming from one of these hoses.

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=CG83&mospid=47506&btnr=64_0663&hg=64&fg=15

head should not have to be removed to replace the hoses and/or heater core, but it will not be the easiest job either.

good luck & hope this helped.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 28, 2009

SOURCE: overheating problem on a 1998 BMW 318ti

Perform a liquid block test (with the bottle of fluid over the radiator mouth.) If the blue liquid turns yellow or clear, you have hydrocarbons entering the cooling system (usually via head gskt.) If not, you have ruled out a costly repair.

Sounds like it overheats pretty easily, without t-stat! This block testing liquid is cheap, and will verify a suspected leaking head gasket without lengthy diagnosis. Hope it's better news, but good luck!

Tater Todd

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  • Posted on Feb 17, 2009

SOURCE: 1987 318i

well the distributor may have a small crack in it.
Or the rubber o ring went bad.
either way the distributor has to come out in order to inspect.

take the cap off and mark which way the rotor is pointing in order to put distributor back the same way. white out works the best here

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 12, 2009

SOURCE: replace ignition lock cylinder 1996 BMW 318i with 1995 BMW

no you can not

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