new guy from japan

hello everyone, my name is brandon im 22 years old. i travel alot for work back and forth from virginia beach, Va and japan. i live 6 months in japan and 6 months in Virginia. i Drive a 2001 330ci 5 speed and a 2006 mitsubishi evo 9mr 6speed. Just saying hi and here are a couple pics.

Welcome Brandon. Nice rare green!

also my bmw has been acting up latly. my girl drives my cars right now while im in japan and my bmw coolant light comes on and she will fill the coolant in it and it seems to be gone within a half a day but she said she doesnt see it leak anywhere, also my ac says it is on but no air comes out the vents. im thinking that is the blower resistor but im not understanding whats going on with my coolant. maybe it needs a new radiator? or maybe the thermostat is bad? any help would be greatly appreciated! thank you!!!

thank you! nice m3 john. i almost bought a m3 at one time

Originally Posted by bmw_evo9mr

also my bmw has been acting up latly. my girl drives my cars right now while im in japan and my bmw coolant light comes on and she will fill the coolant in it and it seems to be gone within a half a day but she said she doesnt see it leak anywhere, also my ac says it is on but no air comes out the vents. im thinking that is the blower resistor but im not understanding whats going on with my coolant. maybe it needs a new radiator? or maybe the thermostat is bad? any help would be greatly appreciated! thank you!!!

Since the coolant is gone by the end of the day, its most likely that there is a leak. Depending on your mileage, it's recommended that you do a cooling system overhaul.
Here is a video explaining the common failures of the e46 cooling system.


Here is the cooling system kit that you need:
http://www.e46fanatics.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=626388

Hope this helps.

wow, thanks alot for the video. very informative and im pretty sure thats exactly what is wrong. the car has about 119,xxxk miles and now that i think about it i remember when i got the car it had 110k miles and somebody at a europeon performance shop by me said around 120k miles this would happen and he is right on target

nice mr man, whats your thoughts on the bmw and the m3?

Originally Posted by PRDesignsTony

nice mr man, whats your thoughts on the bmw and the m3?

thanks! your car looks good too. Im not too sure what you mean by my thoughts on the bmw/m3?

Thank you, i meant the mr lol not m3

oh lol. i love the MR. its a fun car to drive. this is actually my second evo. got rid of my 2003 evo 8 about 3 years ago and decided this march it was time for another so i bought my MR! I just ordered some new wheels for it. bronze 17x9 +22 Volk TE37s

Originally Posted by PRDesignsTony

Thank you, i meant the mr lol not m3