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Page 122 of 759

BMW 318i 1996 E36 Workshop Manual 
119-
8

	

LUBRICATION
SYSTEM

17
.
Installation
is
reverse
of
removal
.

"
Thoroughly
clean
all
old
gasket
material
from
mating

surtaces
anduse
a
new
gasket
.

"
Applya
small
amount
of
non-hardenin

Page 151 of 759

BMW 318i 1996 E36 Workshop Manual 
The
fuel
injection
systems
used
on
the
1996
and
later
cars
covered
bythis
manual
are
OBD
II
compliant
.
This
system
is
in-
corporated
into
both
the
Bosch
M5
.2
(M44
engine)
and
the
Si-
emens
MS
41
.1

Page 222 of 759

BMW 318i 1996 E36 Workshop Manual 
230-2

	

MANUAL
TRANSMISSION

Transmission
fluidleve¡,
checking

Checking
thetransmission
oil
level
involves
simply
remov-
ing
the
side
drain
plug
and
inserting
a
finger
into
the
holeto
check
the
f

Page 249 of 759

BMW 318i 1996 E36 Workshop Manual 
SUSPENSION,
STEERING
ANDBRAKES-GENERAL

	

300-1

300
Suspension,
Steering

and
Brakes-General

GENERAL
.....
.
....
.
.....
.
.
.
........
.300-1

	

M3
SUSPENSION
AND
BRAKES
.......
.
...
300-7

Fr

Page 259 of 759

BMW 318i 1996 E36 Workshop Manual 
Fig
.
3
.

	

ABS
wheel
speed
sensor
mounting
bolt
(arrow)
.

NOTE-

Note
flats
on
stabilizer
bar
linkball
joint
for
placement
of
open
end
wrench
.

CAUTION-
Do
not
remove
center
strut
retaining
nut

Page 263 of 759

BMW 318i 1996 E36 Workshop Manual 6
.
Installation
is
reverse
of
removal
.

"
Make
sure
control
arm
ball
joint
taper
bore
is
clean
and
free
of
any
corrosion
.
"
Press
new
balljoint
into
position,
making
sure
to
align
balljoint
guide
w

Page 264 of 759

BMW 318i 1996 E36 Workshop Manual 
310-
8

	

FRONT
SUSPENSION

FRONT
WHEEL
BEARINGS

The
front
wheel
bearings
are
permanently
sealed
and
re-

quire
no
maintenance
.
The
bearing
is
integral
with
the
wheel

hub
and
pressed
onto
the
ste

Page 265 of 759

BMW 318i 1996 E36 Workshop Manual 
STABILIZER
BAR

Stabilizer
bar,
removing
and
installing

Stabilizer
bar
link
arrangements
differ
slightly
among
mod-

els
.
In
most
models
the
links
attach
lo
the
control
arms
near

the
outboard
end