[sszone]

more towards the dumb-ass driver portion....hehe
but hey, i was one dumb-ass too where i got my beemer.
had the same prob like u...hehe
end up calling my car dealer who was damn service oriented, came all the way down from ubi to help me..
the sop i learnt was unscrew the x, unscrew the reservoir cap....drown the reservoir side with water until water comes out of the x.....screw back the x, close reservoir cap
anyway e36 prone to radiator leakage, bought myself some radiator leakage formula thingy....dumped that into my radiator and solved the prob