The BMW UUC Digest
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OFFER: 325e springs
Re: OFFER: 325e springs
My E30 runs like Poop...any ideas?
Re: My E30 runs like Poop...any ideas?
E30- help fuel level sender
Re: E30- help fuel level sender
A different tire question...
<E30> Track pads - front axle
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Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 09:43:51 -0400
From: "K.C. Boyce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com>
Subject: OFFER: 325e springs
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Up for grabs, a set of rare 325e stock springs!
Handy with a cut-off wheel? Cut half a coil and make stiffer, lower springs
for any E30 model. Or restore an E30 to pristine, factory-new condition.
Your choice!
Free for the taking, you pick up (Atlanta-area) or cover shipping.
KC Boyce
'97 M3/4
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Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 12:52:34 -0400
From: "Rich Dorffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com>
Subject: Re: OFFER: 325e springs
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Up for grabs, a set of rare 325e stock springs!
>
> Handy with a cut-off wheel? Cut half a coil and make stiffer,
> lower springs for any E30 model.
You are endorsing cutting rear E30 springs? You believe cutting half a coil
will make a difference?
Regards,
Rich
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Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 23:35:57 +0000
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com
Subject: My E30 runs like Poop...any ideas?
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Calling all E30 wizards, 325 i needs help.
My car is not running well, and this statement is truer when the car
has been driven around at operating temp. for a while. After cold start, the
car accelerates pretty well. After it's warm, I could pull away from a stop
and get the throttle response of a diesel...I'd mash the peddle to the floor
and wait
for some engine response. Once underway, the engine feels very anemic, raps up
to 4 thousand RPM or so and feels like it just ran out of breath. The car
doesn't always run like this, and after getting up to speed, like 35 to 45 mph,
it will run/accelerate faily well.
I was under the hood yesterday and found a broken rubber hose under the
throttle housing, it goes to an electric valve before connecting to the
charcoal cannister. I reattached the hose to the throttle housing yet don't
know how well the valve is operating. I cannot think of any other possible
vacuum leaks.
Before I go too far here I'll list what I've replaced; Fuel filter, air filter,
intake boot, cap and rotor, plugs, O2 sensor, thermostat, and checked fuel
pressure.
Here are my suspicions: Plugged cat converter/muffler, bad air flow sensor,
head gasket blown, head cracked/warped, fuel pump not meeting demand of engine
under load.
I've tried to test the air flow meter by checking resistance from two points,
5&6 maybe, and found about 2000 ohms more or less all the way from closed to
WOT.
The last stomp test I did gave me one long and one short flash, repeating.
Who's got this one nailed? I don't want to continue driving an E30 with an
Isetta power train in it.....
Peter Harkonen
1990 325i 5sp.
Windy City BMWCCA
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Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 08:53:42 -0400
From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com>
Subject: Re: My E30 runs like Poop...any ideas?
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Monitor the exhaust oxygen sensor and fuel pressure while driving. A
plugged cat seems logical. You can measure backpressure also.
Gary Derian
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Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 7:35 PM
Subject: [UUC] My E30 runs like Poop...any ideas?
> Calling all E30 wizards, 325 i needs help.
>
> My car is not running well, and this statement is truer when the car
> has been driven around at operating temp. for a while. After cold start,
> the car accelerates pretty well. After it's warm, I could pull away from
> a stop and get the throttle response of a diesel...I'd mash the peddle to
> the floor and wait
> for some engine response. Once underway, the engine feels very anemic,
> raps up to 4 thousand RPM or so and feels like it just ran out of breath.
> The car doesn't always run like this, and after getting up to speed, like
> 35 to 45 mph, it will run/accelerate faily well.
>
> I was under the hood yesterday and found a broken rubber hose under the
> throttle housing, it goes to an electric valve before connecting to the
> charcoal cannister. I reattached the hose to the throttle housing yet
> don't know how well the valve is operating. I cannot think of any other
> possible vacuum leaks.
>
> Before I go too far here I'll list what I've replaced; Fuel filter, air
> filter, intake boot, cap and rotor, plugs, O2 sensor, thermostat, and
> checked fuel pressure.
>
> Here are my suspicions: Plugged cat converter/muffler, bad air flow
> sensor, head gasket blown, head cracked/warped, fuel pump not meeting
> demand of engine under load.
>
> I've tried to test the air flow meter by checking resistance from two
> points, 5&6 maybe, and found about 2000 ohms more or less all the way from
> closed to WOT.
>
> The last stomp test I did gave me one long and one short flash, repeating.
>
> Who's got this one nailed? I don't want to continue driving an E30 with
> an Isetta power train in it.....
>
> Peter Harkonen
> 1990 325i 5sp.
> Windy City BMWCCA
> Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com
>
>
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>
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Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 20:03:40 -0400
From: Chris Pawlowicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com
Subject: E30- help fuel level sender
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
my '89 E30 325i suffers from fuel starvation below 1/2 a tank in hard
right handers at high rpm (esp @ the track with R compound tires &
suspension upgrades).
fuel pump is pretty new, filters are all good, tank is oem bmw, and
under normal driving it's fine.
I've installed a second pump (left tank), T'd the lines together (both
pumps supplying fuel), but I'm stuck with the fuel level sender
originally, left tank is a floating variable resistor, in series with
right tank grounded variable resistor (integrated into fuel pump)
now I have a pump/integrated sender in the left tank as well, but I
can't tie the resistors together because they are both now grounded.
Sender design is such that the resistor is grounded internally to the
assembly and there is no way to change that.
any clever ideas on how to fool the fuel gauge? senders from other
models that might work?
I was also thinking of instead using a fuel accumulator (like what was
used on E21 and other early FI cars) instead of a second pump.. any
aftermarket sources for fuel accumulators? (all I can find are oil...)
Might an E21 one work?
thanks for any suggestions
chris pawlowicz
'89 325i
'99 Z3 2.8
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Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 20:18:48 -0400
From: Chris Pawlowicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com
Subject: Re: E30- help fuel level sender
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I may have just found the answer to my own question- on E30 up to '9/87,
only one sender was used (not two in series).. I'm thinking I just need
to get my hands on one of them and I'm set
chris
> originally, left tank is a floating variable resistor, in series with
> right tank grounded variable resistor (integrated into fuel pump)
>
> now I have a pump/integrated sender in the left tank as well, but I
> can't tie the resistors together because they are both now grounded.
> Sender design is such that the resistor is grounded internally to the
> assembly and there is no way to change that.
>
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Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:05:20 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com
Subject: A different tire question...
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have an '01 330Ci that needs new rubber--this car has the staggered tire
set-up. I was thinking of going to the same size tire all the way around as
this should reduce some under steer and help with tire wear. The car sees
about 4-6 track days a year, has UUC sways and Koni shocks/struts and
springs. 225-45-17 are easy enough to find and the stock front size--is
anyone running these all the way around(I ran SO-3 in this size on my E-36
and thought it was a good set-up)? Comments? I was also looking at
235-40-17 but there is not a very big selection in this size. Anyone
running these in an E-46? Comments?
I am also considering some track tires--something that will have some decent
life and not break the bank. So let me know what you recommend and why.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Marc
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Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:06:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Steve.Goldstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com
Subject: <E30> Track pads - front axle
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The sad day seems to have arrived and Performance Friction PF90s
are no longer available for my E30 318is unless I want to special-
order 100 sets. I know Hawk Blues are available in this fitment,
and Mintex make this size. Does anyone have experience with their
(Mintex) race pads? What else is out there? My usage is track
days only, no racing. And remember it's a 318is with a chipped
but otherwise stock engine, so it doesn't quite keep up with M3s.
TIA.
Steve
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