The BMW UUC Digest Volume 3 : Issue 119 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: <OT> Titanic findings Re: <OT> Titanic findings Re: <E36> Intermittent start E34 Rumbling Noise/Feel Re: E34 Rumbling Noise/Feel
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:35:05 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: <OT> Titanic findings Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sorry, Jay, rivet holes don't appear to have anything to do with Titanic's fragility. The current speculation is that the plate steel had too high a content of sulphur which made it very brittle at the water temperatures in that part of the ocean in which it sailed. -Kevin ---------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail communication is confidential and is intended only for the individual(s) or entity named above and others who have been specifically authorized to receive it. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose the contents of this communication to others. Please notify the sender that you have received this e-mail in error by replying to the e-mail. Please then delete the e-mail and any copies of it. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:40:22 -0400 From: "Chris Eck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: Re: <OT> Titanic findings Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> How about a spoiler warning for those of us who haven't seen the movie and don't know how it ends? ;-) Chris Eck On 4/11/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry, > Jay, rivet holes don't appear to have anything to do with Titanic's > fragility. The current speculation is that the plate steel had too high a > content of sulphur which made it very brittle at the water temperatures in > that part of the ocean in which it sailed. > > -Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:17:31 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: Re: <E36> Intermittent start Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks Jim and Marco, I'll check the starter connections this weekend, assuming we have some sun. Hard to believe this is possible at only 49k miles , but you never know. -Kevin ---------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail communication is confidential and is intended only for the individual(s) or entity named above and others who have been specifically authorized to receive it. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose the contents of this communication to others. Please notify the sender that you have received this e-mail in error by replying to the e-mail. Please then delete the e-mail and any copies of it. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:02:27 -0400 From: jaykenty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: E34 Rumbling Noise/Feel Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> '94 E34 Wagon Auto- Hard to tell exactly where this is coming from, but seems to be in the rear. Starts to become very noticeable from 30 mph up. Can hear and feel it- rumble, almost like a low frequency grinding sound- loudest at 30-40 mph, but can hear/feel sound up to 60 (didn't want to go faster). Wife says handling changed with onset of this problem, but I didn't notice this. Pretty sure not brakes or transmission- no change in sound on braking or in Neutral. Sound goes away during quickly swerving back and forth. Felt both rear hubs after test drive and both feel hot to the touch. I've never tried this before, so maybe they are always hot...? I suspect rear bearings, u-joint, or something else in that back axle... Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Jay ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:08:05 -0700 From: Brian Ghidinelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: jaykenty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: Re: E34 Rumbling Noise/Feel Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> jaykenty wrote: > transmission- no change in sound on braking or in Neutral. Sound goes > away during quickly swerving back and forth. Felt both rear hubs after > test drive and both feel hot to the touch. I've never tried this > before, so maybe they are always hot...? Likely the wheel bearing. Jack the wheel off the ground and with your hands in the 12 and 6 o'clock positions, try rocking the wheel up and down. If you detect *any* play, it's time to replace it. You *can* keep driving on them for awhile (and us racers sometimes have to), but by the time you can feel the play, it's pretty worn. Brian -- Brian Ghidinelli > http://www.MotorsportReg.com MotorsportReg.com processes online registration and payment for your track, autocross and social events ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(5 messages) **********
