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Re: GM Automatic Maintenance
Re: GM Automatic Maintenance
Re: e30 electrical gremlin
Re: e30 electrical gremlin
<E36> rear end noise
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Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:52:12 -0500
From: KMS- Brett Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Bailey Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
UUC Digest <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com>
Subject: Re: GM Automatic Maintenance
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Change them all. Leave no fluid untouched!
Brett
Bailey Taylor wrote:
> Brett and Gary;
> Thanks. I'm going to have my local dealer perform the trans service
> while I have the X3 in for some warranty work(passenger seat SRS
> sensor). I think I'll have them replace the final drive oil as well. Any
> recommendations on the transfer case fluid? I'm hoping to be able to run
> the truck out to 200K without any major expenses. Thanks again!
> Bailey
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Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:15:40 -0500
From: KMS- Brett Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: uuc Digest <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com>
Subject: Re: GM Automatic Maintenance
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
And all of the ones available will be high mileage without ever having
the fluid changed, so your $350-400 might become a semi-annual expense,
along with double that in labour each time.
Brett Anderson
KMS
Steve wrote:
> By the time you need to replace the tranny, there will be a plenty of
> them available in the $350-400 range, look at how much a 4L60E goes for
> now.
> - Steve
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Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:53:06 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Christopher Anrig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com
Subject: Re: e30 electrical gremlin
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have a similar problem status post jump starting the e30. Same lights on the
OBC --:--UHR and tach, but I have the additional fun of the engine dropping
power anytime I get up to what feels like about 2500rpms. I'm guessing it's a
charging problem, maybe a bad or failing alternator, maybe a ground and/or at
least inmy case an AFM issue. Feedback appreciated.
Chris
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Sent: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:36:12 -0500 (EST)
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Subject: [UUC] e30 electrical gremlin
> So, this morning I get in the car an notice that instead of the OBC showing
> me the time, it has reverted to --:-- UHR. Ok, so it reset. Odd. Actually,
> for this car it isn't that odd. The radio used to loose its memory
> periodically until I reflowed all the ground joints inside. This is the
> first time the OBC has lost its mind... so I reset the OBC and head off to
> work. I glance over at the OBC and it has gone back to --:-- UHR. Ok...
> As I was driving, I noticed that the tachometer would intermitently drop to
> zero and the econometer would simultaneously swing all the way to the left.
> This went on for a while and eventually the OBC reverted to no display (but
> the backlight was still on), the tachometer sits at zero and the econometer
> is inoperative. The fuel gauge, temperature gauge, and spedometer all
> continued to work with no visible glitches. The engine never stumbled or did
> anything out of the ordinary. The radio continued to work throughout the
> shenanigans.
>
> By the time I went home at the end of the day the radio still had its
> memory, the OBC was back to --:-- UHR, and the tachometer and econometer
> worked fine. Then the symptoms started up again, and by the time I got home
> I had a blank OBC, inoperative tachometer and econometer. Again, the radio,
> spedometer, fuel and temperature gauges all continued to work.
>
> I took a look at the wiring diagrams and figured it had to be fuse 21. If I
> lost fuse 10, I would have lost the spedometer. If I lost fuse 12, I would
> have lost the radio. Fuse 21 is the memory backup for the SI board, OBC, and
> radio. I swapped fuse 21, but it made no change.
>
> I have heard that bad batteries on the SI board would take out the
> tachometer, but would it reset the OBC? Maybe it is a loose connection...
>
> Anyone run into this one? I am not going to be able to do much about it for
> a while as I am going out of town soon, but I figured I would ask around a
> bit.
>
> -- Joe
>
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Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:24:29 -0800
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com
Subject: Re: e30 electrical gremlin
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Joseph,
Yes the battery's going in the SI board can exhibit all kinds of strange
phenomena such as you're experiencing.
If you have the OBC with extended functions, it has connections to the
conductor board on the back of the instrument cluster.
-Kevin
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Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:41:39 -0600 (CST)
From: "Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com
Subject: <E36> rear end noise
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I run poly RTABS and GC RSMs, and with that enjoy a fair amount of rear road
noise normally. I try to ignore it. I'm also one to drive with the windows
down anytime it's not raining, and that tends to mask whatever noise is coming
up from the back. But with my bad rear wheel bearing, I drove home tonight
with the windows up to see what I could hear (differently).
The rear noise I hear really does sound like it's not on just one side (the
whole back end groans). And I noticed tonight that much of it goes away when
I turn to the left. Doesn't have to be a terribly sudden or sharp turn
either. Any turn to the left. I suppose some of this could be the LR
bearing... but is it possible I have a final drive problem too?
- Kevin Jay
'96 328is, red/tan, 104K, too many mailings from me lately
'02 X5 3.0, white/tan, 67K, bone stock
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