The BMW UUC Digest Volume 3 : Issue 172 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: No Messages on Digest? Re: No Messages on Digest? Re: No Messages on Digest? Re: No Messages on Digest? E30 FSM on da bay Re: E30 FSM on da bay E34 M30 Overheating - Part two Re: E34 M30 Overheating - Part two Re: E34 M30 Overheating - Part two
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:31:12 -0400 From: "Stan Jackson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: No Messages on Digest? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Have there really been no posts to the Digest since last Friday?? Or am I losing digests? Thanks, Stan ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:14:55 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jim Bassett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: Re: No Messages on Digest? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Wed, June 14, 2006 8:31 am, Stan Jackson Jr. said: > Have there really been no posts to the Digest since last Friday?? Really :-) I guess everybody's BMW is running just fine :-) Jim Bassett 1998 M3/4 - needs a cam sensor 1993 325is #44 JP - needs another 50HP and/or a better driver :-) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:52:13 -0400 From: "Jason Kay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stan Jackson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: Re: No Messages on Digest? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Have there really been no posts to the Digest since last Friday?? Or am I > losing digests? Stan, I haven't seen anything on the board... must be people are out enjoying their toys (vs fixing them) I *hope* ;) -Jason '86 951 "Sparky" '70 240Z "Dusty" '97 Contour "Bambi" '03 325xi "Daisy" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:47:01 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jason Kay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Stan Jackson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: Re: No Messages on Digest? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Just out riding my bike and <obmwc>procrastinating changing the oil and trans fluid.. Barry Jason Kay wrote: >>Have there really been no posts to the Digest since last Friday?? Or am I >> ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:21:56 -0500 From: "John Bunda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: E30 FSM on da bay Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In case there are any other E30 guys on the list, I put my spare FSM on eBay, started at $99, no reserve. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=8075341652 Thanks, John ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:45:27 -0400 From: "john grills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'John Bunda'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: Re: E30 FSM on da bay Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wow, sure is attracting some attention! I had one of these for my e21 and e12. They were helpful to learn on, but Bentley and the groupthink here and other places (as well as ETK) have made these luxury items IMHO. although...it's hard to find out stuff for my M42 powered e30! But this one won't help there either. r/jpg -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Bunda Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 2:22 PM To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: [UUC] E30 FSM on da bay In case there are any other E30 guys on the list, I put my spare FSM on eBay, started at $99, no reserve. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=8075341 652 Thanks, John Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com __________________________________________________________________________ In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:30:29 -0500 From: "Robert Blakeney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: E34 M30 Overheating - Part two Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You may recall my 1990 535i with erratic overheating problems after replacing a leaking radiator. It seemed I could never get the thing bled properly. It would work for a day, then overheat rapidly. Turned out to be a slowly failing headgasket that apparantly was allowing combustion gases into the coolant system. The gasket finally failed enough to blow out coolant on the exhaust side of cylinder one so I could see it. No apparant coolant leaking into the cylinders. I've pulled the head and it's on its way to a local machine shop (Scroggins, Houston) for checking, cleaning, valve seats, valve stem seals, etc. It is very clean and appears to be in good shape for 160k, so what is conventional wisdom on the valve guides? Do they need changing? Also, on both the original and the replacement head gasket, some of the holes for the coolant passages are tiny, while the actual block passage is much larger. Why did they do this? To throttle the coolant flow? Would it improve flow by enlarging the headgasket holes? By the way, the tops of the cylinders and the combustion chambers are surprisingly free of carbon. Credit must go to Chevron and Techcron. Robert Headless 1990 535i 2000 528i ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:16:53 -0400 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: E34 M30 Overheating - Part two Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I was doing the same job on my 635CSi in the late eighties when I neatly expanded the openings in the gasket to exactly match the profile of the head and block openings. I proudly related this to a representative from BMW Mobile Tradition who was visiting Maximillian Importing Company and he explained that they were made the size in the gasket as necessary to keep the cylinder temperatures consistent from cylinder to cylinder to allow the Motronic to better control emmissions. I would leave them as produced, were I to do the job today. Ed Robert Blakeney wrote: > > Also, on both the original and the replacement head gasket, some of the > holes for the coolant passages are tiny, while the actual block passage > is much larger. Why did they do this? To throttle the coolant flow? > Would it improve flow by enlarging the headgasket holes? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 22:45:43 -0400 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Robert Blakeney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: Re: E34 M30 Overheating - Part two Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The holes in the head and block are often sized for the convenience of casting. The holes in the gasket are sized to meter water flow. Most of the water should pass through the block to the rear, then up to the head to the front, but a little can pass up in between the cylinders. If you enlarge the holes in the gasket, there will be insufficient water flow to the rear cylinders. Gary Derian > > Also, on both the original and the replacement head gasket, some of the > holes for the coolant passages are tiny, while the actual block passage is > much larger. Why did they do this? To throttle the coolant flow? Would it > improve flow by enlarging the headgasket holes? > > By the way, the tops of the cylinders and the combustion chambers are > surprisingly free of carbon. Credit must go to Chevron and Techcron. > > Robert > Headless 1990 535i > 2000 528i ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(9 messages) **********
