[uucdigest] Tuesday, July 24 2001 Volume 03 : Number 4050 _________________________________________________________________ | | Search the ARCHIVES: | http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] | | Visit Richard Nott's Ultimate BMW Database: | http://www.gis.nsw.gov.au/staff/rnott/bmw/bmw.html | | For all available Digest commands including unsubscribe/subscribe, | visit the BMW UUC Digest page: http://www.uucdigest.com | | Send SUBMISSIONS to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Complaints? Send 'em to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you must. | Technical Problems? Send 'em to [EMAIL PROTECTED] |__________________________________________________________________ In this BMW UUC Digest: [uuc] Re: E46 Rear Camber ["Stan Jackson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] Der neue 7er [nJay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] Re: <E34> 535 Low Oil Pressure Warning ["Brett Anderson" <brett@koa] RE: [uuc] <E34> 535 Low Oil Pressure Warning [Don Eilenberger <deilenberg] [uuc] Re: exhaust flaps (was ten little q's) ["Tammer Farid" <tomatoman@h] [uuc] E36 idle ["Gary Krumian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] <FS> E36 wheels, tires, lights [nJay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] re: <E34> 535 Low Oil Pressure Warning ["Polands" <polands@teleport] [uuc] RE: I am now the proud owner of a '87 528e ["jedinite" <bimmer@jedi] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 23:43:37 -0400 From: "Stan Jackson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: E46 Rear Camber Phil Bell asked, > My brother has an E46 with the sport package. At 25k he had to replace his > tires due to the inside tread being gone. He's a little upset he only got > 25k on the OEM tires. He had the shop (not a BMW Center) check the > alignment, and was told the rear camber is a negative 3 degrees. That > sounds excessive to me. Is the rear camber not adjustable (like the E30 and > E36)? Is 3 degrees negative too much? You are correct that the E30 has no adjustments available in the rear suspension. However, the E36 (325, M3, Z3, but not 318?) has adjustable rear camber and toe. The E46 should also have this. You "sort of" need a special tool, so many alignment shops will not know how to make these adjustments (particularly toe). Was the camber 3 degrees negative on each side, at least showing a balanced set up? There are totally separate adjustments for left and right. I would say that 3 degrees is too high for just street use (if you track your car you may choose to live with 3 degrees on the street). The alignment shop should have BMW specs available in their alignment machine computer. Stan _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 00:03:00 -0400 From: nJay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Der neue 7er Uh-huh. Headlights from a 300M, the grill off a Lincoln LS, and some sort of hybrid Camry Solara / Subaru SVX rear end... My thoughts at this point: 1. Much prettier than an Aztek. 2. Based on my experience with BMWs, if I drove it, I would probably quickly forget what it looked like from the outside. Jay <-lusts after M Coupes (not for their looks) 1993 325is <- some say E36s are ho-hum (fun2drive anyway) M Hudson wrote: > What hallucinogenic were those designers on? Yuk!! The e32 and e38 remain my > favorite 7. > > An e32 fan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 00:58:02 -0400 From: "Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: <E34> 535 Low Oil Pressure Warning Steve, Is the low pressure light (oil can) coming on at the same time? If not, you have a check control or instrument cluster problem. If it is, you have an oil pressure sender, or oil pump, problem. The sender is the cheapest and easiest to try, if that doesn't solve the problem then you now have a reason to replace that leaking oil pan gasket, while you replace the oil pump. Continuing to run this engine with low idle oil pressure will kill it. Replacing the pump (if that's the cause) might just see you good for another 205K. - --------------------------- Now offering BMW special tool rental and pay per incident tech help. - --------------------------- Brett Anderson www.koalamotorsport.com Home of the E30 M3 CD-ROM repair manual > From: "Steve & Barb Conner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [uuc] <E34> 535 Low Oil Pressure Warning > > Our 89 535i with 205k miles will occasionally give a 'Low Oil Pressure' > message in situations when the idle is very low. The oil level is fine > and there does not appear to be any other glaring problems going on. > Would this be considered fairly normal for this age engine or is this a > sign of something bad? Your thoughts are appreciated. > > Steve Conner > Kokomo, IN ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 00:59:01 -0400 From: Don Eilenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] <E34> 535 Low Oil Pressure Warning >From: "Steve & Barb Conner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [uuc] <E34> 535 Low Oil Pressure Warning > >Our 89 535i with 205k miles will occasionally give a 'Low Oil Pressure' >message in situations when the idle is very low. The oil level is fine >and there does not appear to be any other glaring problems going on. >Would this be considered fairly normal for this age engine or is this a >sign of something bad? Your thoughts are appreciated. > >Steve Conner KISS - replace the oil pressure sending switch. These go bad with great regularity and are about $7 from most foreign car parts places (same as a VW one..) Don Eilenberger, Spring Lk Hts, NJ JMP#1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] NJ Shore BMW Riders web page: http://www.njsbmwr.org/ Moderator BMW E39 Enthusiast Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bmwe39 ==================================================================== "Parking lots are not an appropriate place.." ==================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 00:18:58 -0500 From: "Tammer Farid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: exhaust flaps (was ten little q's) I think one of the first cars with the adjustable-flow exhaust (via flaps) was the Acura NSX or the Mitsu 3000GT (sorry, I forget which!). Another "benefit", in addition to the free-flow effects at high engine speeds, was quiet operation around town. Tammer Farid - -----Scott Miller says: >As a general rule (to which I'm sure there are many exceptions), reduction >of back pressure allows freer breathing at higher RPMs, but with a possible >loss of torque at lower/mid RPMs. Didn't the stock 328i exhaust have a >flap that closed until something like 4500 RPM? That feature was included >on some models to improve mid-range torque. The only way to know for sure >how intake and exhaust changes affect power output is to spend some time on >a dynamometer while you make the changes. > >I don't know enough about the rest of your questions to attempt a response. >Hell, I don't know enough about the ones I DID answer, but that didn't stop >me. > >Scott Miller >GGC BMW CCA > >------------------------------ > >End of [uucdigest] V3 #4047 >*************************** > >________________________________________ >| Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: >| (listed alphabetically) >| Camptown Automotive - http://www.camptownauto.com >| Circle Tire Co. (used & classic BMW parts) e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >| Detailwerks Chicago Inc. "Chicago's Premier Automotive Appearance >| Center" . http://www.detailwerkschicago.com >|==================================================== >| Koala MotorSport . BMW technical information, special tool sales/rental >| http://www.koalamotorsport.com >|==================================================== >| Taylor BMW - http://www.taylorbmw.com - Doc Bimmer! >| UUC Motorwerks . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com >|__________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 22:19:01 -0700 From: "Gary Krumian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E36 idle Can anyone suggest what causes my 95 325i to idle very poorly when starting from cold? It hesitates for about 10 seconds and then goes away. Giving it gas cures it as well. Should I be looking for things like temperature sensors, cold injector and idle control valve just like the 1980s vintage cars? Thanks. Gary Krumian _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 01:33:15 -0400 From: nJay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <FS> E36 wheels, tires, lights Fellow Digested: I was recently down-sized. So while I have some time and need some money, I'm trying to clean out the garage/attic and refill the bank account. Please respond privately to request histories and pictures, make offers, discuss trades, and dicker. (And yeah, I know... I don't even know her.) E36 Headlight lens assemblies L/R E36 Turn signal lenses L/R (amber) (a.k.a. parking lights?) (4) 205/60-15 Blizzaks on steel rims (used BMW covers or less-used generic covers) - -- will separate tires from rims (4) 205/60-15 BF Goodrich Comp T/A HR4 on '93 325is sport pack 15x7 alloy rims - -- will separate tires from rims (4) 225/50-16 Michelin X M+S (snows, really) - -- tires only, no rims All tires/rims are in fair to good to excellent condition, but I decided that 1) I'd rather drive the BMW three seasons and the $600 VW Golf one season. 2) Three sets of 15" rims/tires for one car is way too many. TRADE: With no funds budgeted for them... I'm looking for some gently used 225/50-16 summer street tires with good wet handling. Jay <-located in S.E. Michigan 1993 325is <-ditto mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Or if your hard drive crashed / cat ate your modem, and your buddy printed this out for you... 248-356-2124 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 22:54:21 -0700 From: "Polands" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] re: <E34> 535 Low Oil Pressure Warning Steve: Your '89 is now getting up there in maturity just like all of us E28 restorer's cars. We very frequently experience this oil pressure warning light due to a cracked sensor switch body. It relieves pressure locally around the switch at low rpms, hence the warning. Find yours (on an E28 it's at the left rear corner of the head) and pinch the strain relief sleeve around the wires coming out of the sensor. If you get wet oil coming out, then spend $7 on a new sensor and you'll be good to go. Always check the cheapest simplest potential problem first before you start wasting money on big part replacement. Steve Poland '88 535is 202,000 miles Portland, OR _____ Orig. msg: Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 20:32:01 -0500 From: "Steve & Barb Conner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <E34> 535 Low Oil Pressure Warning Our 89 535i with 205k miles will occasionally give a 'Low Oil Pressure' message in situations when the idle is very low. The oil level is fine and there does not appear to be any other glaring problems going on. Would this be considered fairly normal for this age engine or is this a sign of something bad? Your thoughts are appreciated. Steve Conner Kokomo, IN ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 00:45:51 -0500 From: "jedinite" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE: I am now the proud owner of a '87 528e I appreciate the $0.02 and the advice. I was really looking for more information along the lines of the few sites I've included at the bottom of this message, rather than how to improve the specific performance of the 528e to be more like a 525i/is. To digress for the three people interested in this thread... I own an e46 M3 (for a couple of more days, anyways) which I'm replacing with an e36 M3. The M3 is my "speed" car. The 528e is the "beater" - something I picked up really cheap from a friend-of-a-friend. A one owner (well, two now) car with all the maintenance records and all the important stuff replaced according to schedule. Top that with only 100k on a 200k+ engine, and I knew I had the cheap but reliable daily driver I was looking for. A reliable daily-driver _and_ a decent winter car. Sure, the Conforti chip and intake are performance boosters, but that's just because the gains (~24 hp @ 4500 / 192 tq @ 4500, well in the usable range) are well worth the ~$250 for the chip in my book. The intake might not do anything but sound better and let more dirt in the engine ;) but I figure I might be able to fabricate a heat shield out of something and turn it into more of a CAI. I do think you are exactly right - if I were looking to build a performance car, I certainly picked the wrong model bimmer to do so. But that's not what I'm looking to do. I'm really not looking to do much to the car at all. Starting from $3000, I'm adding on the chip and intake (~$400) and might do wheels & tires just because I have a local source for cheap stuff (as well as making it easier to quick-change snow shoes for the wintertime by mounting up the factories with snows). Figure a quick $1500 for "new" wheels/tires and snows. Maybe a little money towards improving the stereo system and some other general upgrades. I guess I figure that if I'm going to spend 100k+ miles in this car over the next several years going to-and-from work and wherever else in the bad weather, I might as well enjoy the time in the car. A few e28 sites I've dug up from a few replies to this post and my own research: (more of what I was looking for with my query to the list) http://www.angelfire.com/biz/couv/ http://www.unofficialbmw.com/bmw_e28.html http://members.aol.com/BMW535e28/ http://www.bmw.ic24.net/bmwhome.htm Thanks for the dialogue, Eric Foster '01 e46 M3 (for three more days) '87 e28 528e (the daily driver) '95 e36 M3 (WTB, still searching for the right one) http://bmw.jedinite.com - -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 2:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: I am now the proud owner of a '87 528e Eric, if you have a 528e and you want more power, you should sell it and get an E28 535i or 535is. With bolt-ons, you'll be lucky to get anywhere close to 535 performance in an eta. And it won't cost that much to upgrade. Why put time and money into the wrong car? Just my .02 cents worth... Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #4050 *************************** ________________________________________ | Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: | (listed alphabetically) | Camptown Automotive - http://www.camptownauto.com | Circle Tire Co. (used & classic BMW parts) e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Detailwerks Chicago Inc. "Chicago's Premier Automotive Appearance | Center" . http://www.detailwerkschicago.com |==================================================== | Koala MotorSport . BMW technical information, special tool sales/rental | http://www.koalamotorsport.com |==================================================== | Taylor BMW - http://www.taylorbmw.com - Doc Bimmer! | UUC Motorwerks . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com |__________________________________________
