[uucdigest] Tuesday, August 7 2001 Volume 03 : Number 4116 _________________________________________________________________ | | 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] Said/Stuck win [Jim Bassett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] <E30> anti-sway bar adjustment [Clarence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] directional tires [Eurowerks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] OBC - degrees F vs. degrees C ["Gary Derian" <gderian@ameritech] Re: [uuc] Any Experience with Looong Oil Light?? [Steven Tom <stom@qualco] RE: [uuc] <E34> Parked Car Ventilation System [Doug Foster <Doug.Foster@c] Re: [uuc] <E36 stereo> Infinity Kappa opinions? ["Greg Cagle" <gregc@greg] [uuc] Loong Oil Pressure Light ["Merchant, Adnan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [uuc] <E30> Mintex C-Tech Brake Pads [dstevenson <dstevenson@batterymarc] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 11:55:24 -0700 From: Jim Bassett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Said/Stuck win > How come I haven't seen anything about the Portland win in > the Milner PTG M3 > this past weekend? Probably becuase for those of us NOT in Portland, it wasn't shown on Speedvision until last night (Monday). And, at the risk of bringing up an old topic, some of us have to *tape* the race due to family obligations (*you* try watching the race while your 16-month-old son is crawling all over you, wanting to play :-)), and watch at a later time. Thanks for ruining it for me, I appreciate it. (And, FWIW, I've been on a couple of hockey-related email lists for nearly 6 years now. The polite thing to do is to use a non-results-related subject, along with the word "spoiler", so that those of us who haven't seen the race/game/etc. at least have a fighting chance of ignoring results-related posts until we've had a chance to view the event.) >...ok to "crow" by now I hope<g>. Sure, but a different subject line would have been greatly appreciated. Jim Bassett 1998 M3/4 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 15:02:45 -0500 From: Clarence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <E30> anti-sway bar adjustment Recently installed ST bars on the '87 325is. The difference from stock is amazing; I had not expected that much of an improvement. The instructions were sparse, so: Question 1: Which holes on the rear bar are for the soft/hard setting. I used the holes creating the longest leverage (at the outer ends of the bar). I'm unable to think this through. Question 2 & 2a: I installed the end links using the old bar to measure their length. Was this the best? Should they be made shorter or longer? Also, the end links run at a small angle from the bar to the trailing arm, not straight; is this typical? Question 3: I know the bar mounting points will need to be reinforced but don't really have time this summer. I run street tires at the track, Bridgestone Potenza RE730's. Does anybody anticipate that I will have problems if I do 2 one day events (Blackhawk) and 1 two day event (RA) w/o reinforcements? TIA Clarence '87 325iS, chipped, exhausted, and finger painted each year at Treffpunkt ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 13:06:35 -0400 From: Eurowerks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] directional tires Gary, I tried the Tire Rack on this one and got the answer "Why?" to my question of installing directionals backwards. He said that every manufacturer is different and I would have to speak to an engineer from each brand to get a definitive answer. At this point, I am going to agree with you that there is no logical reason to put a directional on backwards, but there are no adverse effects of doing so other than wet roadholding ability, maybe some dry roadholding as well.... Gary Derian wrote: > I've been told many falsehoods, also. Next time someone tells you that, ask > him to describe the mechanism that causes the damage. Something like "It > flexes different (sic)" doesn't count. > > Blaming the installer for that blowout is a lot better than admitting to a > defective tire. > > Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > - -- Kirk A. Gilchrist EURO-WERKS / Mercedes Benz, BMW, Volvo Service and Repair 8 South Highland St. / Winchester, KY 40391 / 859-745-0125 [EMAIL PROTECTED] / www.euromajic.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 15:43:17 -0400 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] OBC - degrees F vs. degrees C Through the descriptions of heaven and hell in the bible, heaven is much hotter than hell. This does not imply it is a less pleasant place to be. Just hotter. Obviously angels are tougher than devils. Neither F or C has any innate superiority. My choice would be an absolute scale (zero = absolute zero) where 100, or perhaps 1000 would be the freezing point of water since that is easy to replicate. It doesn't really matter so long as the scale is absolute and universal. Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The OBC reports Celsius temperatures using five characters: a > sign, two digits, a point or a comma, and a half-degree digit. In > almost all cases, Fahrenheit needs just two characters to achieve > the same resolution. In exceptional cases, it needs three to four. > Applying the above reasoning, a Fahrenheit display should allow > higher temperatures, up to 999 degrees, which should prepare you > for a drive everywhere on earth and possibly in hell as well. > > That Celsius requires more characters to report day-to-day > temperatures was one of the two main points of contention in an > argument I had with my father over which is the superior > temperature scale. The jist of our respective positions was: > degrees Crude, no, degrees Foolish. My father eventually won the > argument, but he enlisted an expert. > > -John > '96 318is > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 11:09:43 -0700 From: Steven Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Any Experience with Looong Oil Light?? I have the same symptoms you do. Take off your oil filter and look down the hole. You will see 2 small 5/8" holes off center. These holes should be covered with a spring loaded cap. These caps prevent oil from going through the filter until the pressure gets high enough to overcome the spring pressure. When your car is cold there is no oil in the filter area. The 5 seconds is what takes that area to fill up and then get the rest of the system to optimum pressure. When your car is just turned off there is still oil in the filter area, hence turning the light off faster. One of mine broke off. The only solution is to replace the complete assembly as they are non replaceable items, I believe. If you find out differently let me know. steve At 08:33 PM 8/6/01 -0400, you wrote: >During the past month, I have just noticed that my oil light is now >taking about 5-6 sec. to go out after starting my car. Does anyone have >any experience re: possible causes/cures? > >My car is a 95 325is with ~117k. After the oil light goes out, the oil >pressure comes up to normal (~60 psi). If I start the car within 10-15, >the oil light goes out in less than a sec (just like it used to). If I >wait 1-2 hours, it takes the long 5 sec before it goes out. > >Net, the oil pressure is acting as like it does after I have just >changed the oil and it's taking a few seconds to pump the oil throughout >the engine. Only it's now doing it all the time whenever the car sits >for 1+ hr. > >No need to waste bandwidth for the entire group -- private replys more >than OK. > >Thanks for your help! > >Chris Bernhardt >'95 325is ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 13:40:06 -0400 From: Doug Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] <E34> Parked Car Ventilation System With the past few hot days, a parking lot, and a black on black car, I spent some time getting this to work (for me at least) Here is what I do when I get to work (I'm sitting inside doing this from memory... and I'm on a conference call too... I think I also have enough bandwidth left to drive... just not very well ;-) 1. Turn car off but leave key in position 1 (radio and OBC still work) 2. Hit <Timer> - OBC will show Vent Off 2a. at this point you can hit the <S/R> button, to toggle the vent on and off, this is the PCV part. 3. Hit <Timer> again - OBC will show a time with T1 flashing 4. Use the number buttons to set the time (like half an hour before you plan to leave), and then <S/R> to make the T1 stop flashing - OBC should have a small red light above the <Timer> button, this shows that its set 5. Hit <Timer> again to set T2, set it a bit later... you might be late leaving work because you are busy answering UUC msgs on the clock. 6. I open the back of the sunroof to let it vent. 7. Double check that both LEDs (no apostrophe!) are on, and turn the key off 8. Make sure to put key back in pocket so you don't lock yourself out of the car! Well, that's the way it works for me. The manual s*cks, so I got most of that by trial and error. I don't quite get the use of turning the vent on using the OBC... why not just leave the key in, turn the vent on manually, and listen to the radio? The timer for the vent is great though, it definatly helps with a black on black car. Doug Foster <--- just had baby, and can't go to OFest even tho I live in Boston :-( 94 540iA <---- with working PCVS :-) - -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Pharr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 12:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [uuc] <E34> Parked Car Ventilation System The manual indicates that PCV is inop. when the key is in pos 2. I tried ALL key positions and the timer function was always a timer function. The timer on my E28 will continue to increment when the engine is not running, but the E34 does not. I suspected that this had something to do with PCV. Engine running: lap-timer er... stopwatch Engine not running: PCV features But this is not the way it seems to work. Either it's an optional feature and I don't have it, or there is some OBC setting, fuse, etc. that is required to enable the feature. - --Jeff Pat details his less-than-positive experiences with PCV: ***************************************************** My '91 M5 had it but when Brett bought it and tried to use that feature it fried most of the electronics in the dash. Luckily he could get replacement stuff cheaper than mere mortals. Based on his experience I'm not sure I care if it's on my '95 Touring. Shoulda used it this past weekend but I was parked in NH and wouldn't want to get stranded up there even if most of the best techs in the country are there. At any rate, I don't know if you can program that with the car running. In that mode it works like a timer doesn't it? Come to think of it, I don't think I could use a timer function in mine because it was for the PCV. I remember being able to turn the fan on and off with it but didn't try the timer. ************************************************** __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 09:20:22 -0700 From: "Greg Cagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] <E36 stereo> Infinity Kappa opinions? I can second the Polk recommendation - I have them in the front of my 94 325is and driven with sufficient power (200w RMS or thereabouts) they sounds excellent at 100 mph with all the windows down and the sunroof open, which is as close as I can come to an iC 8^). - -- Greg Cagle gregc at gregcagle dot com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 10:17:59 -0600 From: "Merchant, Adnan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Loong Oil Pressure Light Hi Christian, Check out the Roadfly E34 site for problems we are having on our M30 engines. In summary, the E34 M30 oil canister housing design is problematic. An anti-drain check valve in the housing begins to leak and the result is an empty canister overnight. The symptoms are exactly like you are experiencing - ten seconds or more (chime sometimes) for the light to go out but instant out on restart. Pressure is fine once running. The solution is to get a new canister housing as the valve can't be replaced. My problem is that the new canister also failed in the same way in just seven months. Fortunately, that was replaced by the dealer under the parts warranty program. Alternatively, the o-ring on the center bolt is the culprit and a larger ring may be the cure. I don't know what the E36 design is but the test is simple - in the morning, before starting the car, open the canister and see if there's any oil in it. Mine used to be bone dry, like a new filter. If empty, it's the valve or the o-ring seat. Try the easier one first. E34 owners have not had any luck playing with the o-ring. Good luck and keep us apprised. E34 and E32 owners are calling BMWNA to log the problem so they can do something (?). So, please call BMWNA at 800-831-1117 if you have diagnosed this to be the problem on your E36 or other model. Regards, Adnan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 12:10:28 -0400 From: dstevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <E30> Mintex C-Tech Brake Pads Hi Has anyone tried the Mintex C-tech MV1144 for track use? In the last Roundel there was an add in the back by a company billing themselves as Motorsportworks selling them for about $54 Rear, and $63 Front. This company appears to have packed up their tent and went away as they do not return phone calls and their Web site www.motorsportworks.com seems to be gone. I am glad I did not get a chance to order. These pads seem to be somewhere in between metal masters and full blown carbon compound race pads. I did a little research (Mintex is a UK company) and they claim to be functional up to 800 degrees F. Has anyone tried these or know where to buy them? Thanks Don Stevenson/BMWCCA Boston Chapter 1988 325IS, (too much to list), should have stayed the street car. (Sharked) 1987 325IS, project, should have been the track car. (Sharked) 1988 Volvo 240 Wagon 5 Speed. (Green Wheels) ______ o/______\o (oo=00=oo) [ ]====[ ] PS If the punctuation police are lurking out there you should go pound some sand...!@#$%^&*()(*&^%$#@@!_+ **************************************************************************** This message is intended for the addressee only and may contain privileged or confidential information. Unless you are the intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose to anyone any information contained in this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the author by replying to this message and then kindly delete the message. Thank you. ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #4116 *************************** ________________________________________ | Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: | (listed alphabetically) | Camptown Automotive - http://www.camptownauto.com | Circle Tire Co. 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