[uucdigest] Monday, February 24 2003 Volume 03 : Number 6142
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Re: [uuc] <E30> 325i -- Idle/Surge gremlin HELP! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 19:13:58 -0500 From: "Kathy Lyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Ceased Water pump Hmmm - guess it ceased when it seized, eh? Bummer. - ---- Kathryn M. Lyle, CPA, CVA Lyle & Associates CPA www.lylecpa.com Creating Business Value ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 16:31:15 -0800 From: Doug Wirth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] e36 M3 Losing air You can go to any tire store and have them put bead sealer on them. Its a black glue stuff that will keep the bead from leaking air. They will have to take the tires off the car and put them on a tire machine to break the bead and paint on the sealer. Doug Wirth *********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. *********************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 19:54:15 -0600 From: "phil irby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re:[uuc] E36 Headlights I installed the Sylvania Osram Cool Blue bulbs in my 92 E36. Buy them at Auto Zone for $18 each. I did them all (lo beams, hi beams and fog lights) so wasn't as cheap as just the low beams (I guess you could just replace them if you wanted), but man what a difference it makes! I am getting to the point where my night vision is not what it used to be. These made me more confident with my night driving. As usual, no affiliation with Auto Zone, Sylvania, Osram, etc..... Good site to find out more technical info is http://www.sylvania.com/auto/cool/. Phil 92 E36/M50 > > Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 14:55:39 +0000 > From: "Greg Pollock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [uuc] E36 Headlights > > <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> > <P>Hello All,</P> > <P>I am looking for suggestions on low beam headlight replacements. The driver side low beam went over the weekend on my 1994 325is. Since I need to replace the bulb I was wondering if there are any replacement bulbs out there that are brighter than the stock bulbs? I am not looking to upgrade to xenon or ellipsoidal headlights. I am looking for a simple swap out of bulbs that would give me better night vision. If the stock bulbs are the best I can do without upgrading the headlight assembly than I would want to know that too. Also, does it make a difference if I don't swap out the high beam bulbs at the same time (assuming I go away from OEM) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:06:12 -0500 From: "Ron J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <E28> Ongoing Idle / Stalling Issues.. Post New FPR.. Hi All, Well after a few days of the properly calibrated 3.0 BAR Fuel Pressure Regulator in the car, it has started to misbehave a bit again. Not quite a severe as before, however still a PITA. I was out driving the car yesterday and it would stall at low RPM. As soon as I turned the key again, it would start back up without an issue, and run. There was no hesitation in the engine at all, however when coming to a stop after getting off the gas, the cars RPM would dip down below 500, and either stall, or almost stall, and then bounce back up to about 700 RPM, and then go back down again, almost stall, and then even out. If I stabbed the gas, it would rev up, and then as soon as the pedal was released it would drop below the 500 RPM mark and do what I described above. The car stalled on me a few times in traffic, so I pulled over and tightened the slack on the throttle cable to keep the rpms up. The car idles at about 800-900 now and wont stall out, and sometimes idles at about 1000. This is most likely due to the tighter throttle cable, but slacking it off seems to cause the stalling problem. Another issue that is occurring is when the car starts. It stumbles a lot, and if you give it gas, lots of grey smoke comes out of the tailpipe, and the car hesitates, while climbing RPM. As soon as its warm it goes away. I think the problem is connected to the one above. Possiblities might be a leaking cold start valve as someone suggested earlier. The car is going in for a diagnostic tommorrow at a trusted wrench that I know, since there is way too much snow up here, and I dont have all the tools to do it myself. The car has a New Dealer bought Fuel Pressure Regulator, new Idle Air Control Valve, both seem to be working fine. The bellows has no cracks in it, and I have hunted around for a vacuum leak in all the hoses with no luck, or unluck as one might see it. There is also the issue of the broken white wire on the O2 sensor, that might be contributing to the issue.. Any suggestions would be great Cheers Ron J 85 535i 73 911s 2.7 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 20:51:58 -0600 From: "TOM DOTZLER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E34 steering Is the steering rack the same on an all e34 cars or is the e34 M5 "special"? Tom Dotzler E34 535i 5spd 89 M3 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 22:35:47 -0500 From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] E34 steering It's a steering box, not a rack, in the E34, and yes, the M5 is special, at least in that it has a unique steering box. It is, however, interchangeable with your 535i, if that's the point of the question, provided it does NOT have servotronic. - ----------------------------------------------------- BMW Special Tool Rentals Pay per incident tech support - ----------------------------------------------------- Brett Anderson KMS (440) 338 1650 www.koalamotorsport.com OSS committee member - ----- Original Message ----- From: "TOM DOTZLER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Is the steering rack the same on an all e34 cars or is the e34 M5 > "special"? > E34 535i 5spd ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 19:39:29 -0800 From: "Brant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] <E30> 325i -- Idle/Surge gremlin HELP! Tom - Check your O2S. All that mucking about in slop could have resulted in a loss of O2 to the air (non-exhaust) side of the sensor. And the rich/lean reversal frequency of my Motronic 3.3.1 system is about 4 seconds (due to the time delay Bosch built into the ECU). Sorry, I don't know the frequency on your car. Brant <<<<<<<"Tom Newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The other day something funky started happening with my wife's '89 325i. . . . .Anyway, after racing the engine pretty good getting out of heavily mucked up (with snow) parking lot, the check engine light came on suddenly, and the idle of the car began to surge and subside, surge and subside, surge and subside etc... in approx 3/4 second increments between 1200 and 1600 rpms. The surging caused some bucking at the traffic light - I had to keep my Foot mashed into the brake peddle pretty good to stay stopped. I should point out that while under acceleration the engine seems smooth, and both the oil and tranny fluid are at normal levels.>>>>>>> ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 20:34:08 -0800 (PST) From: Drew Sheppard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] <E30> 325i -- Idle/Surge gremlin HELP! - --0-1104081337-1046147648=:17456 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi everybody I am new to BMW ownership ('87 325is) and to the list but I am already learning good tidbits (the stomp test). I wondered about the idle control valve. I did the cap/rotor/plugs/valve adjust (in addition to water pump/thermostat/timing belt/fluids) and have a slightly rough idle. (Prepurchase inspection showed compression was good in all cylinders) My assumption was that this engine should have a smooth idle and that I have some kind of misfire. The tach does not move, you can hear it and feel it in the car with blower off etc. I have heard a few things. 1. It is a problem at a connector on the fuel rail and the only way to fix it is a complete engine wire harness replace. Just live with it. 2. This engine does not have a smooth idle. 3. Open the plugs to .036 and set the valves at .015, that will give it a better idle. I am kind of going on #s 2 and 3. I would prefer not to spend time and effort chasing something that doesn't matter. I am concerned about a miss at high speed/high load, but maybe this isn't an issue. It pulls really well off idle. There is an extensive section in the Bentley manual on checking the idle control valve, I will do that next. Anyone been through this recently? The only other thing I need to work on quickly is that when it rains I seem to have some water collecting in the trunk well. I replaced the seal around the antenna, that didn't seem to help. (The water was directly under it.) Thanks Drew Tom, Start by reading the check engine code: http://www.bonnevillemotorwerks.com/fault.html If that does not help, my favorite usual suspect is the ICV (idle control valve). - - -- alex "Tom Newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/24/2003 09:54 AM Please respond to bmwuucdigest To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: [uuc] <E30> 325i -- Idle/Surge gremlin HELP! Hi Folks - The other day something funky started happening with my wife's '89 325i. During all the snow we were getting on Long Island I had left the car idling in the street with the heat on while using the snow blower in the driveway for a few hours --- and later that day the car (which has 4 blizzaks on it) got extra heavy use (meaning I drove it hard in the snow, using the throttle liberally to keep from getting stuck in town etc...). Anyway, after racing the engine pretty good getting out of heavily mucked up (with snow) parking lot, the check engine light came on suddenly, and the idle of the car began to surge and subside, surge and subside, surge and subside etc... in approx 3/4 second increments between 1200 and 1600 rpms. The surging caused some bucking at the traffic light - I had to keep my foot mashed into the brake peddle pretty good to stay stopped. I should point out that while under acceleration the engine seems smooth, and both the oil and tranny fluid are at normal levels. As I gingerly continued on home, I checked if this condition existed in both drive (it's an autobox) and neutral/park, and indeed it did. With the engine light still on, I returned home, shut it down for the day and hoped whatever it was was because I had left the car idling so long and then beat on it so much. Sure enough, the next morning, no engine light, no idle surge - no problem. But later in the day, again after I raced the engine, the check engine light went on again, and the surge / subside started again. Fast forward to this morning - well unfortunately, as soon as I started it up the check engine light stayed on, but we had a train to catch, see we pressed on to the station. After about two minutes on the road sure enough the surging started to happen again. So that's where things stand now. One last thing I should mention is another common thread that has existed: Moisture -- because of all the slush & water I have been blasting through, its a good bet that moisture is happening under the hood. And this morning's engine light follows a wash down of the car last night just before the freezing temps came through again. Any ideas what might be wrong? Thanks in advance for any help. Tom Newton '98 M3/4 & '89 325i - ------------------------------ - --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, and more - --0-1104081337-1046147648=:17456 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <P>Hi everybody</P> <P>I am new to BMW ownership ('87 325is) and to the list but I am already learning good tidbits (the stomp test). I wondered about the idle control valve. I did the cap/rotor/plugs/valve adjust (in addition to water pump/thermostat/timing belt/fluids) and have a slightly rough idle. (Prepurchase inspection showed compression was good in all cylinders) My assumption was that this engine should have a smooth idle and that I have some kind of misfire. The tach does not move, you can hear it and feel it in the car with blower off etc. I have heard a few things.</P> <P>1. It is a problem at a connector on the fuel rail and the only way to fix it is a complete engine wire harness replace. Just live with it.</P> <P>2. This engine does not have a smooth idle. </P> <P>3. Open the plugs to .036 and set the valves at .015, that will give it a better idle. </P> <P>I am kind of going on #s 2 and 3. I would prefer not to spend time and effort chasing something that doesn't matter. I am concerned about a miss at high speed/high load, but maybe this isn't an issue. It pulls really well off idle. There is an extensive section in the Bentley manual on checking the idle control valve, I will do that next. Anyone been through this recently?</P> <P>The only other thing I need to work on quickly is that when it rains I seem to have some water collecting in the trunk well. I replaced the seal around the antenna, that didn't seem to help. (The water was directly under it.)</P> <P>Thanks</P> <P>Drew</P> <P> </P> <P><BR>Tom,<BR>Start by reading the check engine code: <BR><A target=_blank href="http://www.bonnevillemotorwerks.com/fault.html";>http://www.bonnevillemotorwerks.com/fault.html</A><BR>If that does not help, my favorite usual suspect is the ICV (idle <BR>control <BR>valve). <BR><BR>- --<BR>alex<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>"Tom Newton" <<A href="http://us.f103.mail.yahoo.com/ym/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&YY=6750&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>><BR>Sent by: <A href="http://us.f103.mail.yahoo.com/ym/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&YY=6750&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A><BR>02/24/2003 09:54 AM<BR>Please respond to bmwuucdigest<BR><BR> <BR> To: <A href="http://us.f103.mail.yahoo.com/ym/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&YY=6750&order=down&sort=date&pos=0! &view=a&head=b"><FONT color=#0000ff>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</FONT></A><BR> cc: <BR> Subject: [uuc] <E30> 325i -- Idle/Surge gremlin HELP!<BR><BR><BR> Hi Folks -<BR><BR>The other day something funky started happening with my wife's '89 <BR>325i.<BR>During all the snow we were getting on Long Island I had left the car <BR>idling<BR>in the street with the heat on while using the snow blower in the <BR>driveway<BR>for a few hours --- and later that day the car (which has 4 blizzaks on <BR>it)<BR>got extra heavy use (meaning I drove it hard in the snow, using the <BR>throttle<BR>liberally to keep from getting stuck in town etc...).<BR><BR>Anyway, after racing the engine pretty good getting out of heavily <BR>mucked <BR>up<BR>(with snow) parking lot, the check engine light came on suddenly, and <BR>the<BR>idle of the car began to surge and ! subside, surge and subside, surge <BR>and<BR>subside etc... in approx 3/4 second increments between 1200 and 1600 <BR>rpms.<BR>The surging caused some bucking at the traffic light - I had to keep my <BR>foot<BR>mashed into the brake peddle pretty good to stay stopped.<BR><BR>I should point out that while under acceleration the engine seems <BR>smooth,<BR>and both the oil and tranny fluid are at normal levels.<BR><BR>As I gingerly continued on home, I checked if this condition existed in <BR>both<BR>drive (it's an autobox) and neutral/park, and indeed it did. With the <BR>engine<BR>light still on, I returned home, shut it down for the day and hoped <BR>whatever<BR>it was was because I had left the car idling so long and then beat on <BR>it <BR>so<BR>much.<BR><BR>Sure enough, the next morning, no engine light, no idle surge - no <BR>problem.<BR>But later in the day, again after I raced the engine, the check engine <BR>light<BR>went on again, and the surge / subside started aga! in.<BR><BR>Fast forward to this morning - well unfortunately, as soon as I started <BR>it<BR>up the check engine light stayed on, but we had a train to catch, see <BR>we<BR>pressed on to the station. After about two minutes on the road sure <BR>enough<BR>the surging started to happen again. So that's where things stand now.<BR><BR>One last thing I should mention is another common thread that has <BR>existed:<BR>Moisture -- because of all the slush & water I have been blasting <BR>through,<BR>its a good bet that moisture is happening under the hood. And this <BR>morning's<BR>engine light follows a wash down of the car last night just before the<BR>freezing temps came through again.<BR><BR>Any ideas what might be wrong? Thanks in advance for any help.<BR><BR>Tom Newton<BR>'98 M3/4 & '89 325i<BR><BR>------------------------------<BR></P><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br> <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/finance/mailtagline/*http://taxes.yahoo.com/";>Yahoo! Tax Center</a> - forms, calculators, tips, and more - --0-1104081337-1046147648=:17456-- ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #6142 *************************** | | In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. |________________________________________ | Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: | (listed alphabetically) | | Autoscope-Motorsports - http://www.autoscope-motorsports.com | |==================================================== | | Koala MotorSport . 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