[uucdigest] Wednesday, September 10 2003 Volume 03 : Number 6734
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RE: [uuc] 535i problem [uuc] 330i sedan for sale in Nashville (MT/SP/PP/XE/CD + V1 + XM) [uuc] RE: 535 problem Re: [uuc] RE: 535 problem Re: [uuc] RE: 535 problem [uuc] FS: 98 E36 M3 Track Car/Daily Driver ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 03:05:48 -0400 From: "Ron J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] 535i Problem.. Hi Gary, I had the same issue happen with my 535i. I ended up with a fire under my car. and had to put it out with snow when it happened.. Luckly it only burned off some of the undercoat. Anyhow the problem has been solved... My problem stemmed from drity injectors, coupled with a bad Mass Air Flow unit. The trace was broken and was causing a problem.. I had the injectors cleaned, and replaced the mass air with a newer one, and also changed my o2 sensor.. I would have your mass air tested.. Cheers Ron Janjua 85 535i "Freedom of the press is often reserved for those who own the presses" Michael Parenti. Ph.d Political Science Yale University. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 10:53:07 +0000 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Closing Today! 1985 BMW 535i 5-speed + 2 USGP Tickets on eBay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2430534447 "This car is in great shape considering the age and nearly 220,000 miles. Owned and maintained by a mechanical engineer. Any hired work was done by the finest independent mechanic in the area (Rick Vaughn). I have tried hard to keep it in tip-top shape, but my schedule lately has prevented me from staying on top of things. It runs well and drives fine, but there are a couple of things that will need to be taken care of in the not-to-distant future. The car is priced accordingly." > I'd be rather leery of using silicone on a head gasket. As general rule > silicones have poor oil resistance. Both Loctite's specs and my > experience are in agreement here. > > I put a bead of Loctite #518 around all of the oil drain and supply > holes in the gasket. > > Loctite #518 has a temperature spec of 300 F (as I recall), thus using > it on a head, particularly near the exhaust side leaves little service > temperature margin. > > Peter > > >So what is the 'trick' then - use silicone/RTV when > >installing a head gasket? > > > >Igor > >86 325 <- about to get a new head gasket > > > > > ><snip> > >From: Peter du Bois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re:[uuc] M20 leaks > > > >The head gaskets for M20 are pretreated with beads of > >silicone that > >does little, if anything, to prevent leaks. > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:00:29 -0400 From: "Bill Heumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E46 M3 Hesitation Assuming your friend has either the standard manual transmission or drives the SMG in manual mode, I think there is something wrong. I have about 15,000 miles on my E46 M3 and have never experienced any hesitation within reasonable rpm ranges when I get on the throttle. At 3000 rpm, it has plenty of torque and the acceleration is as instantaneous as any car I've been in. Can't comment much about how the car drives with SMG in auto mode. Bill Heumann 2002 E46 M3 1997 E36 328iS ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:34:59 -0400 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: [uucdigest] V3 #6732 Certainly the bathroom sealer silicone is not to be used ;-). Loctite and Permatex make RTV sealers that are formulated to seal oil. I wouldn't use it all over the gasket, only around the oil drain. One would think that BMW could get this right as elastomeric sealing rings on gaskets have been around for years. Gary Derian > I'd be rather leery of using silicone on a head gasket. As general rule > silicones have poor oil resistance. Both Loctite's specs and my > experience are in agreement here. > > I put a bead of Loctite #518 around all of the oil drain and supply > holes in the gasket. > > Loctite #518 has a temperature spec of 300 F (as I recall), thus using > it on a head, particularly near the exhaust side leaves little service > temperature margin. > > Peter > > >So what is the 'trick' then - use silicone/RTV when > >installing a head gasket? > > > >Igor > >86 325 <- about to get a new head gasket > > > > > ><snip> > >From: Peter du Bois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re:[uuc] M20 leaks > > > >The head gaskets for M20 are pretreated with beads of > >silicone that > >does little, if anything, to prevent leaks. > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:37:32 -0500 From: "Kris Welhart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] For Sale 1994 BMW 325i Boston Green/ Grey leather, 5-speed, 110,000 miles, ice cold A/C, heated power seats, cruise, sunroof, new clutch, new Yokahama tires, new water pump, metal t-stat housing, Eclipse in-dash CD player, Soundstream amplifier, great mechanicals, non smoker, meticulously maintained by the technical advisor for the St. Louis BMW Club. --$8,450-- call Kris @ 314-458-3475 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pictures available upon request. Parts for various e36- Porterfield R4 brake pads for e36, non M3, never used- $110.00 Porterfield R4 brake pads for e36 M3, 15/32� of pad remaining- $100.00 used only one day Porterfield R4 brake pads for e36 M3, brand new- $110.00 Oil Pan from 1995 3.0l M3- $150.00 Call Kris @ 314-458-3475 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pics available upon request. Thanks. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 14:27:33 +0000 From: "Vijay Nuthulapaty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] For Sale: S54 Engine/transmission.. For Sale: S54 Engine/6-speed transmission. This combination came from a 2002 BMW M3 with 2400 miles. Comes complete with engine harness, DME/ECU, radiator, airbox, headers etc. E-mail me for pictures/questions. Asking $7800 obo. The engine is in Itasca, IL and buyer pays shipping by truck freight. Contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 847.254.9313. Vijay Nuthulapaty _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with MSN Messenger 6.0 -- download now! http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_general ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 10:52:50 -0400 From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] 535i problem It sounds like your car is dumping gas. When it stops cranking, it's possibly because it's hydro-locking on fuel. The only reason for your exhaust to get red hot is raw fuel dumping into it and igniting. Either your injectors are leaking down, or something on the management system side is telling it to dump gas. Gary Derian also has a valid point on the cap and rotor. If it's tracking badly, it could be cross firing, causing the cranking to stop because it fires a cylinder too early and stops the crankshaft from rotating. Brett Anderson KMS > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Delford Chaffin > My '87 535i has become almost impossible to start. When cranking it > sometimes stops cranking abruptly, then will start again. > Tonight I got it > to start and let it run until the water temperature reached > normal. The rpm > would vary slightly even though I was not changing the pedal > amount. When I > shut it off smoke was coming from under the car. I looked and the entire > exaust system, from the engine to the tailpipe tips, was glowing red. Any > advice? ____________________________________ 100% Spam Control by SpamEnder Free Download and Trial http://www.spamender.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:52:50 -0500 From: Dennis Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] 330i sedan for sale in Nashville (MT/SP/PP/XE/CD + V1 + XM) I can either turn my 330i in to BMW in a couple of months (and let some BMW dealer mark it way up and sell it) or I can pass it along to another BMW enthusiast. I would rather do the latter :-) Anyway here are the details: 2001 330i sedan titanium silver, black leather, MANUAL transmission, premium package, sport package, xenon headlights, in-dash CD. About 25,500 miles. $29,500 Has all the bells and whistles - power leather sports seats, rain sensing wipers, power moon roof, wood trim, etc and hard to find MANUAL transmission. Extras! At this price the car includes: XM Satellite radio (SkyFi tuner) with Peripheral line-level input (XM service is at YOUR expense) Valentine 1 (V1) RADAR detector w/remote display - latest model BMW NOAH Car cover BMW Alarm System BMW OEM clear lens lights front/rear/side 4 Yokohama Guardex snow tires on Mim alloy wheels (3 winters - lots of tread left) I have had this car since new - no wrecks, paint work, track days, or smoking. Clean CarFax, of course. I had the oil and filter changed (at my expense) at BMW of Nashville at about twice the rate specified by the BMW service computer. I just picked up my new car so this car has got to go! Here are a couple of links to online ads with pictures. http://www.roadfly.org/bmw/classifieds/cars/detview.php?view=19676 http://www.frontrowcars.com/viewvehicle.php?InventoryID=819&Term=48 Even larger pictures are here: http://www.mctourer.com/bmw/ CarFax report is here: http://www.mctourer.com/bmw/carfax.pdf Gratuitous picture of my new car is here :-) http://www.mctourer.com/bmw/my_m5.jpg Any questions, just ask! Dennis M5 silver/black 330i silver/black/manual/sp/pp/xenon/cd - now for sale! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 10:06:09 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] RE: 535 problem Sounds like a leaking cold start valve. You're dumping raw fuel into the cat and it's causing the red hot exhaust. Also check the temp sensor. If it's failed the ECU may think the car is continuously in cold operating range and making the car run too rich. - -Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:38:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Brad Couvillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] RE: 535 problem Would a leaking CSV make the car run THAT rich, though? Brad Couvillon ex-87 528e '85 Euro 535i www.fatdaddybmw.com - --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sounds like a leaking cold start valve. You're > dumping raw fuel into the > cat and it's causing the red hot exhaust. Also check > the temp sensor. If > it's failed the ECU may think the car is > continuously in cold operating > range and making the car run too rich. > > -Kevin > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 15:02:53 -0400 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] RE: 535 problem If the 6 cylinders are firing, adding fuel will shut down the fire in the catalyst. The cat needs air and fuel to react. In order to overheat the exhaust, one or more cylinders must misfire. A super rich mixture that causes misfiring can do this, but even 50% more fuel than proper will not. Gary Derian > > Sounds like a leaking cold start valve. You're > > dumping raw fuel into the > > cat and it's causing the red hot exhaust. Also check > > the temp sensor. If > > it's failed the ECU may think the car is > > continuously in cold operating > > range and making the car run too rich. > > > > -Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 15:40:57 -0400 From: "Dave Kelley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] FS: 98 E36 M3 Track Car/Daily Driver 1998 M3 Track Car Arctic Silver/Black Sedan, Street legal, 73k miles with 80k mile extended warranty. Perfect mechanical condition, Mobil 1, Redline, ATE fluids. The perfect drivers school/daily driver. 5 speed, manual seats, sunroof, rear spoiler, HK sound, CD Changer, Autopower rollbar, SafeQuip 6 point harnesses, Shark injector, Conforti CAI, UUC Twin Silencer Exhaust, Ground Control Suspension, Koni Double-adjustable struts, Ground Control adjustable camber plates, Euro floating rotors, Dinan swaybars, strut & shock tower braces, 2 sets of rims and more! Will consider trade for E30 M3 or Spec E30 track car plus cash. Call Dave Kelley, 803-606-9882 for more information. Irmo, SC. Almost complete list of mods: Autopower 4-point rollbar with harness bar and removeable cross brace. SafeQuip 3", 6-point driver and passenger harnesses Shark injector Conforti Cold Air Intake UUC Twin Silencer Exhaust UUC Motorwerks Transmission Mount Bushings and Tranny Mount Enforcer Powerflex Front Lower Control Arm Bushings Ground Control Rear Trailing Arm Bushing Inserts Ground Control Rear Shock Mounts Ground Control E36 Hybrid (Street/Track) Camber/Caster Plates Ground Control Adjustable Coil-over Suspension Eiback 600#/700# springs Koni Double-adjustable front struts Koni Single-adjustable rear shocks Euro floating front brake rotors Dinan adjustable front & rear swaybars Dinan front & rear strut & shock tower braces BMW motorsports X-Brace DaLan Trailer Hitch (for towing track trailer) Optional Rear Spoiler (in box) 1-set 8.5"x17" M Double Spoke II rims w/used Toyo RA-1's 1-set 7.5"x17", 8.5"x17" 3-Spoke Styling 39 rims w/used Hoosiers Dave Kelley 98 M3/4 94 325i ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #6734 *************************** | | 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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