The BMW UUC Digest Volume 1 : Issue 104 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Carfax request please-1993 BMW 325i Re: Remote Start for winter Re: Remote Start for winter Install Sirus in E39 Re: e28 535i Cooling issues -- Fixed NY Times article on Bangle Re: NY Times article on Bangle Re: NY Times article on Bangle Fw: E46 Spare Tire Question Re: Fw: E46 Spare Tire Question Re: Remote Start for winter M20 engine idle Re: [E34] M50tu water pump failure datapoint E28 Questions - Engine and Gearbox swap ! Re: E28 Questions - Engine and Gearbox swap !
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 19:48:35 -0500 From: "Mike Gambini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BMW digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Carfax request please-1993 BMW 325i Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Anybody got a live Carfax account? Would very much appreciate if you could run this and email me the report. Thanks in advance MikeG WBACB3311PFE14084 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 21:02:23 -0500 From: "Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Remote Start for winter Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wrong! Who told you that hogwash? The DME in an EWS equipped car will not allow spark or fuel if it does not receive the code from the EWS control unit. There are ways around it, but cutting one wire is not one of those ways. Brett Anderson KMS > -----Original Message----- > Actually there is but 1 wire to cut on the harness going to the ECU that > disables EWS. Car would function normal in all other aspects except it > would not need the chip in the key. Thus, you don't have a key > in the dash > for a thief to find and it still requires the proper key to turn the > ignition. EWS doesn't prevent crooks from hot wiring the car at > all now as > that wire cutting is well known in the crook community. It might stop a > local 12yr old but that is about it. > > Mike ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 21:18:21 -0500 From: "Michael Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Remote Start for winter Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I might have been mistaking that procedure for swapping chips in an EWS car before JC chips came with boards. Snip a wire and any chip works in a 95. That I have done personally and before snipping the wire, the other chips for EWS cars would not work. As to what crooks do, heard it from the horses mouth about popping out a turn signal, cutting the alarm wire, pulling the ecu out, snipping a wire, then forcing the ignition and driving off. I also have PERSONALLY seen theft recovery M3s at local insurance auctions that appeared to have been stolen this way, so I assumed it worked. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 9:02 PM Subject: Re: [UUC] Remote Start for winter > Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Wrong! > > Who told you that hogwash? > > The DME in an EWS equipped car will not allow spark or fuel if it does not > receive the code from the EWS control unit. > > There are ways around it, but cutting one wire is not one of those ways. > > Brett Anderson > KMS > > > -----Original Message----- > > Actually there is but 1 wire to cut on the harness going to the ECU that > > disables EWS. Car would function normal in all other aspects except it > > would not need the chip in the key. Thus, you don't have a key > > in the dash > > for a thief to find and it still requires the proper key to turn the > > ignition. EWS doesn't prevent crooks from hot wiring the car at > > all now as > > that wire cutting is well known in the crook community. It might stop a > > local 12yr old but that is about it. > > > > Mike > > > > __________________________________________________________________________ > 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: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 19:14:26 -0800 From: "John Kjos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Install Sirus in E39 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi all, Has anyone installed a Sirius radio in their E39? If so, please let me know where you installed it (location in the car) and what brand (and model if possible) you bought. I was thinking of putting one in the area below the cup holders (when open). Thanks, John Kjos '99 540i/6: Dinan S '01 525iTa: Stock Portland, OR ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 19:58:42 -0800 From: Avinash Heroor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: e28 535i Cooling issues -- Fixed Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To cut a long story short, I didn't put one wire back properly when I had the dash off to replace the OBC light bar. Car wasn't overheating, gauge was overindicating (if there's such a word! :) ) For the people really interested, it was the connector with a single brown (ground I believe) wire. It was a good experience in diagnosing cooling systems if nothing else. I'd like to thank Neil Deshpande for putting me on the right track. --Avi. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 23:23:16 -0500 From: "Dennis Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BMW List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: NY Times article on Bangle Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/23/automobiles/23BANG.html?pagewanted=all&pos ition= The Sturm und Drang Over Chris Bangle By FARA WARNER Published: January 23, 2004 RICK SPARKS has taken to writing song lyrics to express how he feels about the newly redesigned BMW 6 Series, whose curvaceous but controversial look was overseen by the company's much maligned head of design, Chris Bangle. Set to the tune of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," Dr. Sparks riffs, "We're the Sixers Lovely Coupes Club Band; we wish C. Bangle would just go." In the almost three years since BMW introduced its revamped flagship 7 Series, no other car designer has generated as much heat as Mr. Bangle, 47. Thousands of BMW loyalists continue to debate the pros and cons of Mr. Bangle's designs on Web sites like Bimmerfest and BMWchannel. They have started online petitions calling for his removal (so far there are about 4,000 signatures) and have even sent him death threats. But there is one thing many BMW lovers have not done: stopped buying the cars. Last year, sales in the United States (the company's biggest market) were up 8 percent, making BMW the second-best-selling luxury brand, behind Lexus, and tracking the overall upward trend of luxury car sales. Both the 7 Series and a recently redesigned 5 Series have sold well, although the 5 Series has been criticized for having headlights that look like the comedian Dame Edna's eyeglasses and what detractors call a "Bangle butt," a high trunk line that adds bulk to a car that had always been considered handsomely athletic. Indeed, in 2003 sales of the 5 Series were up 15 percent over the previous year. And the new $40,000 Z4 roadster has received high praise from some critics, and more than 20,000 have been sold since it was introduced. BMW says that it now makes up 40 percent of the luxury roadster market, which also includes cars from Mercedes and Lexus. All of which means that Dr. Sparks, who has owned five BMW's including three vintage 6 Series coupes from the 1980's, isn't likely to get his wishes satisfied anytime soon. Mr. Bangle, interviewed at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit earlier this month, takes the attacks on his designs rather personally. "It would be nice if it were a dialogue, but it isn't," he said. "Everyone should have a hate Web site so they know what it feels like." Mr. Bangle said that the design for the 6 Series actually dated to 1999, when he introduced the Z9 GT concept car at the 1999 Frankfurt Motor Show. The car featured the bulging back end and a long snouty hood that was striking, but not necessarily beautiful, which is what most car critics expected from BMW's designers. "There was outrage, shock," Mr. Bangle said. Car companies often create concept cars to float designs or technology that they are thinking about introducing. Such tests give them an idea of how consumers are going to react to ideas that may end up on production vehicles. But the stormy reaction to the Z9 GT didn't deter Mr. Bangle. In fact, as he lived with the design through the next few years, the more he came to like its curving sleekness. "The same lines many people once hated are now being called wonderful and beautiful," he said. Well, at least by some people. "It is a gorgeous car," said Barbara Neuerman, who retired from selling BMW's in Chicago a year ago and who owns five of them herself, including a 1986 M5 that has been modified for racing. As might be expected, Dr. Sparks, an associate professor at Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn., isn't so enthusiastic. "We who treasure BMW's styling heritage can only shake our heads and wonder what Munich is smoking," he wrote in "Coupe de Grace," an article on his Web site (www.geocities.com/silbersix) devoted to the 6 Series coupes originally designed by Paul Bracq, the company's chief of design in the early 70's. Mr. Bangle, for his part, is happy to talk about the thinking behind his redesigns of the 6 and 7 Series and especially, to explain the genesis of the "Bangle butt." "I didn't want do a diagonal belt line again," he said, tracing with his hand a line that runs from the headlights through the middle of the car, basically where the windows meet the sheet metal on the doors, and back through the taillights. Earlier BMW's had belt lines that started low on the hood and angled up, creating a wedge shape that made the cars look fast. The 7 Series belt line is straight, more like car designs from the 1930's, Mr. Bangle said. But that caused problems at the car's rear as he added more space to the back seat passenger area. So Mr. Bangle raised the trunk (and in doing so made the opening large enough to load golf bags easily, not an insignificant consideration given the car's demographics). But in the process he unleashed an outpouring of anger from thousands of BMW lovers who had gotten used to design changes so evolutionary that they were virtually invisible throughout much of the 90's. Mr. Bangle argues that his designs are evolutionary, too. "I'm a believer in the Stephen Jay Gould theory of evolution, where periods of equilibrium are punctuated by major jumps," he said. "I like the large trunk opening. I'm not thumbing my nose at anyone with the design." And truth be told, many of the complaints about the 7 Series were about the car's interior and controls, including the bewildering I-Drive system, in which a single silver knob was toggled and rotated through a confusing menu of radio and heating configurations. (Newer versions of the I-Drive are easier to use.) Even worse, critics said, on 7 Series cars the gearshift for the automatic transmission was moved from the center console to the steering column. "Without a central shift column, it didn't feel like a driver's car," Mrs. Neuerman said. Mr. Bangle contends that as people get used to his cars' innovations, they begin to appreciate them. Not everyone agrees, of course. Online critics have compared the new 6 Series to everything from Toyota's $20,000 Solara to a Mercedes-Benz (an insult among BMW fans) and complained about its "dropping nose and dragging butt." But all the Sturm und Drang might just be a good thing, said Mark Nursey, 18, a college student from Michigan who drives an as-yet-un-Bangled 3 Series. "He shook things up," Mr. Nursey said. "These cars simply don't look like everything else on the road." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 21:53:32 -0800 From: Mark Dadgar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: NY Times article on Bangle Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Jan 25, 2004, at 8:23 PM, Dennis Liu wrote: > Indeed, in 2003 sales of the 5 Series were up 15 percent over the > previous > year. And the new $40,000 Z4 roadster has received high praise from > some > critics, and more than 20,000 have been sold since it was introduced. > BMW > says that it now makes up 40 percent of the luxury roadster market, > which > also includes cars from Mercedes and Lexus. I love these statistics. Comparing the new models' sales to the immediately previous years, which were the last model years in a multi-year run. I should friggin' hope the sales numbers are up. What a softball. - Mark ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 07:37:54 -0500 (EST) From: Joel Gallun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: NY Times article on Bangle Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Mark Dadgar wrote: > > BMW > > says that it now makes up 40 percent of the luxury roadster market, > > which > > also includes cars from Mercedes and Lexus. this line says even more. They now see Mercedes and Lexus as the real competition. See you at the country club old chum. Or not. I'll be at the track, with my old bmw, built back when they were still the ultimate driving machine, rather than the ultimate golf bag transporting machine of today. joel ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 08:04:36 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fw: E46 Spare Tire Question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My brother in law just bought a 1999 328i with premium package. My question is regarding the spare tire. Should it be 16 inch rim that matches the rims on the car or should be a 15 inch tire with a steel rim? He ended up with a 15 inch steel rim. I suspect the dealer swapped it out prior to delivery. Will the 15 rim clear the brake rotor on the E46 non sport package car? Any advice? Jerry Surzycia 1999 328i E46 with Sport Package 3 ************************** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE ************************** This message contains information which may be privileged or confidential, or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. 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Which matched the OE wheels regardless of sport/premium. Standard wheel fitment was at least 16" as 15" wheels are said not to fit over the 328 brakes. Of course, if he didn't know the steel was in there when he purchased the car he may have little recourse. Gilbert 1999 328i _________________________________________________________________ Find high-speed �net deals � comparison-shop your local providers here. https://broadband.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 09:37:59 -0600 From: Dennis Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Remote Start for winter Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Other than the BMW anti-theft issue that has been discussed, you should be able to get a remote starter for your car. You just need to find a place that knows what they are doing - and supply you a remote start unit MADE for manual transmission cars! These are designed with your safety in mind. Most work like this: 1) Park the car, but leave it running in neutral 2) set the parking brake and take your foot off the brake pedal 3) Hit the "exit" button or switch - probably mounted on the console or under the dash 4) turn off the key - the motor will continue running since you hit the exit switch 5) this "proves" to the starter that the car is not in gear 6) get out, close up the car - you can remotely lock it if so equipped 7) turn off the car with the remote start remote The system is now "armed" to start - since it knows the car is not in gear. This is a TON safer than trying to defeat the safety interlocks of the car or remote starter. If you open the door - either with the key or remote and have not remotely started the car, it will reset the starter where it will not work until you go through the above steps. This was if you were to knock the shifter into gear when you reached into the car to get something out. If you feel comfortable doing it yourself, DesignTech (and others) have models made for manual transmission cars - and they have the car wiring color codes posted on their web pages to help you out. If not, just find a "good" shop and they should be able to fix you up. I have had remote starters put in my wife's last two cars (both automatic non-BMWs). They work great and she REALLY loves it! Works super during the heat of summer as well, get the car started cooling off before you hop in. Dennis At 11:43 AM 01/25/2004 -0500, Ben Williams wrote: >Has anybody tried to remote start a 96 328is or any other 3series that has a >manual tranny? This thing would be nice to have in the winter. I tried to >go to a local audio shop, but they will not install a remote start unit on a >manual transmission because they can be held liable by your insurance if you >leave it in gear and the car hits someone or something. If I really want it >that bad I either have to do it myself or find someone that will do it on >the side, so any info appreciated. > >__________________________________________________________________________ >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: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 16:09:58 -0000 From: "Stephen McGrath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: M20 engine idle Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Greetings, UUC digesters. Stephen McGrath here, back to the list after an absence of many years. My BMW fanaticism got bumped several notches down the priority order by marriage, move to Ireland, and new baby, so I've been making do with the European variants of our favored marque and missing out on my daily fix of digest activity. I currently have a 1989 E30 320i with warm idle symptoms that are stumping me, so I'm back to dip in the well of the digest's collective experience. I'd greatly appreciate any experience on similar symptoms. It's an M20 6-cylinder engine, pretty much identical to the 325i of the same vintage - except it does not have a cat and thus has no oxygen sensor. For points of reference (in the "does he know what the heck he's asking about?" category), I have owned an 87 325is and an 89 M3 in the past, on both of which I did all work - including things like suspension changes, exhausts, head gasket, timing tensioners, bearings, etc. etc. so I am pretty familiar with the workings of these great machines. (Really miss that M3, but there is not much opportunity for track time here!) Anyway, to the issue. The engine has 103k miles, and runs very well. Starts, idles cold, pulls strongly. Recently it has developed a problem when at operating temperature: it idles very smoothly, but hesitates when coming off idle. Also when coming down to idle it dips briefly below idle speed before coming back to normal idle. The hesitation coming off idle makes it susceptible to stalling. These symptoms are far worse when under electrical load (e.g lights and fan turned on). No other symptoms, no hesitation when under power. The symptoms point (to me) to a rich mixture at idle. Things I have checked (and checked out ok): 1) OXS - does not have one. 2) replaced manifold intake boot, tightened all intake hose connections (suspect intake air leak) 3) tested idle switch (also tried disconnecting it, the idle gets far more unstable with it disconnected, implying that the signals are being received by the Motronic unit. 4) coolant sensor resistance vs. temperature 5) resistance of airflow sensor coming off idle Around the time this started happening, I replaced the Nicads in the service interval board because several of the LEDs were permanently on, which had drained the battery after sitting over Christmas for 3 weeks. I don't believe this is relevant, but it is the only substantive change (other than the fact that the car had sat for 3 weeks and the battery had run completely flat). I sprayed carb cleaner around the manifold hoses, brake booster hose, and fuel injectors - no noticeable effect on idle speed. I see no other evidence of a vacuum leak, but it's about the only thing that makes sense to me. Anyone got any other ideas? I guess it could be an injector, but as I said it runs very strongly and the cold idle is perfect. Could a weak battery cause this? I don't see how, but I guess it could be drawing a lot more alternator current than it should. Anyone know of an easy way to tell if the brake booster has a vacuum leak? The pedal is firm and does not change resistance when it is held pressed. Any other experiences are appreciated. Thanks, Stephen ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 12:58:26 -0500 From: "Jason O'Dell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [E34] M50tu water pump failure datapoint Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> our M50tu also had wp failure at about 100K, car is 11/92 build date, but interestingly has 2 hydro tensioners. apparently there was a change in there, cuz I got the wrong parts last week when I went swap a noisy tensioner, now at 138K. New belts, and all 3 rollers, now it's quiet and the parts were only about $75 from BMA. Now, I just need to get around to rewiring that tailgate... 93 525iTA _________________________________________________________________ There are now three new levels of MSN Hotmail Extra Storage! Learn more. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=hotmail/es2&ST=1 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 19:02:15 -0000 From: "Bancroft, Simon [OPS]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: E28 Questions - Engine and Gearbox swap ! Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dear all, HELP ! I have a LHD drive E28 M535iA that I brought over from Frankfurt, Germany that needs a new Cam, Valves and the Auto is on the way out. There is a RHD M535i manual I can get, with a cheap price down the road ... here near to London. Is it feasible to do an engine and gearbox swap? I need to keep aircon as this is too difficult to swap, and my interior is immaculate. My body shell only needs a couple of parts and I could take the best of them from this other one .... I'm only a shade tree mechanic, but I am confident of doing Cam and valves, but have never done a gearbox b4, let alone change an auto to manual. Am I dreaming, or is this a possibility? Your thoughts are needed please! HELP! This sale ends soon and I'm desperate for urgent replies! I don't want to miss it ... Thanks for your input, Banners Member #053 E28 SIG group. North London, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 14:22:22 -0500 From: "Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bancroft, Simon [OPS]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: E28 Questions - Engine and Gearbox swap ! Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There should be no problems with swapping the engine/trans from the RHD car to your LHD car. If your car has AC, just leave the system intact. Brett Anderson KMS > -----Original Message----- > I have a LHD drive E28 M535iA that I brought over from Frankfurt, > Germany that needs a new Cam, Valves and the Auto is on the way out. > There is a RHD M535i manual I can get, with a cheap price down > the road ... here near to London. > Is it feasible to do an engine and gearbox swap? I need to keep > aircon as this is too difficult to swap, and my interior is > immaculate. My body shell only needs a couple of parts and I > could take the best of them from this other one .... > I'm only a shade tree mechanic, but I am confident of doing Cam > and valves, but have never done a gearbox b4, let alone change an > auto to manual. > Am I dreaming, or is this a possibility? Your thoughts are needed > please! HELP! ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(15 messages) **********
