The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 257 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: <E36> Climate control dead, dead, dead Re: <E36> Climate control dead, dead, dead Will Turner wins BMW! E36 M3 Wheel FS <misc> make sure the car is level Re: <misc> make sure the car is level Re: <misc> make sure the car is level Re: Lane splitting on a bike Re: Lane splitting on a bike E30 fuel starvation - cornering Re: E30 fuel starvation - cornering
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 07:45:41 -0400 (EDT) From: "Steve.Goldstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: <E36> Climate control dead, dead, dead Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mysterious happenings in my 1999 E36 323is. When I started the car last Thursday the climate control console was dead, no orange display, no green LEDs lit, nada. Hmmm. I turned off the ignition and restarted to no effect, so I just drove home with the windows down. Friday morning everything was fine. Very strange. Friday evening was a different story. Started the car and everything worked, then after a one minute the AC conked and the orange display died, but the control-button LEDs remained lit! This weekend everything is completely dead again. There are no other obvious electrical problems with the car. I've checked the fuses and see no opens visually, but will get in there with a meter and recheck electrically. All the relays seem firmly seated. I suspect this is just a bad relay, but which one? Or am I in for some real money?? Thx. Steve '91 318is R-12 A/C system finally needs recharging after 13 years '99 323is R-134a A/C system on holiday ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 08:55:05 -0400 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: <E36> Climate control dead, dead, dead Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Those electronic control units themselves are notorious failure points. There are websites for their repair, there is a guy on eBay who offers a repair service.. If you buy a new one from the dealer, it needs programming. If you buy a used one, make certain is uses the temperature display you want (celsius or fahrenheit). Ed Steve.Goldstein wrote: >Mysterious happenings in my 1999 E36 323is. > >When I started the car last Thursday the climate control console was dead, >no orange display, no green LEDs lit, nada. Hmmm. I turned off the >ignition and restarted to no effect, so I just drove home with the windows >down. > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 21:10:45 -0700 From: Steven Schlossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Will Turner wins BMW! Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> One of the two BMWs raffled off went to Will Turner. ...steven ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 12:45:36 -0700 From: Jason Briedis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: E36 M3 Wheel FS Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Selling one E36 M3 rim and well worn tire. Rim is perfect with no road rash. It is off a 95' m3. $150 plus shipping. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Jason ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 18:12:26 -0700 From: John Bolhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: <misc> make sure the car is level Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I level this question at you: If you were making sure the car was level, for checking transmission fluid level for instance, and you had no level surface on which to park, where would you position the level to try to get a good reading? It looked like the lower level of the transmission pan was as good as anything I could find. I figure if I'm going to go through the bother of checking the fluid level, I should do my level best to take my technique to the highest level possible. -- "It is an honor to be Cookie Monster." -Sesame Street spokeswoman Audrey Shapiro ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 20:19:40 -0500 From: Jenny Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: John Bolhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: <misc> make sure the car is level Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The tranny pan would be an excellent choice to determine level. Jenny Morgan Milwaukee, WI On Jul 5, 2004, at 8:12 PM, John Bolhuis wrote: > I level this question at you: If you were making sure the car was > level, > for checking transmission fluid level for instance, and you had no > level > surface on which to park, where would you position the level to try to > get a good reading? It looked like the lower level of the transmission > pan was as good as anything I could find. I figure if I'm going to go > through the bother of checking the fluid level, I should do my level > best to take my technique to the highest level possible. > > -- > "It is an honor to be Cookie Monster." > -Sesame Street spokeswoman Audrey Shapiro > Search the > ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > ___ > 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, 5 Jul 2004 22:05:39 -0700 From: John Bolhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: <misc> make sure the car is level Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 08:19:40PM -0500, Jenny Morgan wrote: > The tranny pan would be an excellent choice to determine level. > > Jenny Morgan > Milwaukee, WI Thank you Jenny! I found it to be a quart and a half low. Nice to know it works fine over a wide range of fill volumes... > On Jul 5, 2004, at 8:12 PM, John Bolhuis wrote: > > > surface on which to park, where would you position the level to try to > > get a good reading? It looked like the lower level of the transmission -- "It is an honor to be Cookie Monster." -Sesame Street spokeswoman Audrey Shapiro ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 18:23:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Jonathan Brush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Lane splitting on a bike Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I just got back from a trip to the south of England. Lots of lane splitting there, on two lane roads, right down the center line.....No one seemed upset about it either. Here in safe'n'sane Boston, the only lane splitting I see is the sportbike crowd who weave all over. Seems to me I recall that lane splitting in CA was legalized when all bikes were aircooled and they needed to keep moving in the heat for even minimal cooling. Jon __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 19:17:55 -0700 From: "John Kjos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Lane splitting on a bike Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Lane splitting in CA: Being a long-time resident of CA I think I remember the law states that you should drive as close to the center of the lane as is possible. If there's already a car in each lane, the closest you can get to the center is the lane divider. If my recollection is correct, no special legislation was necessary for 2-wheeled vehicles. Motorcycles were buzzing down the lane dividers in the 60s (when I first moved to CA). John Kjos '99 540i/6: Dinan S1 (hi-flow manifold, 18" RK2s) '01 525iTa: w/ 540i wheels Portland, OR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Brush" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 6:23 PM Subject: Re: [UUC] Lane splitting on a bike I just got back from a trip to the south of England. Lots of lane splitting there, on two lane roads, right down the center line.....No one seemed upset about it either. Here in safe'n'sane Boston, the only lane splitting I see is the sportbike crowd who weave all over. Seems to me I recall that lane splitting in CA was legalized when all bikes were aircooled and they needed to keep moving in the heat for even minimal cooling. Jon __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________________________________ 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, 5 Jul 2004 21:50:07 -0400 From: "Chris Pawlowicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: E30 fuel starvation - cornering Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a while ago I asked for help with fuel starvation in my '89 E30 325i well.. with suggestions from the list, I've checked into what might be happening and YES, I do indeed have the later style fuel tank with transfer pipe venturi action which slurps fuel across from one half of the tank to the other.. we drove around off-track with the tank open watching the fuel get sloshed around and everything apparently works as it should pump is probably ~5 years old.. tank (proper late E30 tank) is <2 years old last week I was again at Shannonville Motorsport Park for a lapping day (this time with R compound tires and Ireland Engineering sway bars) and the problem was much worse than before! I had 40 litres of gas in the tank (2/3 full) and even so, on many long tight right handers I was getting hesitation while accelerating out of the corner.. mostly 3rd and 4th gear type situations.. one corner I would get hesitation half way through which scared the heck out of me (momentary loss of power led to the rear end starting to come around! happily the power came back on and I got my grip back) I also got the check engine light coming on (o2 sensor 1221) which I figured was because I was running lean.. so I called it a day. there were was only one other quick E30 like me (faster, full race car) and he was experiencing the same thing.. his was a '90, and he tried upping the fuel pressure but that made no difference not sure if this is a track-specific thing, the other tracks he drives are watkins glen, lime rock, mosport, tremblant.. none of which have the tight corners that shannonville does I'm thinking of trying a new fuel pump.. or maybe adding a second one.. ?? any ideas are appreciated chris pawlowicz '89 325i - all purpose track-rat '99 z3 2.8 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 22:46:10 -0400 From: "Rich Dorffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Chris Pawlowicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: E30 fuel starvation - cornering Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Chris, This is also an issue for the E36 guys. There have been a number of attempts at remedying or mitigating the issue, the best that I have seen is solution and write-up done by Andrew Kalman. Here is his write-up (extremely thorough and professional): http://www.pumpkininc.com/content/doc/guide/ag-8.pdf Anyway, maybe there is some information that might prove useful to you as well. Regards, Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Pawlowicz > Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 9:50 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [UUC] E30 fuel starvation - cornering > > > a while ago I asked for help with fuel starvation in my '89 E30 325i rest snipped ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(11 messages) **********
