The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 632 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: 1993 325i has oil leaking into spark plug holes - thanks for the advice! Tire Rubbing on Strut Re: Tire Rubbing on Strut Re: Tire Rubbing on Strut 1989 535i LSD is Grabbing when cold Re: H&R spring identification... Help! E30 brakes Re: E30 brakes Re: E30 brakes Re: E30 brakes Re: E30 brakes Reuters: "Police: Teen faked BMW theft to buy Bentley" Re: Reuters: "Police: Teen faked BMW theft to buy Bentley" Re: Reuters: "Police: Teen faked BMW theft to buy Bentley" Re: Reuters: "Police: Teen faked BMW theft to buy
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 06:12:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Thoeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: 1993 325i has oil leaking into spark plug holes - thanks for the advice! Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks for all the great advice. It'll be changed soon while I'm having my injectors serviced as well. Pete --- KMS- Brett Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Change the valve cover gaskets as soon as you can. > > The oil will degrade the spark plug connectors and > short the coils to > ground. At that point, any one of those shorts will > take out the > corresponding final stage unit of the DME. > > Brett Anderson > KMS > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Oil is leaking into the spark plug holes of my > 1993 > > 325i motor. > > > > It appears I need a new valve cover gasket, or at > > least new o-rings that isolate the direct-ignition > > stalks and spark plugs from the oil in the valve > cover > > area. > > > > Anyone had this problem? > > > > All of my ignitors check-out OK. > > Did the oil actually affect your cars running and > if > > so, what was the affect that you noticed? > > > > > 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, 25 Apr 2005 9:17:27 -0400 From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Tire Rubbing on Strut Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I finally got around to replacing the wheel bearings on the '95 530i (thanks to all for the 46mm socket advice) and found that the source of the strange squeeking noise was that the inside of the front left tire is rubbing on the strut. These are standard 225 60/15 Dunlop A2's. Since this car is my wife's daily driver, I'm not sure exactly when this began. Any thoughts on what might be causing the problem and how to fix it? Thanks. Tom C 95 530i 91 318is ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:51:54 -0400 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Tire Rubbing on Strut Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bent Strut. Ed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Any thoughts on what might be causing the problem and how to fix it? Thanks. > >Tom C >95 530i > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:19:49 -0400 From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Tire Rubbing on Strut Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I guess it's unanimous then - bent strut. Thanks for the input. Tom C. > > From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/04/25 Mon PM 03:51:54 EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [UUC] Tire Rubbing on Strut > > Bent Strut. > > Ed > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Any thoughts on what might be causing the problem and how to fix it? Thanks. > > > >Tom C > >95 530i > > > > > 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, 25 Apr 2005 06:39:22 -0700 From: Brad Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'UUC Digest'" <[email protected]> Subject: 1989 535i LSD is Grabbing when cold Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At least I think it's the LSD. After parking all day, when the car is warming up, it feels like the left rear wheel is quickly grabbing and releasing about twice a second. Brakes are off, and coasting with the clutch in makes no difference. Seems like it is related to making a u-turn to the right when leaving the parking garage, for if I make a big circle to the left, I don't feel it as much or at all. Is there something I need to put in the LSD? It had Red Line fluid put in about a year ago. The former owner didn't seem to have the problem. Brad H ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:56:58 -0400 From: "chet.dawes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: H&R spring identification... Help! Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Andre, I measured the rates I quoted through a full 6 inches of travel front and 3.75 inches of travel in the rear. Both are at/beyond the static compression of the springs and reflect the actual working range of the spring. I would have gone farther on the rear, but the load cell I used had a measurement limit of 1100 lbs. The rate was VERY linear throughout this range and suggests no tender coil feature (nor does the shape/design of the spring). The first inch or so of travel always has some irregularity in the measurement, but a linear curve fit of all measurements (front and rear at 1" and 0.5" increments respectively) clearly results in the rates I quoted. I also checked measurements in both directions to ensure the numbers I was reading were real. I can send the graphed results privately, but this digest (thankfully) won't support attachments. I hope that helps clear up any confusion. The facts are that for the same application, the H&R sport springs were no stiffer than the OE sport springs. Only the free length was shorter to provide lowering. Any perceived stiffness increase in the suspension was the result of the damper or more active use of the bump stops. I've been frustrated in the past as to why H&R would keep their spring rates a 'secret' but I have my theories....... I guess they must figure only weenies like myself would bother to actually measure them or care what the effective wheel rate change might be. ;-) I can't speak for other H&R applications or products as I've not measured them. So it is possible (I have my doubts however) that the e36 M3 and the e46 328Ci rates are distinctly different than OE. Cheers, Chet Dawes -----Original Message----- From: Andre Yew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: H&R spring identification... Help! On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, chet.dawes wrote: > For the same application (a 95 sport package 318ti) the H&R sport > springs were in fact the 'same' (or lighter) rate as OE for that > application. I don't think this qualifies as 'generally 25-30% > stiffer'! ;-) Perhaps the springs are different for the E46, but could the "tender coil" feature and progressive rate of certain H&R springs account for the measured lower spring rate? The H&R sport springs I got for my E46 328Ci have two or three coils that would bind with the full weight of the car. H&R says that these tender coils are supposed to expand when the suspension is in full extension preventing the shorter springs from coming out of their perches. --Andre **************************************************************************************** Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and thus protected from disclosure. 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The problem is that the first 1" of travel is very soft, even though there is reasonable stopping power in that initial travel. It is very dissatisfying... especially when you try heel-toe and the brake is almost lower than the accelerator. There have been a few times where I come to a hard stop with both feet in, and the engine is redlining, since I instinctively have my foot angled towards the gas pedal as well (for HT) and end up pressing it as well :(. Here is the current condition of the brake system right now: - SS Brake lines and rebuilt calipers. - Just replaced Brake MC with a new one - Pads have plenty of life left. Was very hard to put them back into the calipers when I rebuilt them. They are stock Jurids from the PO. - Castrol GT-LMA used. I have bled the system multiple times. Three times after the SS lines and caliper rebuild, over a few months with ABS actuation in between. I finally bit the bullet and put a new MC in there primarily because I could see brown powder in the new fluid (assumed it was the seals breaking away). I have since driven the car for a week, with plenty of ABS actuation and a rebleed yesterday did not yield any results! No air seems to come out of the lines. What should I be checking next? Anything with the vaccuum booster or ABS pump? Thanks in advance! Karthik ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:22:09 -0700 From: Mark Gold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: E30 brakes Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Have you also bled the clutch? Remember, it shares the same resevoir as the brakes and could explain the brown junk in the brake fluid. On Apr 25, 2005, at 3:10 PM, scott wrote: > Posted for a friend: > > Hey folks, > > I've been struggling to fix the brake feel on my e30 since the > first day I got the car. The problem is not a lack of stopping > power. I can engage ABS quite easily. The problem is that the first > 1" of travel is very soft, even though there is reasonable stopping > power in that initial travel. It is very dissatisfying... > especially when you try heel-toe and the brake is almost lower than > the accelerator. There have been a few times where I come to a hard > stop with both feet in, and the engine is redlining, since I > instinctively have my foot angled towards the gas pedal as well > (for HT) and end up > pressing it as well :(. > > Here is the current condition of the brake system right now: > - SS Brake lines and rebuilt calipers. > - Just replaced Brake MC with a new one > - Pads have plenty of life left. Was very hard to put them back > into the calipers when I rebuilt them. They are stock Jurids from > the PO. > - Castrol GT-LMA used. > > I have bled the system multiple times. Three times after the SS > lines and caliper rebuild, over a few months with ABS actuation in > between. I finally bit the bullet and put a new MC in there > primarily because I could see brown powder in the new fluid > (assumed it was the seals breaking away). I have since driven the > car for a week, with plenty of ABS actuation and a rebleed > yesterday did not yield any results! No air seems to come out of > the lines. > > What should I be checking next? Anything with the vaccuum booster > or ABS pump? > > Thanks in advance! > Karthik > 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, 25 Apr 2005 17:23:13 -0500 From: Clarence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: E30 brakes Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Actually, this sounds typical; at least it describes my brakes on the '87. I've also done all the things you have and nothing has changed. I attribute it to the design. Pads don't seem to make a difference. I've been running Pagid streets all around, but the feeling's the same w/race pads up front. Though I haven't driven anybody else's E30, I would be interested to know if any act differently. Clarence West Bend, WI scott wrote: > Posted for a friend: > > Hey folks, > > I've been struggling to fix the brake feel on my e30 since the first day > I got the car. The problem is not a lack of stopping power. I can engage > ABS quite easily. The problem is that the first 1" of travel is very > soft, even though there is reasonable stopping power in that initial > travel. It is very dissatisfying... especially when you try heel-toe and > the brake is almost lower than the accelerator. There have been a few > times where I come to a hard stop with both feet in, and the engine is > redlining, since I instinctively have my foot angled towards the gas > pedal as well (for HT) and end up > pressing it as well :(. > > Here is the current condition of the brake system right now: > - SS Brake lines and rebuilt calipers. > - Just replaced Brake MC with a new one > - Pads have plenty of life left. Was very hard to put them back into the > calipers when I rebuilt them. They are stock Jurids from the PO. > - Castrol GT-LMA used. > > I have bled the system multiple times. Three times after the SS lines > and caliper rebuild, over a few months with ABS actuation in between. I > finally bit the bullet and put a new MC in there primarily because I > could see brown powder in the new fluid (assumed it was the seals > breaking away). I have since driven the car for a week, with plenty of > ABS actuation and a rebleed yesterday did not yield any results! No air > seems to come out of the lines. > > What should I be checking next? Anything with the vaccuum booster or ABS > pump? > > Thanks in advance! > Karthik ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:31:13 -0700 From: "Marco Romani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: E30 brakes Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If everything is mechanically ok try a different brand of pads or different compound on all 4 corners. It's amazing what a different pad compound will feel like. Some have a lot of initial bite and very hard pedal feel, while others will have a very low initial bite and a somewhat harder pedal feel. Big difference on my truck when I went from the stock chebby pads to Hawk plus. Mush pedal to fairly firm. Marco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of scott Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 3:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [UUC] E30 brakes Posted for a friend: Hey folks, I've been struggling to fix the brake feel on my e30 since the first day I got the car. The problem is not a lack of stopping power. I can engage ABS quite easily. The problem is that the first 1" of travel is very soft, even though there is reasonable stopping power in that initial travel. It is very dissatisfying... especially when you try heel-toe and the brake is almost lower than the accelerator. There have been a few times where I come to a hard stop with both feet in, and the engine is redlining, since I instinctively have my foot angled towards the gas pedal as well (for HT) and end up pressing it as well :(. Here is the current condition of the brake system right now: - SS Brake lines and rebuilt calipers. - Just replaced Brake MC with a new one - Pads have plenty of life left. Was very hard to put them back into the calipers when I rebuilt them. They are stock Jurids from the PO. - Castrol GT-LMA used. I have bled the system multiple times. Three times after the SS lines and caliper rebuild, over a few months with ABS actuation in between. I finally bit the bullet and put a new MC in there primarily because I could see brown powder in the new fluid (assumed it was the seals breaking away). I have since driven the car for a week, with plenty of ABS actuation and a rebleed yesterday did not yield any results! No air seems to come out of the lines. What should I be checking next? Anything with the vaccuum booster or ABS pump? Thanks in advance! Karthik 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, 25 Apr 2005 16:14:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Dorffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: E30 brakes Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Although fairly typical, it isn't a design issue, I have three different BMWs (two E30s and one E36), all three have their original MC and slave cylinder, original calipers, brake lines (one has SS brake lines but they made no difference in brake pedal feel/engagement), etc. Guess what, all three have very solid feeling brake pedals. The E36 has stock Jurid pads, one E30 has street euro Ferodo pads and the other has Axxis Ultimates. I have tried other pads (PBR MM and Mintex Red Box along with others) and although bite wasn't what I wanted, they didn't make the pedal feel "squishy". All four grab very nicely, immediately, no squishiness what so ever. I have the best luck bleeding the brakes myself using a low pressure brake bleeder using Ate/Valvoline fluid. I rebuild the calipers myself using OE parts and Ate brake rebuild grease. I bleed the clutch slave as well. I tap the caliper lightly if I swap calipers to remove any air bubbles. Regards, Rich PS - Yes, I use a Motive brake bleeder, often accused of injecting and suspending air bubbles into the brake fluid on the E36 M3 Digest (nonsense). --- Clarence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, this sounds typical; at least it describes my brakes on the > '87. I've also done all the things you have and nothing has changed. I > attribute it to the design. > > Pads don't seem to make a difference. I've been running Pagid streets > all around, but the feeling's the same w/race pads up front. > > Though I haven't driven anybody else's E30, I would be interested to > know if any act differently. > > Clarence > West Bend, WI > > scott wrote: > > Posted for a friend: > > > > Hey folks, > > > > I've been struggling to fix the brake feel on my e30 since the first day > > I got the car. The problem is not a lack of stopping power. I can engage > > ABS quite easily. The problem is that the first 1" of travel is very > > soft, even though there is reasonable stopping power in that initial > > travel. It is very dissatisfying... especially when you try heel-toe and > > the brake is almost lower than the accelerator. There have been a few > > times where I come to a hard stop with both feet in, and the engine is > > redlining, since I instinctively have my foot angled towards the gas > > pedal as well (for HT) and end up > > pressing it as well :(. > > > > Here is the current condition of the brake system right now: > > - SS Brake lines and rebuilt calipers. > > - Just replaced Brake MC with a new one > > - Pads have plenty of life left. Was very hard to put them back into the > > calipers when I rebuilt them. They are stock Jurids from the PO. > > - Castrol GT-LMA used. > > > > I have bled the system multiple times. Three times after the SS lines > > and caliper rebuild, over a few months with ABS actuation in between. I > > finally bit the bullet and put a new MC in there primarily because I > > could see brown powder in the new fluid (assumed it was the seals > > breaking away). I have since driven the car for a week, with plenty of > > ABS actuation and a rebleed yesterday did not yield any results! No air > > seems to come out of the lines. > > > > What should I be checking next? Anything with the vaccuum booster or ABS > > pump? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:18:24 -0400 From: "Dennis Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BMW List" <[email protected]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Reuters: "Police: Teen faked BMW theft to buy Bentley" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For your amusement: _________________________ http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/21/crime.bentley.reut/index.html Police: Teen faked BMW theft to buy Bentley Saturday, April 23, 2005 Posted: 12:37 AM EDT (0437 GMT) SEATTLE, Washington (Reuters) -- A 17 year-old high school student faked the theft of his 2002 BMW M3 in order to collect insurance money to upgrade to a Bentley, police said on Thursday. The teen, a student of Skyline High School in Sammamish, a suburb of Seattle, had reported the car stolen earlier this week, said Michael Chiu, a spokesman for the police in Bellevue, another suburb located between Seattle and Sammamish. Police in another town found the $47,000 BMW being stripped and arrested four suspects, who connected the teen to the theft, leading to his arrest. "That investigation led us to believe that he wanted to upgrade to a Bentley," Chiu said. Bentleys, featured frequently in U.S. hip-hop videos, have a suggested retail price of $160,000 for the Continental GT coupe and $240,000 for the Arnage sedan. The BMW was in the name of the teen's mother but was used as his vehicle, Chiu said. The student was released to his mother, and prosecutors are considering charges. ==== Dennis Liu '00 528iT '95 740iL Other bitsas Sunny Metro Boston . ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:45:51 -0700 From: Brian Ghidinelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Reuters: "Police: Teen faked BMW theft to buy Bentley" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dennis Liu wrote: > The BMW was in the name of the teen's mother but was used as his vehicle, > Chiu said. The student was released to his mother, and prosecutors are > considering charges. They should arrest the mother for giving her high school kid an E46 M3! Brian ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:52:39 -0700 From: Mark Gold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Reuters: "Police: Teen faked BMW theft to buy Bentley" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> agreed. I don't care if he's a Solo II champion, no high school kid should be driving an E46 (or any M car for that matter) as a daily driver On Apr 25, 2005, at 3:45 PM, Brian Ghidinelli wrote: > > Dennis Liu wrote: > >> The BMW was in the name of the teen's mother but was used as his >> vehicle, >> Chiu said. The student was released to his mother, and prosecutors >> are >> considering charges. >> > > They should arrest the mother for giving her high school kid an E46 > M3! > > > Brian > 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, 25 Apr 2005 19:27:02 -0500 From: Dennis Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Reuters: "Police: Teen faked BMW theft to buy Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> They should arrest the kid for stupidity - for wanting to get out of an E46 M3 and into a BENTLEY :-) Dennis 01 M5 silver/black At 03:45 PM 04/25/2005 -0700, Brian Ghidinelli wrote: >Dennis Liu wrote: >>The BMW was in the name of the teen's mother but was used as his vehicle, >>Chiu said. The student was released to his mother, and prosecutors are >>considering charges. > >They should arrest the mother for giving her high school kid an E46 M3! > > >Brian >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 ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(15 messages) **********
