The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 721 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Redline SL1 Re: Redline SL1 Re: Redline SL1 <racing> E30 attacked by a viper Re: <racing> E30 attacked by a viper Re: <racing> E30 attacked by a viper <X3> any experience with an X3 Re: <X3> any experience with an X3 Re: <X3> any experience with an X3 Re: <X3> any experience with an X3 <X5> new kid (was: <X3> any experience with an X3) <E34> M60 cylinder head cover gasket replacement - questions Shift knob question Re: Shift knob question Different fuel?
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 23:48:19 -0700 From: JKerouac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[uucdigest]" <[email protected]>, bmw digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Redline SL1 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> What does Redline fuel additive do? Realistically, can it be the difference between getting a CE for O2 sensor too rich and the CE staying off? Reason: Hadn't made the correlation before, after setting up the new airbox/ larger MAF sensor tube setup with an adjustable fpr and 24# injectors and dynoing to best air/fuel for max power, the CE light that had nagged the larger maf tub on a stock sensor project stopped occuring. It stay off for a few tanks of gas then came on again to stay. I tend to use SL1 more often than not, but if I run out it might be months or a few thousand miles before I pick it up again. I had been out of SL1 for a few months, and last week I happened to be by a local place that sells Redline so I got a few bottles. Put a good dose of it in the tank and finished a bunch of local trips. Next morning I get in the car, start 'Jack up and whoa, no CE. Wow. The only difference is the SL1. Drove about half a tank since then and the CE is still off. So could it be the SL1? Is my politically incorrect project ready for prime time with no CE lights, providing Redline SL1 is used? tia, Barry ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 23:48:26 -0400 From: "KMS- Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Redline SL1 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Well I for one, would pay $1 million dollars to a company that can supply an additive that prevents the check engine light from coming on. Think about it. There are at LEAST 200 different reasons the check engine light can come on. Only 20 or so are related to fuel. WHAT where the faults that resulted in your check engine light? Brett Anderson KMS PS, we don't use RedLine products any more, because the myth has finally been overcome by the price gouging. > -----Original Message----- >What does Redline fuel additive do? > > Realistically, can it be the difference between getting a CE for O2 > sensor too rich and the CE staying off? > Reason: > Hadn't made the correlation before, after setting up the new > airbox/ larger MAF sensor tube setup with an adjustable fpr and 24# > injectors and dynoing to best air/fuel for max power, the CE light that > had nagged the larger maf tub on a stock sensor project stopped > occuring. It stay off for a few tanks of gas then came on again to stay. > I tend to use SL1 more often than not, but if I run out it might be > months or a few thousand miles before I pick it up again. > I had been out of SL1 for a few months, and last week I happened to > be by a local place that sells Redline so I got a few bottles. Put a > good dose of it in the tank and finished a bunch of local trips. > Next morning I get in the car, start 'Jack up and whoa, no CE. Wow. > The only difference is the SL1. Drove about half a tank since then and > the CE is still off. > So could it be the SL1? Is my politically incorrect project ready > for prime time with no CE lights, providing Redline SL1 is used? > tia, > Barry ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 21:31:32 -0700 From: JKerouac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: KMS- Brett Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Redline SL1 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Brett, Of so many reasons a CE can go on or off, you're quite right that SL1 making the difference wouldn't seem likely so I hope I asked my question in a properly pragmatic way. Here's what I wrote down from the code reader at the dyno shop: 16 E3 E4 F6 F5 44 This was supposed to indicate Oxygen sensor faults. When the CE lights comes on its during low load cruising on warmer days, ~>70F, supposedly due to the system not being able lean out enough. Thanks for any help in sorting out this behavior. Barry '97 //M3 larger diameter tube with stock MAF sensor, CE light off possibly for good? KMS- Brett Anderson wrote: >Well I for one, would pay $1 million dollars to a company that can supply an >additive that prevents the check engine light from coming on. >Think about it. There are at LEAST 200 different reasons the check engine >light can come on. Only 20 or so are related to fuel. >WHAT where the faults that resulted in your check engine light? >Brett Anderson >KMS >PS, we don't use RedLine products any more, because the myth has finally >been overcome by the price gouging. > >>----Original Message----- >>What does Redline fuel additive do? >> Realistically, can it be the difference between getting a CE for O2 >>sensor too rich and the CE staying off? >>Reason: >> Hadn't made the correlation before, after setting up the new >>airbox/ larger MAF sensor tube setup with an adjustable fpr and 24# >>injectors and dynoing to best air/fuel for max power, the CE light that >>had nagged the larger maf tub on a stock sensor project stopped >>occuring. It stay off for a few tanks of gas then came on again to stay. >> I tend to use SL1 more often than not, but if I run out it might be >>months or a few thousand miles before I pick it up again. >> I had been out of SL1 for a few months, and last week I happened to >>be by a local place that sells Redline so I got a few bottles. Put a >>good dose of it in the tank and finished a bunch of local trips. >>Next morning I get in the car, start 'Jack up and whoa, no CE. Wow. >>The only difference is the SL1. Drove about half a tank since then and >>the CE is still off. >> So could it be the SL1? Is my politically incorrect project ready >>for prime time with no CE lights, providing Redline SL1 is used? >>tia, >>Barry >> ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 00:07:52 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: <racing> E30 attacked by a viper Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From a friend who races a Miata. Thanks Larry. The mirror looks like an E30 iS. A very scary day at the track! http://jeffsweb.net/viperattack.php -Kevin ---------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail communication is confidential and is intended only for the individual(s) or entity named above and others who have been specifically authorized to receive it. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose the contents of this communication to others. Please notify the sender that you have received this e-mail in error by replying to the e-mail. Please then delete the e-mail and any copies of it. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 07:41:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] Subject: Re: <racing> E30 attacked by a viper Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From a friend who races a Miata. Thanks Larry. > The mirror looks like an E30 iS. Or an E30 M3. :-) The driver is Chuck Grafton and he has a nice white E30 M3, he's on several email lists. I think the Viper lost it entering the track (you can see the pit out on the video). -Carlos. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 16:59:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Andre Yew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: <racing> E30 attacked by a viper Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Sat, 2 Jul 2005, Carlos Lopez wrote: > The driver is Chuck Grafton and he has a nice white E30 M3, he's on > several email lists. I think the Viper lost it entering the track (you > can see the pit out on the video). The story I heard was that he was braking for the upcoming turn, and trying to get back on line (which was the E30 M3's line) simultaneously, and the car got away from him. It doesn't seem like the smartest thing to do. --Andre ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 07:28:10 -0500 (CDT) From: "Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: <X3> any experience with an X3 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The wife is changing jobs, and with that we loose her company car (Ford Escape). We need something in which we can carry things, and I'm thinking X3 (don't wan't to spend to X5 levels). If anybody has any X3 experiences they feel might be worth sharing (good or bad), I'd be grateful. - Kevin Jay '96 328is, red/tan, 95K, looking for a little sister ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 08:47:35 -0400 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: <X3> any experience with an X3 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Lease rates are discounted for the month of July. Ed Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous) wrote: >The wife is changing jobs, and with that we loose her company car (Ford >Escape). We need something in which we can carry things, and I'm thinking X3 >(don't wan't to spend to X5 levels). If anybody has any X3 experiences they >feel might be worth sharing (good or bad), I'd be grateful. > >- Kevin Jay > '96 328is, red/tan, 95K, looking for a little sister > > >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: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 08:38:34 -0500 From: Jamie Howton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: <X3> any experience with an X3 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I had an X3 3.0 AT loaner for a couple of days while my M5 was in the shop a couple of months ago, I was really impressed. The interior was very nice quality, comfortable seats, nice apointments. The car had Premium package, cold weather package, heated steering wheel. Handling was firm for a non-sport package car but not overly so, accleration was decent too. It cornered very well with little body roll and braking was also very good. I had a 2002 330i 5 Spd which I drove for 60K miles and I was expecting the X3 to feel more sluggish and heavy. It really didn't, it compared very favorably to my 330i except it has more interior room than the 330i especially in the back seat. I made the mistake of asking my wife if she wanted to drive it and now she wants one, so we are shopping for them too. There are some pretty good lease deals out there now if that will work for you. All in all I was very impressed with the car and am actually looking forward to having one in the garage. Regards -- Jamie Howton 2000 M5 1995 M3 Hampshire, IL ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 07:48:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kevin Jay \(Mr.Fabulous\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: <X3> any experience with an X3 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Jamie Howton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had an X3 3.0 AT loaner for a couple of days while my M5 was in the > shop a couple of months ago, I was really impressed. The interior > was > very nice quality, comfortable seats, nice apointments. The car had > Premium package, cold weather package, heated steering wheel. > Handling was firm for a non-sport package car but not overly so, > accleration was decent too. It cornered very well with little body > roll and braking was also very good. I drove one at some promotional thing that they had here in Detroit. I thought going in I'd roll it <g>, it was a giant autox course. The damn thing barely had any body roll and they throw you in with a Skip Barber instructor that won't let you turn the traction control off. The darn thing won't let you have WOT if the steering wheel is turned (so no power oversteer). Pretty impressive vehicle. Carlos. ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 20:42:51 -0500 (CDT) From: "Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: <X5> new kid (was: <X3> any experience with an X3) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> So the missus and I head to the local dealer this afternoon to look at a new X3. Nice car, nimble (for a vehicle this size). Doesn't much look like a BMW from the inside, but it's OK (I'm not too enthusiastic for some reason, car really doesn't grab me). The base interior is especially hideous... cheap, really cheap (but leather and wood trim upgrades help). Along the way, we spot an '02 X5 on the used lot. 3.0l, Alpine white over tan, 35K miles, CPO, great looking, asking $33K. Test drive. Heavier (a lot heavier) than the X3. Damn quiet. Looks from the inside like a BMW. *This* is familiar to me. Wife likes it too... so a bit of haggling later, we're the proud (and totally unexpected) parents of an '02 X5. Fuel cost will be more than we'd wanted, but this really is a nice car. And I can carry stuff in it, cool. Anybody got any BDDTs for this car to share, I'd be grateful. - k On Sat, 2 Jul 2005, Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous) wrote: > > The wife is changing jobs, and with that we loose her company car (Ford > Escape). We need something in which we can carry things, and I'm thinking X3 > (don't wan't to spend to X5 levels). If anybody has any X3 experiences they > feel might be worth sharing (good or bad), I'd be grateful. > > - Kevin Jay > '96 328is, red/tan, 95K, looking for a little sister ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 15:13:19 -0400 From: marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: <E34> M60 cylinder head cover gasket replacement - questions Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> hello, I'm replacing the cylinder head cover profile gaskets on my '95 540i. The passenger side is leaking pretty well, both into spark plug holes and externally, so I'm trying that side first. It seems a fairly straight-forward process but since it's the first one I've done it's going a bit slowly. I've run into a couple of places where I have questions. Referencing the Bentley manual pp. 116-5 and 116-6. Step 5 says to remove harness connector from oil level sensor in right side of oil pan and disconnect wiring from wiring guide. I don't see that wire, is it accessible under the car? I might have to get it running again and put on ramps to get to it. Step 7 has me disconnecting lots of connectors. Is there a diagram somewhere that shows the location of the various sensors and things? I think I've figured out what most of the parts are but it would be nice to know for sure what the parts are. This one has me stifled. Step 8 says remove mounting nuts from wiring harness ducting and lift off. I removed the two nuts but the cover doesn't budge much. Seems the injector connectors are holding it down? What do I have to do to free that ducting to lift it off? Step 9 has me disconnecting coolant temperature sensors. The diagram has black connector labeled C and white is B. Mine are the opposite. I suppose I'll put mine back the way they were but just wondering if it matters. thanks in advance for any tips, marty ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 18:06:40 -0400 From: "Dennis Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ferrari List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "911" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "BMW List" <[email protected]> Subject: Shift knob question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ok, quick query - do all shift knobs share the same threading? I would like to install a new, thinner shift knob in a 355, and I'm curious as to whether there is a variety of different shank sizes. Thanks! vty, --Dennis . ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 19:09:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], BMW List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Shift knob question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Dennis Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, quick query - do all shift knobs share the same threading? I would say nope, based on aftermarket shift knobs I've had. Momo usually gives you 4 rubber "hats" I don't know what to call them to compensate for the different sizes. BMW shift knobs aren't threaded (at least not since the E30). I think my favorite one so far (and this is not to get on Rob's good side <g>) is the Rob Knob I have waiting for a certain E36 I'm picking in Joisey tomorrow. -Carlos. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 23:15:17 -0500 From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Different fuel? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Today I stopped at a station I use periodically to fill up and noticed while I was filling the tank the Chevron sign was covered with cardboard and thought something might be amiss. Since I religiously (or could this be anallly?) use the 93 octane Chevron with Techron additive, this was a concern to me. The pump still had the Techron logo so I completed my fillup and asked the clerk inside if they were in process of changing to something other than Chevron. Her answer was "Oh we haven't been Chevron for a couple of months now" and also said it no longer has the Techron additive. She didn't even know what brand it is now. Since I stopped there just because it used to be Chevron, I asked her why the pump still had the Techron logo. She seemed a little befuddled and said that was supposed to be removed. I asked for the manager's name and phone number and told her he better be willing to pay for a tuneup if my car got screwed up by this change. I was already kind of mad at myself for not stopping at my usual station but just figured I would be OK knowing the other one was on the way to my destination. I've had several people tell me there's no difference in the fuel itself and the difference I'm seeing is all in the Techron. Anyone know if there's any truth to this? Or is this another urban legend that all petrol comes from the same truck and they just put a different brand name on it? TIA Phil 92 E36/M50 ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(15 messages) **********
