The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 832 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: <E36> Valve cover gasket replacement question Re: <E36> Valve cover gasket replacement question Re: <E36> Valve cover gasket replacement question Re: <E36> Valve cover gasket replacement question Re: Autoflug or Repa seatbelts Re: Replacement seats FS: 2002 BMW M3 Re: Autoflug or Repa seatbelts Re: E30 Oxygen sensor circuit quandry Intermittent CEL/MIL cellular compatibility Re: cellular compatibility Re: cellular compatibility Not enough bling on your car?
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:21:33 -0400 From: Brian Daley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: <E36> Valve cover gasket replacement question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm getting a bit of oil in the spark plug holes and plan to replace the valve cover gasket with the kit that includes the valve cover gasket and the spark plug hole seals. I see that there are also rubber washers P/N 11 12 1 437 395 available separately that go under the valve cover hold-down bolts. Are they likely to need replacement on an 11-year old 140,000 mile M50? Is leaking around the bolts a common problem? I know, dumb question, just go ahead and replace them as a "while you're in there" item, but there are 15 of them and it starts to add up at $1.25 or so each (boy, they really get you on the small parts!) Any experiences of the "nah, they'll be fine" to "you'll regret not doing them now" sort would be appreciated. Thanks, Brian '94 325ic ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:50:45 -0400 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: <E36> Valve cover gasket replacement question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My experience with 8 year old 100K ones was that they were as hard as plastic and my concern was that they would put the squeeze on the new soft gaskets, so I replaced them all. Mine were about a buck each with new nuts and washers as little assemblies. Ed Brian Daley wrote: > I'm getting a bit of oil in the spark plug holes and plan to replace > the valve cover gasket with the kit that includes the valve cover > gasket and the spark plug hole seals. I see that there are also > rubber washers P/N 11 12 1 437 395 available separately that go under > the valve cover hold-down bolts. Are they likely to need replacement > on an 11-year old 140,000 mile M50? Is leaking around the bolts a > common problem? I know, dumb question, just go ahead and replace them > as a "while you're in there" item, but there are 15 of them and it > starts to add up at $1.25 or so each (boy, they really get you on the > small parts!) Any experiences of the "nah, they'll be fine" to > "you'll regret not doing them now" sort would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Brian > '94 325ic > > > > 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, 10 Oct 2005 17:54:19 -0500 From: Jamie Howton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Brian Daley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: <E36> Valve cover gasket replacement question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> << Are they likely to need replacement on an 11-year old << 140,000 mile M50? Is leaking around the bolts a common problem? The ones on my M3 were fine at 95K miles. They aren't in contact with the oil, they act as a spacer for the bolts. -- Jamie Howton 2000 M5 1995 M3 Hampshire, IL ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:51:35 -0400 From: "KMS- Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brian Daley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: <E36> Valve cover gasket replacement question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Absolutely you should replace them. The 395 is the gasket by itself, you need 15 of them. There is also a part number that I don't have handy for the assembly that Ed McVaugh noted. That is new nut, washer and grommet all together. Nice for aesthetics, but all you really need is the grommet itself. Brett Anderson KMS - Koala Motorsport www.bmwdiffs.com 440 564 7574 9988 Kinsman Rd Novelty, OH 44072 (Near Cleveland) > I'm getting a bit of oil in the spark plug holes and plan to replace the > valve cover gasket with the kit that includes the valve cover gasket and > the spark plug hole seals. I see that there are also rubber washers P/N > 11 12 1 437 395 available separately that go under the valve cover > hold-down bolts. Are they likely to need replacement on an 11-year old > 140,000 mile M50? Is leaking around the bolts a common problem? > I know, dumb question, just go ahead and replace them as a "while you're > in there" item, but there are 15 of them and it starts to add up at > $1.25 or so each (boy, they really get you on the small parts!) Any > experiences of the "nah, they'll be fine" to "you'll regret not doing > them now" sort would be appreciated. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:43:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] Subject: Re: Autoflug or Repa seatbelts Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > NE1 know which will work with my E36 buckles? TIA. I had never heard of that until now so I went and looked. Mine on the inside sez TRW Repa. They worked on a '93 325is. Carlos 98 M3 E30 325is __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:49:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Marc Plante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected] Subject: Re: Replacement seats Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Marc Plante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The SRDs do sit low. I find myself wishing for about an inch lift, > particularly when my poor wife needs to drive my car. Put a cushion under her butt, it works. I work at a seat design/manuf company so extra foam pads are abundant, I took one for a Chebby truck cut off the bolsters and used the insert area as a booster. Most people want to sit low so that's probably why they were designed that way. I have the tckline brackets. I only used the booster on the street, on the track I want to sit low. I don't have that car anymore but I kept the cobbled piece of foam pad. :-) Carlos 98 M3 w/a Momo Acropolis race seat, Sparco side mounts, VAC brackets and the seat is just right for me right now. E30 325is also going with the same combination __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 22:25:15 -0400 From: "Ken Arutunian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: FS: 2002 BMW M3 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Carbon Black with Cinnamon leather interior. Manual 6 Speed Transmission Harmon Kardon Sound System OBC Power/memory drivers seat and power passenger seat Split fold down rear seats Michelin Pilot Sports with 6k miles Clean Carfax **This car is absolutely gorgeous. Need to sell asap to purchase a tow vehicle. I'm pricing the car at what I believe to be a great deal for anyone in the market for the M3 $33,900 Firm Vehicle does have the remainder of manufacturers warranty to 50k miles bumper to bumper...BMW also included additional coverage on drive train/engine through 100k miles. Located in east Tennnessee, 37862 Please email me for pictures and any questions. Ken Arutunian _________________________________________________________________ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:18:43 -0400 From: Ben Keyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Autoflug or Repa seatbelts Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I wouldn't buy used safety equipment, I'd get new ones. buy one of each from the dealer. the E30 ones are likely ~$30 from a dealer with a good discount. the online ETK shows them as being $41.16, but I'm guessing you can get them cheaper. this is the page I got the price from : http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=1413&mospid=47322&btnr=72_0217&hg=72&fg=05 dunno if the rear belts use the same tongue style but they also appear to be $41.16 & might offer more flexibility as they're not mounted to a rigid stick like the fronts are. Ben red Winkelhock seatbelts for the E34 waiting to be installed Neil wrote: > Things will be tight when I replace my stock seats with the Cobra racing > shells and I know that the bulky stock seatbelt receivers with the > pyrotechnic tensioners will not fit. Decided to go with the simple reciever > on stalk design used on the E30s and called Bavarian Auto Recycling to get a > pair. Found there are two buckle/receiver styles (manu'd by Repa and > Autoflug) and they are not interchangeable. > > NE1 know which will work with my E36 buckles? TIA. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:40:32 -0700 From: "Scott & Charlotte Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: E30 Oxygen sensor circuit quandry Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm in digest mode, so this may have been answered in a subsequent digest, in which case, please ignore. Under the hood, on the left fender hump is a black plastic cover. Remove it and you'll see three relays. The one farthest rearward is the oxygen sensor heater relay. It will only provide voltage to the heater circuit when the engine is cold. Not that you asked, the the center relay is the fuel pump relay, and the front one is the ECU main relay. Pictures of these relays are in the Bentley manual, page 8-13 for the O2 sensor heater relay, and page 6-11 for the other 2. I prefer the Bentley manual to the Haynes. Not that the Haynes is totally useless or anything, I'm sure it makes a fine door stop. :^) Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA 1990 325i 1991 325iA >Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:12:35 +0000 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [email protected] >Subject: E30 Oxygen sensor circuit quandry >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] cast.net> > >I was just testing the heating circuit on the harness side of the 02 sensor >wiring harness, as instructed by the Hanes manual. There were no volts on the #3 and #4 wires once the ignition key was turned to on/run (not start), however >the idle control motor was humming quietly. I've suspected the oxygen sensor >being out of the loop because of a weak/flat power band from this M20 motor >( 325i 1990 ). The Bently or Hanes mentions a oxygen sensor heater relay that >provides the 12 volts for preheat, however the manuals don't >reveal the location of such a relay...does it exist on my car? Motronic 1.1 is >what I believe it has. > >BTW: I can't hold back the joy I'm experiencing having just purchased a set of >black leather sport seats for $60 from a "U-Pull-It" in the heart of Chicago. >Heart would be a misnomer, this yard is in a neighborhood that puts the "D" in >dangerous. > >Peter Harkonen >1990 325i 5sp. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 03:35:04 -0700 From: Herman Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Intermittent CEL/MIL Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hey all, Recently started getting an intermittent Check Engine light in various conditions -- both in city and highway driving, and during idling. It will stay on for a few minutes, or as little as a few seconds. OBD I E36/M42 engine M1.7 with 100k miles. The engine runs normally, with no hesitation or loss of power. It even idles normally for the most part, but it did lope slightly once while the light was illuminated. Otherwise, no running problems. Stomp test returns 1222 fault code - Lambda 1/mixture control outside limits. Vacuum leaks or fuel pressure/injector problems are the most commonly associated faults for this code. Many people automatically replace the oxygen sensor but find that it doesn't rectify the situation. For my car, the intake boot is less than a year old, and the major gaskets have all been replaced within the last 35k miles (during profile gasket replacement). Breather hoses look/feel OK. Fuel consumption is normal, no analmolies, so I'm assume it's a not a fuel problem. Next step, tried cleaning O2 sensor connection with contact cleaner -- it decreased both the frequency and duration of the CE light. Could the 40k old sensor really be at fault, or have a bad connection? Cars of this era had 50k mile recommended replacement intervals. Took a gamble -- quickly swapped in old 60k mile original sensor and took a short test loop. No CE light. Is it possible for O2 sensors to act flaky or fail in such a mode? I'm assuming the DME is super-dumb rather than super-smart, so a poor connection is really at fault, considering the low voltage involved. Plausible or Busted? How can I turn this into an excuse to blow something up just for fun? TIA, Herman ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:38:28 -0500 From: "Alex Cagann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Subject: cellular compatibility Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have an 02 M5 with the built in cellular system. This car is used, so I don't have the original phone, and I"m wondering if there is any way to make other cellular phones compatible with this system. If I remember correctly, the phone utilized with this interface was a Motorla Star Tac. Has anyone successful hooked their phone up to this interface? Alex Cagann ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:28:39 -0500 From: Jamie Howton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Alex Cagann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: cellular compatibility Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have an 02 M5 with the built in cellular system. This car is used, so I > don't have the original phone, and I"m wondering if there is any way to make > other cellular phones compatible with this system. If I remember correctly, > the phone utilized with this interface was a Motorla Star Tac. Has anyone > successful hooked their phone up to this interface? Alex, I think your best bet is to convert the system to Bluetooth. There are quite a few people who have done this and it works with a pretty wide range of phones. The problem with the BMW Startac is that you have to buy it from them and it's really expensive (not to mention obsolete). http://www.eiskits.com/ sell Bluetooth interface kits that work with most Bluetooth phones and preserve all of the original functionality. Also try a search on www.m5board.com, this issue has been discussed quite a bit on that board. Regards -- Jamie Howton 2000 M5 1995 M3 Hampshire, IL ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:38:34 -0700 From: Kazuto Okayasu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: cellular compatibility Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 07:38 AM 10/11/2005, Alex Cagann wrote: Basically, if the car has the factory cradle and associated electronics for the CPT8000, to get full functionality, you MUST use a BMW CPT8000 handset (a modified silver Motorola StarTAC) that runs on Verizon or AT&T/Cingular (TDMA only). A generic StarTAC will charge its battery from the cradle, but that's it. I've read that if the car is new enough (I believe a E39 has to be SOP 03/02 or later) the system can be modified to take a CPT9000 kit, which is Motorola v60-based, and non-BMW handsets have most if not full functionality, but I've never bothered analyzing the components or wiring diagrams to confirm this. There are always the options to put in the OE Bluetooth setup (possibly one of the ones modified by a 3rd party) or the carkit for the handset of your own choosing (with loss of integration of course). I've done the latter on my 01 E46 with 3 different carkits and have been reasonably happy with the results. >I have an 02 M5 with the built in cellular system. This car is used, >so I don't have the original phone, and I"m wondering if there is >any way to make other cellular phones compatible with this system. >If I remember correctly, the phone utilized with this interface was >a Motorla Star Tac. Has anyone successful hooked their phone up to >this interface? > >Alex Cagann > >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 Kazuto Okayasu Manager, Desktop Support Services Administrative Computing Services, University of California, Irvine [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:32:41 -0400 From: "Dennis Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ferrari List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "911" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "BMW List" <[email protected]> Subject: Not enough bling on your car? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The latest bling item for your favorite ricer.... http://www.shoplaser.com/index.html vty, --Dennis ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(14 messages) **********
