The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 853 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: 95 M3 Cooling and Smoking problems... now crankcase pressure Re: More problems E30 Re: More problems E30 Mille Miglia 5 spoke Wheels & Tires (4) 16"x7" ET20 FS Carfax please for 97 M3 Re: Carfax please for 97 M3 Trying to send it to the list ****SPAM**** FW: WBZ News 4 story on stolen Ferrari 355 Challenge
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 13:49:16 -0800 From: "Marco Romani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Clarence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: 95 M3 Cooling and Smoking problems... now crankcase pressure Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bad rings would be my best guess. -----Original Message----- From: Clarence [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 11:15 AM To: Marco Romani Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [UUC] 95 M3 Cooling and Smoking problems... now crankcase pressure Marco Romani wrote: <snip> > On the smoking check the inside of the intake boot where the breather hose > enters. Is there a lot of oil in there? If so you probably have a lot of > crankcase pressure. Can you tell me of what this is indicative? I've got a '93 525iT (M50tu) that doesn't burn any oil to speak of, but there is IMO too much oil around this area (breather hose into intake boot). It's not dripping, but it is wet. The engine has over 255K miles. TIA Clarence West Bend, WI ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 14:43:32 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: More problems E30 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ryan, right now you're doing a lot of guessing and that can get frustrating and unproductive. Get a good quality carb cleaner (with attached wand) that is O2 sensor safe and start a systematic search around the motor and all the pipes that feed into the intake. Also each gasket and interface. You'll either find the problem or eliminate vacuum leaks as a probable source of the problems. When you're close you'll hear the motor rev up at idle. I recall many moons ago on my M30 that I used the carb cleaner to trace down a vacuum leak that turned out to be a "hidden" vacuum hose on the bottom of the intake plenum that fed the HVAC system. It was a friction fit on the nipple and when the rubber got old the cracks around the end of the hose were enough to cause a problem even though the body of the hose looked otherwise in good shape. -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: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 15:39:15 -0800 (PST) From: "Ryan Simmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: More problems E30 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You are very right. It is frustrating when I don't have the time during the week to actually work on it, but my whole daily activity is contingent on the car, and its ability to function properly. I limped the car 30 miles to my fathers garage. When I said that it only occured under 2000 rpm's and when it was only warm, I was wrong. After driving it that long it happens all the time at any range of rpm. It just happens intermitantly. It will have to wait till the weekend. Thanks to all that have helped so far. Ryan- > Ryan, > > right now you're doing a lot of guessing and that can get frustrating and > unproductive. Get a good quality carb cleaner (with attached wand) that is > O2 sensor safe and start a systematic search around the motor and all the > pipes that feed into the intake. Also each gasket and interface. You'll > either find the problem or eliminate vacuum leaks as a probable source of > the problems. > When you're close you'll hear the motor rev up at idle. > > I recall many moons ago on my M30 that I used the carb cleaner to trace > down a vacuum leak that turned out to be a "hidden" vacuum hose on the > bottom of the intake plenum that fed the HVAC system. It was a friction > fit > on the nipple and when the rubber got old the cracks around the end of the > hose were enough to cause a problem even though the body of the hose > looked > otherwise in good shape. > > -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. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > 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: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 23:08:10 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Mille Miglia 5 spoke Wheels & Tires (4) 16"x7" ET20 FS Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If anybody has an interest I have these wheels on ebay w/ pictures at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=8011286850&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT tia Evan ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 10:43:51 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Carfax please for 97 M3 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Does anyone have an open account that could run this VIN for me: WBSCD0325VEE10605 Thanks! Mike Olsen 98 540i-6 88 M3 Henna 88 325iCA Maybe another one... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 11:34:22 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Carfax please for 97 M3 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm all set. Thanks for the quick response, David! Mike Olsen 98 540i-6 88 M3 Henna 88 325iCA -----Original Message----- From: Olsen, Mike (Morse TEC Ithaca) Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 10:44 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: Carfax please for 97 M3 Does anyone have an open account that could run this VIN for me: WBSCD0325VEE10605 Thanks! Mike Olsen 98 540i-6 88 M3 Henna 88 325iCA Maybe another one... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 09:46:33 -0500 From: "Dennis Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BMW List" <[email protected]> Subject: Trying to send it to the list Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [tried to send last night, but got bounced by filter....] http://cbs4boston.com/topstories/local_story_305123235.html UPDATE: WBZ Channel 4 news in Boston ran a piece on the stolen 355 Challenge tonight, at the beginning of the 11 pm newscast (must have been a *really* slow news day). PLEASE do keep your eyes open - you never know where or when it might turn up! They interviewed Natalia from Ferrari Maserati of New England, and some giant blowhard added some theories about what might have happened to the car. Still, they have a bit of a 430 being started up and sounding cool. The hope is that getting more publicity on this topic will inspire the thief to realize that this car is too hot to do anything with it, and instead just wipe it down and leave it in a parking lot. As I wrote before, it's Serial # 104321, and NH plate "Anglina". vty, --Dennis ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 09:11:59 -0500 From: "Dennis Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BMW List" <[email protected]> Subject: ****SPAM**** FW: WBZ News 4 story on stolen Ferrari 355 Challenge Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [tried to send last night, but got bounced by filter....] http://cbs4boston.com/topstories/local_story_305123235.html UPDATE: WBZ Channel 4 news in Boston ran a piece on the stolen 355 Challenge tonight, at the beginning of the 11 pm newscast (must have been a *really* slow news day). PLEASE do keep your eyes open - you never know where or when it might turn up! They interviewed Natalia from Ferrari Maserati of New England, and some giant blowhard added some theories about what might have happened to the car. Still, they have a bit of a 430 being started up and sounding cool. The hope is that getting more publicity on this topic will inspire the thief to realize that this car is too hot to do anything with it, and instead just wipe it down and leave it in a parking lot. vty, --Dennis -----Original Message----- Serial # 104321 My friend just had his 1995 355 Challenge STOLEN in New Hampshire, NH plate "Anglina". Please keep your eyes open! It is a Tommy Hilfiger team car (one of three), pics below. It has an open exhaust and is very loud. Can't imagine what someone is going to do with it, other than take it for a joy ride. If they try to part it out, please let me know (mysteriously low prices on 355 parts, especially Challenge parts). Alas, the third possibility is that it's in a shipping container going to Latin America or the Middle East or Eastern Europe. Damn. Pictures are here: http://www.photoworks.com/share/shareLanding.jsp?shareCode=A6EE322BED1&cb=PW Thanks. --Dennis Spam detection software, running on the system "host.bard.net", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or block similar future email. If you have any questions, see [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. Content preview: [tried to send last night, but got bounced by filter....] http://cbs4boston.com/topstories/local_story_305123235.html UPDATE: WBZ Channel 4 news in Boston ran a piece on the stolen 355 Challenge tonight, at the beginning of the 11 pm newscast (must have been a *really* slow news day). PLEASE do keep your eyes open - you never know where or when it might turn up! 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