The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 854 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Tire Test Is There A UUC Archive? dupicates? Re: E30 erratic running/ was air flow meter pointer repositioning One touch window repair Death at CCA club race at NHIS on 10/28 Re: Death at CCA club race at NHIS on 10/28 loud car 3 lights & hard curve then misfires Re: loud car 3 lights & hard curve then misfires Re: loud car 3 lights & hard curve then misfires Re: Trying to send it to the list Re: Trying to send it to the list Re: More problems E30
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 14:21:55 -0800 From: Tom Kosmalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Tire Test Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Pretty good tire test in the December issue of Car & Driver. It's based on testing conducted at the Tire Rack track, using their BMW 325i tire test mules. It will help pass the winter months, and allow for endless self-debate as to which summer tires to buy next spring! Tom K. Hood River, OR 04 325iT ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 12:17:00 -0500 From: "Donald McMahon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Is There A UUC Archive? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have been having problems getting all the emails - I'm in digest mode. Is there an archive of emails/digests for this list? Don McMahon, Okemos, MI ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 9:53:34 -0500 From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: dupicates? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> anybody else getting duplicates in digest mode? Bill Wade ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 18:09:49 -0800 From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[uucdigest]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: E30 erratic running/ was air flow meter pointer repositioning Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A reply to a recent posting on erratic running in an older model that had a trap door AFM mentioned repositioning the pointer as an alternative to replacing the AFM Here's a link to a description I once wrote up about the procedure: http://normgrills.net/bcg/Injection.html#anchor41563757 hth, Barry ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 20:31:19 -0700 From: "Greg East" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: One touch window repair Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I noticed today that the 'one touch up' is not working on my '96 328i on the front passenger's side. It works in one the down direction, just not up. Anyone had similar issue and have any thoughts on the fix? Maybe just the switch? Thanks, Greg East '96 328i Loveland, Colorado USA ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 00:57:59 -0500 From: Brian Daley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Death at CCA club race at NHIS on 10/28 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I haven't seen any mention of it here, so I thought I'd forward the thread. -------- Original Message -------- In a message dated 11/1/2005 4:23:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anyone know what happened at NHIS last Saturday. A friend told me someone was killed at the BMW club end of season HPDE school event. I haven't seen anything in the papers on it. Steve Childs There have been a few posts on the SCCA NER mailing list. Here are some: -John In a message dated 11/1/2005 1:08:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was flagging at station 5 ( under the flag poles ) when it occurred. This was during one of the races, so the car had all the necessary safety equipment. I heard the hit, and turned to see his car coming to a halt in turn 2 of the oval. The worker at turn one said he missed the line at turn one, and went into the wall w/o turning. Either there was a failure on the car, or the driver had a heart attack. Truely sad :( There was a nice tribute to the driver at the next race. The field of drivers drove the course backwards as a tribute. Brian > ----Original Message---- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 10/31/2005 13:01 > To: SCCA New England Region Solo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: SCCA New England Region Solo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subj: Re: Not sure if anyone knows, but... > > On Monday 31 October 2005 01:41 pm, Mossaidis, Demetrius wrote: > > Scott Blazey, BMW CCA President wrote: > > It is with the deepest sadness that we announce the passing of BMW CCA > > member and club racer David MacPherson, following an incident on Friday, > > October 28, 2005 during a BMW CCA club race at New Hampshire > > International Speedway. Our heartfelt condolences go out to David's > > family. Additional information will be released as it becomes available. > > > That's terrible to hear. My deepest sympathies to anyone that knew him. I > know there's a little more information at the http://www.bmwcca.org website. > -Neil ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 08:47:08 -0800 From: "Marco Romani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Death at CCA club race at NHIS on 10/28 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There will be a full accident report released by CR when appropriate. It is a tragedy - but to be expected. Racing when you come down to it is dangerous, you do your best to mitigate the risks but it ain't a walk in the park. Marco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brian Daley Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 9:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [UUC] Death at CCA club race at NHIS on 10/28 I haven't seen any mention of it here, so I thought I'd forward the thread. -------- Original Message -------- In a message dated 11/1/2005 4:23:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anyone know what happened at NHIS last Saturday. A friend told me someone was killed at the BMW club end of season HPDE school event. I haven't seen anything in the papers on it. Steve Childs There have been a few posts on the SCCA NER mailing list. Here are some: -John In a message dated 11/1/2005 1:08:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was flagging at station 5 ( under the flag poles ) when it occurred. This was during one of the races, so the car had all the necessary safety equipment. I heard the hit, and turned to see his car coming to a halt in turn 2 of the oval. The worker at turn one said he missed the line at turn one, and went into the wall w/o turning. Either there was a failure on the car, or the driver had a heart attack. Truely sad :( There was a nice tribute to the driver at the next race. The field of drivers drove the course backwards as a tribute. Brian > ----Original Message---- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 10/31/2005 13:01 > To: SCCA New England Region Solo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: SCCA New England Region Solo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subj: Re: Not sure if anyone knows, but... > > On Monday 31 October 2005 01:41 pm, Mossaidis, Demetrius wrote: > > Scott Blazey, BMW CCA President wrote: > > It is with the deepest sadness that we announce the passing of BMW CCA > > member and club racer David MacPherson, following an incident on Friday, > > October 28, 2005 during a BMW CCA club race at New Hampshire > > International Speedway. Our heartfelt condolences go out to David's > > family. Additional information will be released as it becomes available. > > > That's terrible to hear. My deepest sympathies to anyone that knew him. I > know there's a little more information at the http://www.bmwcca.org website. > -Neil 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: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 09:20:02 -0500 From: Chad M Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: loud car 3 lights & hard curve then misfires Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ** Loud car & 3 engine lights ** I've noticed over the last few weeks that my '01 330i with 76,000+ miles is getting louder, at least inside the car. Last night while driving home on the thruway I did an experiment. I was traveling along @ about 75 MPH and I put the car in neutral and let off the accelerator all the way. A few seconds after the engine reached idle, the loudness of the car stopped. Now I know at least what area to look at. (My ears were happy once again. On the hour plus long drive back home all my brain could focus on was the noise of the car, turning up the music did not help. :) ) After the noise stopped and I was enjoying the peace and quiet three lights (battery, oil, SES) came on. I put the car back in gear and started driving normally again, the lights went out. I did my experiment again closer to home on a large hill and sure enough the same lights came on again. Anyone know if this is normal? ** hard curve and the misfire ** When I take a particular exit off the expressway and take it fast (right curve), the engine misfires when I come out of the curve. This has happened 3 times in the last year and half. I think there has been at least once when I thought it would misfire that it did not. The SES light comes on, but when I restart the car, all is well again. Until I restart the car, the misfire continues. Anyone have any ideas what might be causing this? I've had a suggestion that it might be something in the fuel tank that could be cutting off the flow of fuel and it does not get out the way until the request for fuel is removed. Any ideas? I don't think this is a big issue as it does not happen that often. -Chad ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 09:36:14 -0800 From: "Marco Romani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: loud car 3 lights & hard curve then misfires Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sorry I don't know what an SES light is but the oil and battery light probably went on since you were at idle there wasn't enough engine speed to drive the oil pump and alternator to provide sufficient oil pressure and voltage respectively. The loudness sounds like you have an exhaust problem. I bet the car is stone quiet when it's not running. On the misfire - full tank of gas or low gas when you get the misfire in the curve? Marco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chad M Stewart Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 6:20 AM To: UUC Digest Subject: [UUC] loud car 3 lights & hard curve then misfires ** Loud car & 3 engine lights ** I've noticed over the last few weeks that my '01 330i with 76,000+ miles is getting louder, at least inside the car. Last night while driving home on the thruway I did an experiment. I was traveling along @ about 75 MPH and I put the car in neutral and let off the accelerator all the way. A few seconds after the engine reached idle, the loudness of the car stopped. Now I know at least what area to look at. (My ears were happy once again. On the hour plus long drive back home all my brain could focus on was the noise of the car, turning up the music did not help. :) ) After the noise stopped and I was enjoying the peace and quiet three lights (battery, oil, SES) came on. I put the car back in gear and started driving normally again, the lights went out. I did my experiment again closer to home on a large hill and sure enough the same lights came on again. Anyone know if this is normal? ** hard curve and the misfire ** When I take a particular exit off the expressway and take it fast (right curve), the engine misfires when I come out of the curve. This has happened 3 times in the last year and half. I think there has been at least once when I thought it would misfire that it did not. The SES light comes on, but when I restart the car, all is well again. Until I restart the car, the misfire continues. Anyone have any ideas what might be causing this? I've had a suggestion that it might be something in the fuel tank that could be cutting off the flow of fuel and it does not get out the way until the request for fuel is removed. Any ideas? I don't think this is a big issue as it does not happen that often. -Chad 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: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 11:41:54 -0600 From: Jamie Howton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Chad M Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: loud car 3 lights & hard curve then misfires Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The car will tell you where to look. Read the codes that are stored in the DME when the SES light comes on. You can either get a code reader and do it yourself, take it to the dealership or some autoparts stores also read the codes for free. If you want my guess it would be a camshaft position sensor, but that is only a guess based upon the engine sounding louder and is far from anything you would want to spend money based upon. The OBD (On Board Diagnostic) system is there for a reason and it usually works fairly well. -- Jamie Howton 2000 M5 1995 M3 Hampshire, IL ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 09:26:30 -0800 From: "Scott & Charlotte Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Trying to send it to the list Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If it was so rare (only one of three in the world), why is it worth only $125K? Not that I don't want to see it recovered, this just seems like a bit less than the value I would have imagined. BTW Dennis, by my calculations you still have 13.5 minutes of fame still to come. And I didn't think your head was all that big, really. :^) Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA >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: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 14:24:03 -0500 From: "Dennis Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Trying to send it to the list Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Scott wrote: >If it was so rare (only one of three in the world), why is it worth only $125K? Not that I don't want to see it recovered, this just seems like a bit less than the value I would have imagined. >BTW Dennis, by my calculations you still have 13.5 minutes of fame still to come. And I didn't think your head was all that big, really. :^) =========== $125k is actually way above market on the car - the reporter asked me if it was worth $150k, and I told him that it was well south of that, he said, "is it $100k?" I said south of that a little, and somehow it became $125k in the report - sexier, I guess! It is one of three painted in the Tommy Hilfiger colors, but that's really only the paint job. It's one of ~109 355 Challenge cars in the world, and current market value is between $60k and $110k (the $110k one belongs to my mechanic, and it's probably the nicest one in the world, and is only an estimate). As for the amount of fame - for the record, I got dragged into appearing in this because the owner of the car (my friend) was driving his toterhome down to CMP for a PCA club race this weekend and couldn't make it, and I live not too far from the dealership. Bah - who needs the publicity? :-) Just trying to get the word out; the more it's publicized, the harder it will be for the thief to sell it.... vty, --Dennis >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 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: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 09:37:39 -0800 From: "Scott & Charlotte Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: More problems E30 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Good technique. Just be careful not to get the carb cleaner on any painted surfaces, unless you want to remove some of the paint. Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA >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. <snip> ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(13 messages) **********
