The BMW UUC Digest Volume 3 : Issue 68 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: BMW Independent in Irvine/Costa Mesa? Re: parts advice..... Re: parts advice..... Re: parts advice..... Re: parts advice..... Re: parts advice..... Re: BMW Independent in Irvine/Costa Mesa? Re: speedos reading high..... Re: airhorn myth Re: airhorn myth Re: <E36> Heater hoses Re: <e36> Thermostat housing gasket e46 oil light Re: e46 oil light <FS> 1994 540iA White on Tan
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:16:55 -0800 (PST) From: Andre Yew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: BMW Independent in Irvine/Costa Mesa? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Richard Dorffer wrote: > Hmmm, so your tabs serve the same utility as ones that have broken off... But he has to carry that extra weight around with him, and who knows how far those tabs are from the roll-center, so they could really weigh a lot more than they look! --Andre ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:07:41 -0800 From: Steve Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: parts advice..... Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: parts advice..... > >Hi Guys, > >.... Btw the fastest I have seen on my 170 PS 323i (1997 model, e36) 5sp >is just a >tick above 243Kph. The cars registration papers says the car is only good for >227 kph. My only mods are a slightly lower ride height(about two inches from >say a US ride height) and I knocked the baffle/muffler out of the airbox >intake. >David David, modern BMW speedos are notorious for being optimistic. FWIW, my 93 325is is exactly 1mph high. My g/f's 97 328i is 5-6mph high. You should seek the aid of your local highway patrol to check that speed for you...:)~ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:52:46 -0800 (PST) From: Richard Dorffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Steve Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: parts advice..... Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Steve Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Hi Guys, > > > >.... Btw the fastest I have seen on my 170 PS 323i (1997 model, e36) 5sp > >is just a > >tick above 243Kph. The cars registration papers says the car is only good for > >227 kph. My only mods are a slightly lower ride height(about two inches from > >say a US ride height) and I knocked the baffle/muffler out of the airbox > >intake. > >David > David, modern BMW speedos are notorious for being optimistic. FWIW, my 93 > 325is is exactly 1mph high. My g/f's 97 328i is 5-6mph high. > You should seek the aid of your local highway patrol to check that speed > for you...:)~ Don't take Steve's advice, he lost his license and now he can't drive... By the way, put the baffle/air horn back into your airbox, you might gain another 1 kmh (as it helps to direct air properly into the intake). :-) Regards, Rich - has had Ate rotors that weren't true (excessive run-out) right out of the box but have had good success with Balo and Brembo being true. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:28:09 -0800 From: Steve Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: parts advice..... Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> How does not having a license affect my ability to drive? Now the beer cans getting stuck under the gas pedal are another problem...:)~ At 05:52 PM 02/14/2006, you wrote: >Don't take Steve's advice, he lost his license and now he can't drive... > >By the way, put the baffle/air horn back into your airbox, you might gain >another 1 kmh (as it >helps to direct air properly into the intake). > >:-) > >Regards, ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 04:21:32 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: parts advice..... Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In a message dated 15.02.2006 03:44:08 Westeuropäische Normalzeit, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How does not having a license affect my ability to drive? Now the beer cans getting stuck under the gas pedal are another problem...:)~ ...................... Steve should come over here.... its perfectly legal to drive with an open cantainer of beer!!!! Only (US)on-base can that get you into trouble. :) Hell.... you can even buy a beer at any hour of the day!!! And the Germans even have a can'd beer called a Radler that is half beer and half sprite. ;))) bye David PS: I heard the average German drinks 175 Liter of beer per year. That doesn't include going to any OcktoberFests! lolol ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 06:15:35 -0800 (PST) From: Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Steve Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected] Subject: Re: parts advice..... Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Steve Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How does not having a license affect my ability to drive? Your words not ours... ;-) "I lost my license now I can't drive..." > Now the beer cans getting stuck under the gas pedal are another > problem...:)~ I hate when that happens. -Carlos. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 21:37:06 -0500 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: BMW Independent in Irvine/Costa Mesa? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> No, its worse, they get in the way. Gary Derian > Hmmm, so your tabs serve the same utility as ones that have broken off... > > :-) > > Regards, > > Rich > > --- Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Mine have been bent once, to the open position where they remained >> through >> many chip changes. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 04:04:52 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: speedos reading high..... Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In a message dated 15.02.2006 02:19:39 Westeuropäische Normalzeit, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David, modern BMW speedos are notorious for being optimistic. FWIW, my 93 325is is exactly 1mph high. My g/f's 97 328i is 5-6mph high. You should seek the aid of your local highway patrol to check that speed for you...:)~ .................... Hi All, Actually they make them that way on purpose!! There is this German law that say the speedo can NOT display a slower speed than actual ie it has to read higher or perfectly the actual speed. So.... they all read slightly higher than actual. I know mine reads 32kph when I am really driving 30kph on base. At least that is when all those radar displays say I am doing. As for my local highway patrol... we have none! That is what $6 a gallon gas prices do. Its just too expensive to have a mass fleet of cars driving around. The cops only go out when there is an accident or on the rare case as an unmarked autobahn polizei car with hidden cameras to catch bad driving. But this is rare. More often, you will see a move-able camera that takes pictures for speeding or for tailgating from a bridge or shoulder of the road. The German Polizei couldn't care less how fast you drive. They are more concerned with more important things like tailgating and driving too fast for conditions and checking to see if your can has the right tires on them for summer/winter!! Just as it should be. ;)) bye David ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 04:16:05 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] Subject: Re: airhorn myth Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In a message dated 15.02.2006 03:54:52 Westeuropäische Normalzeit, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That air horn having any contribution to increased performance is a myth. ................ Hi Gang, You know that is what I though too. My seat of teh pants dyno says there is no Hp gain except for added noise. However.... I know my car before would only go 230kph. Now it goes 243kph. Same strech of autobahn, same day. Just to see if this was a fluke I put the airhorn back in(that day) and drove back down that very same autobahn. 230kph! So.... I left it out and I dare say, the car will go faster without this airhorn in place. On the low end it makes no difference what so ever. But I guess when I am pulling 5500 plus rpms, it must make some differnce. I have just the oem paper Mahle air filter. No chip. Nothing else. All stock as far as I can tell. I think the euro cars must have some extra high end grunt because when I have raced US spec cars(same car model/engine) on the autobahn I can pull away from them. Just my two cents. bye David Jalali Bamberg, Germany ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 04:30:16 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] Subject: Re: airhorn myth Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In a message dated 15.02.2006 10:20:56 Westeuropäische Normalzeit, TDWYATT writes:In a message dated 2/15/2006 4:17:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: All stock as far as I can tell. I think the euro cars must have some extra high end grunt because when I have raced US spec cars(same car model/engine) on the autobahn I can pull away from them. Just my two cents. 6 throttle plates on the intakes and 6 gears in the tranny, is it not? ~TomTom [EMAIL PROTECTED] .............. Hi No. My car is a 323i (2.5L six) e36, with a 5speed tranny. Only the euro M3s had that lovely setup with the six throttle plates. Btw... all German cars are limited to 250kph - by a Gentlemans agreement. Only Porsches are built with no speed control. That said... you can pay â¬2,000 (yes thats right) for a chip that does nothing else but remove this speed governor. If you want a performance chip it will costs anywhere from â¬600 to â¬2,000!!!! Everything costs more money over here!!!! A bottle of Mobil-1 will cost you $15 at a discount shop, $25 a liter at a gas station!!!!!! That said, most OEM parts prices I find are slightly cheaper than USA prices I see in Bimmer Mag. I paid â¬38 for my metal impeller water pump, a Mahle oil filter costs me â¬6, it cost me â¬24 for my upper strutt bearings. Just three examples. Take careDavidGermany ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:25:07 -0500 From: KMS- Brett Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: uuc Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: <E36> Heater hoses Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CRP is Continental Rubber Products. Same people that make many of the OEM hoses and belts. I don't know if that makes them as good as OE or not, but at least they're not some no-name company out of Uzbekistan. Brett Anderson KMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does the coolant pipe (per realoem #11531433059) need replacement as a PM > item on the E36? What about the o-ring on the connection to the block? > Anyone have experience with brand CRP for heater hoses? Good brand? > > Tanks, > -Kevin > > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:25:56 -0500 From: KMS- Brett Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: uuc Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: <e36> Thermostat housing gasket Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I think they're just locating nubs. They keep pressure on the gasket to hold it firmly in place. Brett Anderson KMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On the MTK aluminum thermostat gasket ,which I ordered from Brett by the > way, what is the function of the nubs in the orange sealing trapazoidal > ring? > They actually push the seal away from the walls of the channel into which > it sits. Why would this be the case? > > > -Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:09:24 -0500 From: "Jason Kay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: e46 oil light Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello all, Being new to the list, I don't know if this has been addressed, but didn't see anything in the archives... I have been noticing an intermitent problem on shut down lately... the oil warning light glows yellow afte rthe car has been shut down and the key removed. It will go out once the key is turned to the "aux" position. If the car is turned on an then off, it will not come back on all the time... it seems to illuminate yellow only after driving for 5 or minutes AFTER the car is warmed up. Any help will be appreciated... (the car is still under warrenty, but I want to point the service tech's in the right direction) the car is a 2003 325xi, manual trans. w/ sport package... the car is my S.O.'s daily driver. Thanks, -Jason '03 325xi "Daisy" '97 Contour "Bambi" '86 951 "Sparky" '70 240Z "Dusty" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:09:07 -0500 From: KMS- Brett Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: uuc Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: e46 oil light Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yellow means low oil. Check the engine oil level. There has also been a lot of failures of the oil level sensor in these vehicles. Brett Anderson KMS-Koala Motorsport www.bmwdiffs.com (440) 564 7574 9988 Kinsman Rd Novelty, OH 44072 (Near Cleveland) Jason Kay wrote: > Hello all, > Being new to the list, I don't know if this has been addressed, but didn't > see anything in the archives... > > I have been noticing an intermitent problem on shut down lately... the oil > warning light glows yellow afte rthe car has been shut down and the key > removed. > > It will go out once the key is turned to the "aux" position. > If the car is turned on an then off, it will not come back on all the time... > it seems to illuminate yellow only after driving for 5 or minutes AFTER the > car is warmed up. > > Any help will be appreciated... (the car is still under warrenty, but I want > to point the service tech's in the right direction) > the car is a 2003 325xi, manual trans. w/ sport package... the car is my > S.O.'s daily driver. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:51:25 -0500 From: KMS- Brett Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: <FS> 1994 540iA White on Tan Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Very clean interior. I'll stop short of calling it immaculate, but it's very very clean. Exterior is OK, just. No rust. Dent in driver's door, a couple in the hood and one on the fender lip, right front. Photos on request, if it stops snowing. The story; Bought this one from a customer over a year ago. Dead Nikasil engine. Crank, no start. Picked up a wrecked 1993 740iL with Alusil motor. Unknown miles on motor, 139K on car. Obviously less than that on the motor. Car was still somewhat drivable. Engine idled rough, but was strong. Pulled motor. Replaced all gaskets except head gaskets. Intake gaskets and the rear cover plate were replaced, to take care of the rough idle. Multiple other parts, can email list on request, replaced, both on the engine and throughout the car. New trans cooler, trans service ($400 in our shop) with correct fluid, all other fluids changed too. Mille Miglia wheels, 15", don't know the model, look at the photos you're going to ask for. (which I'll take as soon as it stops snowing, remember....) New tyres, haven't bought them yet. Brand name but nothing fancy unless you want to pony up the price difference. 128K miles. Anyone interested in a car like this? I initially bought it to fix up and use as a customer loaner, but it's really too nice to let our customer's kids beat it up. KBB low is $5880, Good is $6715. Asking $6200 Thanks Brett Anderson KMS ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(15 messages) **********
