The BMW UUC Digest Volume 3 : Issue 160 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: Click and Clack, was: M Roadster Pix Re: [E30] Idiot lights....overheating? Re: [E30] Idiot lights....overheating? Re: [E30] Idiot lights....overheating? <E39> ABS repair Re: <E39> ABS repair Importing from Canada Re: Importing from Canada WTB: 235/40-17 Pilot Sports WTB: 235/40-17 Pirelli P-Zero Nero MS Re: WTB: 235/40-17 Pilot Sports Re: WTB: 235/40-17 Pilot Sports Re: WTB: 235/40-17 Pilot Sports '96 E36 M3 Check Engine Light Diagnosis (Running Rough) Re: '96 E36 M3 Check Engine Light Diagnosis (Running Rough)
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 09:06:08 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Click and Clack, was: M Roadster Pix Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> They didn't like the Z3 M Roadster at all. And they've never recommended that anyone buy a BMW, ever. I'm pretty sure. Scott >Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 12:32:24 -0400 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: Click and Clack, was: M Roadster Pix >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >C&C don't mind BMW cars, they mind the drivers of said cars. :^) > >Matt Murray ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 09:07:50 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [E30] Idiot lights....overheating? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My bet is that you lost an accessory drive belt. Alternator stops turning, giving electrical warnings. Water pump stops turning, raising engine coolant temps. Easy fix, less than one beer if you drink the 12 oz variety and not those little 7 oz bottles that Duane was always using to tell us about his 9 beer jobs. Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA >Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 14:56:04 +0000 >From: "Gilbert Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [E30] Idiot lights....overheating? >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Car: 1987 325, just rolled over 211000 last night. > >Last night, less than 10 miles from home the idiot lights came on for the >battery, brakes, ABS, and parking brake. I had seen this once before and I >used the Microsoft fix on it. (Shut down and restart.) Last night this did >not work. Motor was running fine and brakes continued to work although I did >not attempt to activate ABS. I also noticed less than a mile from home that >the water gauge was running hot. However, I am not sure I can take that as >face value as sometimes I hit a good bump and it will peg to the hot end. Of >course, when I got home the engine compartment continued to make noise after >shutting the car down. (My suspicion was boiling coolant, but there was no >coolant smell etc.) > >Since this was after midnight, an inspection under the hood will have to >wait until I get home this evening. > >Any ideas of what to look for would be helpful. Thanks. >I believe car has original radiatior. Coolant hoses/thermostat and water >pump have been replaced within the last five years/30K miles. > >TIA > >Gilbert ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 11:12:32 -0500 From: "Paul Craven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [E30] Idiot lights....overheating? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Car: 1987 325, just rolled over 211000 last night. Last night, less than 10 miles from home the idiot lights came on for the battery, brakes, ABS, and parking brake. <SNIP> My E30 did this exactly and I second Ed McV's suspicion of the fan belts. Once the alternator stops spinning, all the lights idiot lights come on and the temp climbs since the water pump has stopped. As a side note, my car also periodically requires the "strong pimp hand technique" on the temp gauge, completely independent of the belt failure. Regards, Paul Craven 1993 325ic 1999 528iT ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 10:38:14 -0700 (PDT) From: "Ryan Simmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Paul Craven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] Subject: Re: [E30] Idiot lights....overheating? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > As a side note, my car also periodically requires the "strong pimp hand > technique" on the temp gauge, completely independent of the belt > failure. It is not as much a pimp hand as it is a smack down. Both my E30's require a smack down here and there for the temp. gauge. Ryan- > > > 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, 1 Jun 2006 11:16:36 -0500 From: "Paul Craven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: <E39> ABS repair Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi all, Our 1999 528it appears to have the dreaded ABS computer failure. I understand they are rebuildable and found bba-reman.com as a rebuilder on Ebay. Anyone used these guys? Any other vendors to recommend? Regards, 1993 325ic 1999 528it ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 15:41:48 -0400 From: Brian Daley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: <E39> ABS repair Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I don't know if they do ABS boxes, but you might check with Programa http://www.programainc.com/ Brian '94 325ic Paul Craven wrote: >Hi all, >Our 1999 528it appears to have the dreaded ABS computer failure. I >understand they are rebuildable and found bba-reman.com as a rebuilder >on Ebay. Anyone used these guys? Any other vendors to recommend? > >Regards, >1993 325ic >1999 528it > > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 13:07:33 -0400 From: "Beaudette, Roland SIKORSKY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC ([email protected])" <[email protected]> Subject: Importing from Canada Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There's a nice '88 E24 on Ebay that is Euro spec. I used to have links on this process but can't find them. Can anyone give me anything? I know it's a hassle but the car is so good looking... Cheers, Roland ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:33:36 -0700 From: Bob Sutterfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "Beaudette, Roland SIKORSKY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Importing from Canada Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.willz.ca/importing.htm ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 12:26:14 From: kelvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: WTB: 235/40-17 Pilot Sports Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi, I'm looking for a pair of 235/40-17 Pilot Sports. My 2 current fronts have good thread on them, but the rears are close to the wearbars. I'd like to get a matching set so that I could track the car. I don't want mismatched front/rear tires. If not, I will be forced to buy 4 matched tires and then sell my 2 front Pilots. Hopefully someone has a pair of Pilots they don't need. Also, anyone know what other cars uses this size of tires? (I want to check their 'for sale' section to see if anyone has them for sale as well) Thanks! -kelvin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 13:12:56 -0700 (PDT) From: P Kroon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: kelvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected] Subject: WTB: 235/40-17 Pirelli P-Zero Nero MS Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> While on the topic, if anyone has a single Pirelli P-Zero Nero MS (not the summer tire), please let me know. I've got one new one, and need a second. Thanks, Paul 95 M3 --- kelvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I'm looking for a pair of 235/40-17 Pilot Sports. > > My 2 current fronts have good thread on them, but > the rears are close to > the wearbars. I'd like to get a matching set so > that I could track the > car. I don't want mismatched front/rear tires. > > If not, I will be forced to buy 4 matched tires and > then sell my 2 front > Pilots. Hopefully someone has a pair of Pilots they > don't need. > > Also, anyone know what other cars uses this size of > tires? (I want to > check their 'for sale' section to see if anyone has > them for sale as well) > > > Thanks! > -kelvin > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 17:04:31 -0400 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "kelvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: WTB: 235/40-17 Pilot Sports Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You want the deeper tread tires on the rear for street driving. Buying 2 for the rear and keeping the otherwise good ones on the front is very acceptable. Or you can merely rotate your existing tires front to rear to even out the wear. If a serious wear pattern has developed, front wear on the outside and rear wear on the inside, front to rear rotation will affect your effective camber. Gary Derian > Hi, > I'm looking for a pair of 235/40-17 Pilot Sports. > > My 2 current fronts have good thread on them, but the rears are close to > the wearbars. I'd like to get a matching set so that I could track the > car. I don't want mismatched front/rear tires. > > If not, I will be forced to buy 4 matched tires and then sell my 2 front > Pilots. Hopefully someone has a pair of Pilots they don't need. > > Also, anyone know what other cars uses this size of tires? (I want to > check their 'for sale' section to see if anyone has them for sale as well) > > > Thanks! > -kelvin > 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, 1 Jun 2006 15:40:37 From: kelvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: WTB: 235/40-17 Pilot Sports Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Actually that would work. I think w/ the lower thread I could probably get another 5k miles out of them. The deeper threads are easily somewhere in the double digit range of miles. The problem however is that I just got a nail (patched now) in one of the lower thread tires. I wouldn't feel comfy tracking those. So now I'm looking for 1 pair of pilots. (lucky it wasn't in the deeper thread tires!) Thanks, kelvin, former e30m3 owner, and now an e36m3 owner (with a bunch of cars inbetween as well) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You want the deeper tread tires on the rear for street driving. Buying 2 > for the rear and keeping the otherwise good ones on the front is very > acceptable. Or you can merely rotate your existing tires front to rear to > even out the wear. If a serious wear pattern has developed, front wear on > the outside and rear wear on the inside, front to rear rotation will affect > your effective camber. > > Gary Derian > > > > Hi, > > I'm looking for a pair of 235/40-17 Pilot Sports. > > > > My 2 current fronts have good thread on them, but the rears are close to > > the wearbars. I'd like to get a matching set so that I could track the > > car. I don't want mismatched front/rear tires. > > > > If not, I will be forced to buy 4 matched tires and then sell my 2 front > > Pilots. Hopefully someone has a pair of Pilots they don't need. > > > > Also, anyone know what other cars uses this size of tires? (I want to > > check their 'for sale' section to see if anyone has them for sale as well) > > > > > > Thanks! > > -kelvin > > 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, 1 Jun 2006 19:07:52 -0400 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "kelvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: WTB: 235/40-17 Pilot Sports Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A proper patch won't affect the tire's ability to withstand track use. Sometimes speed ratings are dropped one notch when a tire is patched. That would limit your speed to about 170 mph. The part of the tire that touches the road is the tread, not thread. If you happen to have actual tread depth measurements, I could be more helpful. Gary Derian > Actually that would work. I think w/ the lower thread I could probably > get another 5k miles out of them. The deeper threads are easily somewhere > in the double digit range of miles. > > The problem however is that I just got a nail (patched now) in one of the > lower thread tires. I wouldn't feel comfy tracking those. So now I'm > looking for 1 pair of pilots. (lucky it wasn't in the deeper thread > tires!) > > Thanks, > kelvin, former e30m3 owner, and now an e36m3 owner (with a bunch of cars > inbetween as well) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> You want the deeper tread tires on the rear for street driving. Buying > 2 >> for the rear and keeping the otherwise good ones on the front is very >> acceptable. Or you can merely rotate your existing tires front to rear > to >> even out the wear. If a serious wear pattern has developed, front wear > on >> the outside and rear wear on the inside, front to rear rotation will > affect >> your effective camber. >> >> Gary Derian >> >> >> > Hi, >> > I'm looking for a pair of 235/40-17 Pilot Sports. >> > >> > My 2 current fronts have good thread on them, but the rears are close > to >> > the wearbars. I'd like to get a matching set so that I could track > the >> > car. I don't want mismatched front/rear tires. >> > >> > If not, I will be forced to buy 4 matched tires and then sell my 2 > front >> > Pilots. Hopefully someone has a pair of Pilots they don't need. >> > >> > Also, anyone know what other cars uses this size of tires? (I want to >> > check their 'for sale' section to see if anyone has them for sale as > well) >> > >> > >> > Thanks! >> > -kelvin >> > 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 >> >> >> > 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, 1 Jun 2006 21:47:57 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: '96 E36 M3 Check Engine Light Diagnosis (Running Rough) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi All: Quick question.....my son's '96 E36 M3 started running very rough tonight on his way home from work, and the check engine light came on. Car has been dead nuts perfect and well maintained @ only about 40k miles. Any clues what this could be? I know this isn't much info...just wondering if anyone has had a similar problem...and the cure? Thanks, John Weese BMW CCCA #76646 '88 M5 2 '02's ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 19:06:41 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jim Bassett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: '96 E36 M3 Check Engine Light Diagnosis (Running Rough) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Thu, June 1, 2006 6:47 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Quick question.....my son's '96 E36 M3 started running very rough tonight > on > his way home from work, and the check engine light came on. Car has been > dead > nuts perfect and well maintained @ only about 40k miles. Any clues what > this > could be? Not without more info. I can toss a bunch of "likely" culprits (misfire/bad cam sensor/crank sensor/injector/coil/large EVAP leak/etc.) Looking at my Peake code chart for a '96 M3 (same as for my '98 M3, BTW), there are ~99 codes listed. Gotta narrow it down somehow :-) > I know this isn't much info...just wondering if anyone has had > a > similar problem...and the cure? The only way to know for sure is to read the what the fault code is (well, I guess you could just start poking around and replacing random components, but the engineer in me would never allow such a suggestion :-)). Either a dealer/independent mechanic or a local person with a Peake code reader (if you're in the East Bay, CA mine's available) can read the code in about 30 seconds. Way more efficient :-) Cheers, Jim Bassett 1998 M3/4 - currently claiming about the cam sensor 1993 325is #44 JP - happy, for now ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(15 messages) **********
