The BMW UUC Digest Volume 3 : Issue 474 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: <misc> stupid flush question Re: <misc> stupid flush question Re: <misc> stupid flush question Re: LED Headlight - Commentary Re: LED Headlight - Commentary Re: LED Headlight - Commentary 1995 M3 Coupe Curb Weight Re: <misc> stupid flush question
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 10:12:44 -0500 (CDT) From: "Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: <misc> stupid flush question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Here's a question I'm almost embarrassed to ask. Cooling system flush. When I was a kid, a guy installed a flushing T in a heater hose and blasted the system clean with a garden hose. In my E36, I drain the radiator and (if I feel like getting coolant in my hair) pull the block plug too. I don't see a way to reach the block plug in my wife's 3.0 X5. So for purposes of replenishing aging coolant, is it good enough to simply drain and fill the radiator every few years? Is it really necessary to drain the block too (every two years)? Is there a better way (like the old flushing T strategy from the 70s)? And is there a reason I shouldn't mix factory coolant with blue Pentosin (or is this perhaps the same product)? - Kevin Jay '96 328is, red/tan, 101K, usual H&R/Bilstein setup, a few M3 parts too '02 X5 3.0, white/tan, 55K, bone stock ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 08:40:24 -0500 From: "Jamie Howton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: <misc> stupid flush question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Here's a question I'm almost embarrassed to ask. Cooling system flush. When > I was a kid, a guy installed a flushing T in a heater hose and blasted the > system clean with a garden hose. I installed a coolant flush kit made by Prestone on my first car (73 Olds Cutlass) which had a plastic T with a garden hose fitting. It worked OK if you wanted to replace the entire contents of your cooling system with tap water, but after you were done flushing with water you then have to drain the entire system anyway in order to get all out. I have thought about installing something similar on various cars since then but always decided against it for no reason other than I have already stated. On our cars I am not sure there's a better way than the conventional method, and I am not sure that it really makes all that much difference. The main point of a coolant change is just to replace the coolant, if your cooling system is in such bad shape that it needs "cleaning" you may be too far gone for water to have much effect anyway. Regards Jamie Howton ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 23:38:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Phil Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: <misc> stupid flush question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If your tap water is not good I have used one of those carwash water filters to improve the water quality, also with LOW air pressure you can force alot of the water out of the block before filling. Phil __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 13:07:41 -0400 From: "Ben Keyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: LED Headlight - Commentary Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> IIRC someone (was not mentioned by the article/supplier) will have production LED headlights in 2008 CY timeframe. Audi have them as running lights on several models now, but that's not the same thing. Ben new LED-powered DLP TV waiting for final finishing on the remodel.... ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 16:06:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Andre Yew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: LED Headlight - Commentary Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Sat, 5 May 2007, Ben Keyes wrote: > IIRC someone (was not mentioned by the article/supplier) will have production > LED headlights in 2008 CY timeframe. Audi have them as running lights > on several > models now, but that's not the same thing. Isn't the upcoming Lexus LS600LH supposed to have LED headlights? --Andre ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 01:00:47 -0400 From: "Ben Keyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Andre Yew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: LED Headlight - Commentary Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Andre Yew wrote: > > Isn't the upcoming Lexus LS600LH supposed to have LED headlights? your memory is better than mine (or I've skipped over that part of the various fawning reviews of the LS600hL which I've bothered to read) : http://www.lexus.com/hybridbrochure/ls_600h_l.html looks like they add the slightest bit of an interesting feature to what is otherwise a pretty classic character-less Lexus : http://www.lexus.com/hybridbrochure/images/ls_headlights.jpg Ben ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 16:21:48 -0400 (GMT-04:00) From: Chet Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: 1995 M3 Coupe Curb Weight Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I just got my M3 coupe onto a set of scales for the first time. Can anyone tell me the factory published curb weights for a 1995 M3 manual transmission sunroof coupe? Car is a 5-spd manual and had heated manual sport seats. Not a LTW and not a lux. package car. I've done a few weight saving measures and have it down to 2915lbs with ~14gal of fuel (+3/4 tank but not full) and no driver. But unfortunately I don't have an original measurement of the car. The 1995 LTW M3 was listed somewhere around 3000 lbs I thought and I think the coupe M3 about 3200-ish? Thanks! Chet Dawes ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 23:43:10 -0500 (CDT) From: "Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: <misc> stupid flush question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ...but doesn't coolant relgion say to use distilled water? - k On Sat, 5 May 2007, Gary Derian wrote: > > Disconnect a heater hose somewhere and the lower radiator hose and reverse > flush the block with a garden hose. Remember the engine will be full of > water when you add your coolant mixture. > > Gary Derian > > > > > Here's a question I'm almost embarrassed to ask. Cooling system flush. > > When > > I was a kid, a guy installed a flushing T in a heater hose and blasted the > > system clean with a garden hose. In my E36, I drain the radiator and (if > > I > > feel like getting coolant in my hair) pull the block plug too. I don't > > see a > > way to reach the block plug in my wife's 3.0 X5. > > > > So for purposes of replenishing aging coolant, is it good enough to simply > > drain and fill the radiator every few years? Is it really necessary to > > drain > > the block too (every two years)? Is there a better way (like the old > > flushing > > T strategy from the 70s)? > > > > And is there a reason I shouldn't mix factory coolant with blue Pentosin > > (or > > is this perhaps the same product)? ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(8 messages) **********
