The BMW UUC Digest Volume 3 : Issue 635 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: <E36> chirp at idle? Independent in Austin in the great state of Texas Re: Independent in Austin in the great state of Texas Re: <E36> Front control arm bushings Re: <E36> rear bearings Re: <E36> rear bearings Re: <E36> rear bearings Re: <E36> rear bearings GM Automatic Maintenance Re: GM Automatic Maintenance Re: GM Automatic Maintenance
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:13:05 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kevin Jay \(Mr.Fabulous\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: <E36> chirp at idle? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kevin, Mine makes a similar noise, and it seems to happen a little less or at least be a bit quieter when it's warmer outside. A little after it first started happening, I pulled off the serpentine belt and gave the alternator a few whirls by hand. It did sound a bit noisier than it should have, and I do think it is on its way out, but I've been waiting probably close to a year now, and it still hasn't gone kaput. Definitely just .02, Brian ----- Original Message ---- From: Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 6:04:53 PM Subject: [UUC] <E36> chirp at idle? Last few days I hear this sound at idle and just above. Only when the engine is warm, and only at perhaps idle through 1200rpm. It's sort of a chirp. Not a whine or a squeal or a screech. A chirp. A whistle. I rather recently replaced my water pump, and had been wondering if there was some connection... but tonight noticed that it gets worse when I turn my headlights on. Sheeesh, is this a sign of an alternator on the way out? Belts and tensioner pulleys are reasonably new, and this is not a rear seal thing (BTDT). Thoughts? - Kevin Jay '96 328is, red/tan, 104K, usual H&R/Bilstein setup, a few M3 parts too '02 X5 3.0, white/tan, 67K, bone stock 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 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:10:32 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Independent in Austin in the great state of Texas Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Anyone have a suggestion or suggestions on a good independent shop for BMW's in Austin or thereabouts. I have a friend moving there and I'd like to give her a good shop recommendation in the area. Right now she drives an E36 M3 but is thinking about a 335i in which case a dealer would take care of most issues. But for now it'll be the E36. Thanks guys. -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, 11 Dec 2007 13:17:39 -0600 From: "Paul Garnier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Independent in Austin in the great state of Texas Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Austin?!? I've heard threw a friend there's this ugly little shop with a guy who supposedly works on BMW's. Rumor has it he manages to fix a few now and then, when he's not out fartin around on his own projects. I think he's called TERRY SAYTHER!! LOL http://www.terrysaytherauto.com/Home.htm I think you would have a hard time finding a better shop anywhere else. Paul Garnier FastNetworking.com 281.827.0725 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 12:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [UUC] Independent in Austin in the great state of Texas Anyone have a suggestion or suggestions on a good independent shop for BMW's in Austin or thereabouts. I have a friend moving there and I'd like to give her a good shop recommendation in the area. Right now she drives an E36 M3 but is thinking about a 335i in which case a dealer would take care of most issues. But for now it'll be the E36. Thanks guys. -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, 11 Dec 2007 12:26:59 -0600 (CST) From: "Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: <E36> Front control arm bushings Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> When I did my CABs and c-arms, I lubed the arm ends with soap and attached them last... but I can move only so fast... and with doing both sides, I've always wondered if I got the car off the stands before or after everything dried. As it turned out, I found an enormous change in toe (DIY alignment with hand tools). I've always wondered if that had anything to do with how I put everything together (the only place with any kind of tolerance seems, to my eye at least, to be where the arms slide into the CABs?). 60Kmiles later, though, my CABs are in fine shape, so I have to believe the load is alright (and these M3 CABs *really* out-last the crap that comes with the non-M sport package, whoa). - Kevin Jay '96 328is, red/tan, 104K, usual H&R/Bilstein setup, a few M3 parts too '02 X5 3.0, white/tan, 67K, bone stock ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:08:10 -0600 (CST) From: "Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: <E36> rear bearings Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm not sure how urgent this is myself. I've been hearing this for the last few hundred miles (it's not terribly loud, but I can hear it with the windows down if I'm driving along side a curb). Sort of a light scraping with a tick here and there (I'd been thinking CV, maybe even something loose in the parking brake). But feeling and hearing this thing scrape and grind while turning it with my hand (caliper and rotor off the car) sure leaves me uneasy. So tomorrow I'm taking the car... *GASP*... to somebody I don't know (I don't have the time/tools to R&R wheel bearings). An independant that just looks "right" from the street. MAKES ME MENTAL IN THE HEAD, I *hate* having other people work on my car. I need to establish a relationship with somebody, though.... we're getting on in years here, and I'm bound to need help again. Where's Jenny when I need her :( Isn't 104Kmiles a bit soon for a wheel bearing? - k --- original message --- Subject: Re: <E36> rear bearings I'm not saying it is safe or wise, but I had a bad rear wheel bearing on my '90 325i and I drove on it for a couple thousand miles before I figured out it was bad. (A front bearing went bad at the same time and I couldn't tell where the noise was coming from. Once I replaced the front bearing, it became obvious that the rear bearing was also bad.) So take that only as a point of reference, not an endorsement that you can drive on the bad bearing for any length of time. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:21:20 -0600 From: "Paul Garnier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Kevin Jay \(Mr.Fabulous\)'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: <E36> rear bearings Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bimrs.org Paul Garnier FastNetworking.com 281.827.0725 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous) Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 1:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [UUC] <E36> rear bearings I'm not sure how urgent this is myself. I've been hearing this for the last few hundred miles (it's not terribly loud, but I can hear it with the windows down if I'm driving along side a curb). Sort of a light scraping with a tick here and there (I'd been thinking CV, maybe even something loose in the parking brake). But feeling and hearing this thing scrape and grind while turning it with my hand (caliper and rotor off the car) sure leaves me uneasy. So tomorrow I'm taking the car... *GASP*... to somebody I don't know (I don't have the time/tools to R&R wheel bearings). An independant that just looks "right" from the street. MAKES ME MENTAL IN THE HEAD, I *hate* having other people work on my car. I need to establish a relationship with somebody, though.... we're getting on in years here, and I'm bound to need help again. Where's Jenny when I need her :( Isn't 104Kmiles a bit soon for a wheel bearing? - k --- original message --- Subject: Re: <E36> rear bearings I'm not saying it is safe or wise, but I had a bad rear wheel bearing on my '90 325i and I drove on it for a couple thousand miles before I figured out it was bad. (A front bearing went bad at the same time and I couldn't tell where the noise was coming from. Once I replaced the front bearing, it became obvious that the rear bearing was also bad.) So take that only as a point of reference, not an endorsement that you can drive on the bad bearing for any length of time. 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, 11 Dec 2007 11:45:59 -0800 (PST) From: "Jim Bassett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: <E36> rear bearings Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Tue, December 11, 2007 11:08 am, Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous) wrote: > So tomorrow > I'm > taking the car... *GASP*... to somebody I don't know (I don't have the > time/tools to R&R wheel bearings). An independant that just looks "right" > from the street. MAKES ME MENTAL IN THE HEAD, Ok, umm, take a deep breath and relax. Why not tell us where you live, I'm sure *somebody* here can recommend a good independent mechanic. Or at least use Paul's suggestion of bimrs.org to do a little research. > Isn't 104Kmiles a bit soon for a wheel bearing? They fail when they fail, no time table. I replaced a rear bearing on the M3 at about 94K miles (about 10K was track miles, though :-)). Jim Bassett 1998 M3/4 1993 325is #44 JP ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:10:16 -0600 From: "Paul Garnier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: <E36> rear bearings Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> IMHO, if you got 80k out of a BMW wheel bearing, you got your moneys worth. Paul Garnier FastNetworking.com 281.827.0725 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Bassett Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 1:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [UUC] <E36> rear bearings On Tue, December 11, 2007 11:08 am, Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous) wrote: > So tomorrow > I'm > taking the car... *GASP*... to somebody I don't know (I don't have the > time/tools to R&R wheel bearings). An independant that just looks "right" > from the street. MAKES ME MENTAL IN THE HEAD, Ok, umm, take a deep breath and relax. Why not tell us where you live, I'm sure *somebody* here can recommend a good independent mechanic. Or at least use Paul's suggestion of bimrs.org to do a little research. > Isn't 104Kmiles a bit soon for a wheel bearing? They fail when they fail, no time table. I replaced a rear bearing on the M3 at about 94K miles (about 10K was track miles, though :-)). Jim Bassett 1998 M3/4 1993 325is #44 JP 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, 11 Dec 2007 20:43:22 -0500 From: "Bailey Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "bmwuucdigest" <[email protected]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: GM Automatic Maintenance Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sorry for the cross-post, but my wife's 2004 X3 has almost 60K on it and we want to keep it for at least five more years. I'm thinking that I should go ahead and change the ATF rather than wait until 100K as BMW recommends. Is that still the conventional wisdom? Thanks! Bailey ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:07:36 -0500 From: KMS- Brett Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: uuc Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: GM Automatic Maintenance Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Change it now. Make sure you get the correct fluid. Brett Anderson KMS Bailey Taylor wrote: > Sorry for the cross-post, but my wife's 2004 X3 has almost 60K on it and > we want to keep it for at least five more years. I'm thinking that I > should go ahead and change the ATF rather than wait until 100K as BMW > recommends. Is that still the conventional wisdom? Thanks! > > Bailey ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:58:41 -0500 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "bmwuucdigest" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: GM Automatic Maintenance Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You're 30K late, so get with it <grin>. The fluid may be expensive, though. I think Brett has claimed you can use any good quality synthetic, but mixing them is another matter, and its impossible to get all the old fluid out. Gary Derian > Sorry for the cross-post, but my wife's 2004 X3 has almost 60K on it and > we want to keep it for at least five more years. I'm thinking that I > should go ahead and change the ATF rather than wait until 100K as BMW > recommends. Is that still the conventional wisdom? Thanks! > > Bailey ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(11 messages) **********
