-------------------- 1 --------------------
#1. Re: [E36M3] Fuel Leak - from Jim Powell
Top
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 11:52:41 -0700 From: Jim Powell <jsp98m3@home.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Fuel Leak On the face of it, it doesn't make sense. The fuel sender and its seals are on top of the hump under the rear seat bottom cushion. I'll have to think about that one. On the other hand. Access to that area takes less than 30 seconds. Go back and have them show it to you and explain it. Jim twisty M3 wrote: > Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 11:46:58 PDT > From: "twisty M3" <twistym3@hotmail.com> > Subject: [E36M3] Fuel Leak > > After 14 hours of bad luck, I got to work this morning thinking all was > fine... until someone in our subscription department called me in my office > and mentioned that it smelled very strongly of gasoline around my car so I > should take a look. I had just filled up before coming in so I thought I > may have spilled a little without noticing (very sleepy today). Nope, look > underneath and there's a puddle of gas under my driver's side back seat. > Doh!!! > > I called the dealer and my service advisor said to bring it on down right > away. They ended up replacing the seal on the fuel sending unit for the > left side (they just replaced the sending units for the 4th time last week). > It appears to have stopped for now but I guess I won't really know if it's > fixed until I fill up again. > > My question is this, does it make sense that if that seal was bad, you'd get > leaking *under* the car? I didn't really notice any fuel smells *in* the > car until after it was fixed so I hadn't even considered that, though I > thought it was a big coincidence that this could happen 5 days after my > Inspection 2. > > Thanks, > Jonathan L. > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com.
-------------------- 2 --------------------
#2. Re: [E36M3] Warped or... ? - from twisty M3
Top
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 11:53:43 PDT From: "twisty M3" <twistym3@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Warped or... ? Dave, thanks for the advice. Nope, checked last night and there was no wiggle. I did inspect my brakes a little more closely and there is, in fact, some some white "ash" around the pads and the pads themselves look pretty worked (from a side view anyway). They don't look flat like they used to. From the side view I have, they look quite rough and the rotors feel like they have quite a few "grooves" in them (though I never really felt up my rotors before). The great weak one, Jonathan > >Oh strong one, > >Jack the front of your car up and see if you can wiggle the top of the >wheel. Don't tear it off, just wiggle it (ever seen Jonathan?). If it >wiggles in and out, it's got a bad wheel bearing. That could be the cause >of the greasy substance: puked-out grease from when the hub ass'y gives >out. If so, it would also have been slimy on the front of the wheel, >assuming you run without hubcaps. And the driving symptoms can be what you >describe. > >Dave Hogg >Summit kills my LF bearings annually. > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
-------------------- 3 --------------------
#3. fuel starvation - from jbergstrom
Top
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:07:21 -0500 From: "jbergstrom" <john@intellectsys.com> Subject: fuel starvation >>>>Has anyone found a working solution to the E36 fuel starvation problem? If someone has found something that works, I'd like to hear more.<<<< One of my friends was looking into this. We couldn't figure out why some cars have this problem and others do not. He found that there are at least 2 different fuel pickup systems within the gas tank of E36's. I am quoting an email he sent a couple of months ago: *** "Last night I was browsing thru my Haynes manual and I just happened to notice a picture of someone working on a fuel tank. Lo and behold, there were **two** hoses going into each side of the tank. Apparently, earlier cars (this was a british 325 RHD) had a different fuel tank pick-up than the later. Or at least there are different versions floating around. In one car I examined exhibiting the fuel starvation problem, the returning fuel turns a pump that moves fuel from the left to the right half thru a pipe inside the tank, the car in the haynes manual has the fuel in the left being pumped OUT of the tank thru the same sender top where the return line goes in. This fuel is routed outside/over the tank and goes back in thru the fuel pump top. The left pickup (the return-fuel powered mechanical transfer pump) was visually different from the problematic car's, and I don't know if it sits closer to the middle of the tank (the other sits way over to the left). I'm assuming this arrangement also has the fuel being transferred from the left tank discharging closer to the main pump pick-up. Who knows... maybe there is a correlation between the different pick-ups and the fuel starvation... I checked my '97 328i (which does have the fuel starvation problem) and it has the same pickups (with the internal transfer tube) as K***'s (which also has the problem). B*** has the apparently earlier pickups with the external transfer hose and doesn't have the problem. That's 2 out of 2 for the newer pickups + starvation, and 1 out of 1 for earlier pickups + no starvation. Not a big enough sample size to draw a statistically sound conclusion, but a good start. Anybody else who tracks his E36 feel free to add to this little survey. HTH" ****** Some data points: '97 328i has the newer pickups + starvation '97 M3 sedan has the newer pickups + starvation '95 M3 coupe (10/95) haven't looked at the pickups but NO starvation '95 M3 coupe (very early build date, but not sure when) has the older pickups + NO starvation Anyone out there who track's their E36 wanna open up their gas tanks and take a look to add some more data? John '95 M3
-------------------- 4 --------------------
#4. Snap-On Group Purchase - from Dorffer, Rich
Top
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:25:53 -0400 From: "Dorffer, Rich" <RDORFFER@CleIndians.com> Subject: Snap-On Group Purchase I just wanted the digests to know I received the Snap-On stuff from Euro-Werks' (www.euromajic.com - Kirk Glichrist) Snap-On Group Purchase and was very pleased to find: - I received exactly what I ordered - Earlier than I expected - Packed very nicely (overboard if I say so myself) - Check was cashed the same day I received the goods Just an FYI to all. Now let's go torque some bolts. Pleasantly pleased, Rich
-------------------- 5 --------------------
#5. Re: [E36M3] Fuel Leak - from Sean Hester
Top
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 12:26:45 PDT From: "Sean Hester" <seanh_race@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Fuel Leak >My question is this, does it make sense that if that seal was bad, you'd >get >leaking *under* the car? I didn't really notice any fuel smells *in* the >car until after it was fixed so I hadn't even considered that, though I >thought it was a big coincidence that this could happen 5 days after my >Inspection 2. when the fuel sending unit broke in my M3 (there aren't many parts that dind't break) it leaked fuel into the driver compartment. there was a puddle under the rear seat. nothing leaked onto the ground... _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
-------------------- 6 --------------------
#6. Re: Gains with 96+ exhaust manifold on 95 - from albert jenab
Top
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 16:03:50 -0400 From: albert jenab <jenab@his.com> Subject: Re: Gains with 96+ exhaust manifold on 95 At 01:58 PM 9/12/00 -0500, Tommymats@aol.com wrote: >I've noticed that the exhaust manifold on OBD-2 cars are very header-like in appearance. Has anyone tested the flow characteristics of these compared to that of an OBD-1 manifold? Has anyone experienced installing one of these on a 95? I know that the intake manifolds on the 95 cars flow better but maybe the tubular exhaust manifolds on 96+ cars do the same? > >Tom I have heard that the big restriction in the OBD I exhaust is the place where the O2 sensor is mounted. Two pipes off the headers come together into one not-much-bigger diameter pipe. It would need to be approx 40% larger than a single pipe to flow the same (or at least have the same cross sectional area as two). Somewone was telling me the guys at AA have gotten big HP by sticking a larger pipe there. Also, another way they go is to use the OBD II pipes, w/cats, etc. on OBD I cars. They don't meet at all, two separate, systems all the way back. This would benefit from a x-pipe, IMHO, maybe put an O2 sensor there. Then slap on the OBD II headers (plug up all the 6 extra holes first). Any of these would probably need a remapped chip, and maybe even bigger injectors depending on what else had been done. Nice to think about though. -Al 95 M3
-------------------- 7 --------------------
#7. UPDATE on Racind Dynamic Splitter GP - from Altezza280TT@cs.com
Top
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 17:00:12 EDT From: Altezza280TT@cs.com Subject: UPDATE on Racind Dynamic Splitter GP Eric just Email me with the new price for the RD GP splitter. It now $200+sh. So that like around $230 ship. For those of you who in the GP all you have to do is give Eric a call at 714-632-1951 to place an order. Anybody else went one just give Eric a call and he will add you on to the list. So call him sometime this week so he can order it all a once. So place your order soon so we can get it soon. I would like to Thanks everybody who participated in this GP. Thank, Mark
-------------------- 8 --------------------
#8. Welding on tips (AA Exhaust) - from Chester Wong
Top
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:12:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Chester Wong <chester_p_wong@yahoo.com> Subject: Welding on tips (AA Exhaust) Hi guys. As some know, my exhaust tips started cracking. I already have a set of gen II tips (not sure if I like them) on order. I was wondering for those of you who have experienced this problem, what exactly is involved. Do the tips get torched off the back of the muffler can? Or are the tips a simple cover over the tip that comes out of the exhaust and the welder simply removes the old covering and tacks into place the new ones? What type of welding should I look for (MIG, TIG, etc, etc)? Also, can anyone recommend a good place to do this in the NY/NJ area? I would prefer nice fish scale type of welding like those used on nice mountain bikes...not some sort of sloppy sh*t. TIA, Chester ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
-------------------- 9 --------------------
#9. Re: [E36M3] Welding on tips (AA Exhaust) - from twisty M3
Top
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:26:11 PDT From: "twisty M3" <twistym3@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Welding on tips (AA Exhaust) Oh, c'mon Chester. It's no fun if you don't do it yourself... just think of the great near-death-experience story you could have for us afterwards. ;-) Jonathan L. > >What type of welding >should I look for (MIG, TIG, etc, etc)? > >Also, can anyone recommend a good place to do this in the NY/NJ area? I >would >prefer nice fish scale type of welding like those used on nice mountain >bikes...not some sort of sloppy sh*t. > >TIA, >Chester > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
-------------------- 10 --------------------
#10. Re: [E36M3] UPDATE on Racind Dynamic Splitter GP - from Lee, Peter
Top
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 17:31:10 -0400 From: "Lee, Peter " <plee@mlundy.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] UPDATE on Racind Dynamic Splitter GP Just a warning to you guys participating in this... (1) The splitter is a HORRIBLE fit (2) It's a b*ch to fwd park with (3) When parked, there have been 1 or 2 occasions where some punk has stood on it (4) If mounted v. well, any *hard* hit with the splitter will not only bust the splitter, but also take your bumper with it. Yes, I've had one. It was nice to look at and everything. But it was also a P.I.T.A. >>> <Altezza280TT@cs.com> 09/12/00 05:08PM >>> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 17:00:12 EDT From: Altezza280TT@cs.com Subject: UPDATE on Racind Dynamic Splitter GP Eric just Email me with the new price for the RD GP splitter. It now $200+sh. So that like around $230 ship. For those of you who in the GP all you have to do is give Eric a call at 714-632-1951 to place an order. Anybody else went one just give Eric a call and he will add you on to the list. So call him sometime this week so he can order it all a once. So place your order soon so we can get it soon. I would like to Thanks everybody who participated in this GP. Thank, Mark