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#1. Re: [E36M3] [E36 M3] Rough Idle - from Bora Akyol
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Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 13:29:45 -0800 From: "Bora Akyol" <akyol@akyol.org> Subject: Re: [E36M3] [E36 M3] Rough Idle I think it's the cam, I hate to say this but all M3s that I have been in including mine idle somewhat rough. Bora 95 M3 ----- Original Message ----- From: <Colin_S_Whelan@rrfc.raytheon.com> To: "E36M3" <e36m3@bmw-m.net> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 11:13 AM Subject: [E36M3] [E36 M3] Rough Idle > Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 14:00:35 -0500 > From: Colin_S_Whelan@rrfc.raytheon.com > Subject: [E36 M3] Rough Idle > > > Hi Gruppe, > > I have a question regarding my recently purchased 1998 M3. The idle is > very "slightly" rough, even when the car is warmed-up. It certainly isn't > missing (or else the check engine light would come on), but it's not as > smooth as my '93 325is idle either. I recently changed the spark plugs > (after 28K) and they were very clean and the idle smoothed out a bit. I'm > wondering if this is just characteristic of the M engine, since the car > runs very well just off idle and strong (GTech measures ~ 5.5s to 60mph). > Perhaps I'm just paranoid about idle quality after so many years of working > on carbureted V-8s... > > Thanks! > Colin > '98 M3 (JC, ITG, X-brace) > '93 325is (JC, Bilstein, M3-exhaust, ITG, Redline...) - sold > '80 Turbo Trans Am (15 lbs boost...) > > > > ************************************************************* > List Commands > UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. > DIR - sends a listing of files available in the list's GET directory. > GET filename1.ext,filename2.ext - sends the requested file(s). > > To issue a command/request to the server: > Send a message with the command you wish executed as the > subject of the message. > ************************************************************* > >
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#2. FS:bbs rims and tires - from ClassiGuy3@aol.com
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Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 16:42:42 EST From: ClassiGuy3@aol.com Subject: FS:bbs rims and tires From a 95 M3, set of 4 bbs RC;s polished with michelin pilots mxx3. less than 2k miles onm them. originally purchesed from tire rack for 2900. must sell. make offer. located in nyc area. Leo
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#3. Pics of M3 LTW front extension pieces? - from David Hogg
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Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 17:24:56 -0800 From: "David Hogg" <springwood@blazenet.net> Subject: Pics of M3 LTW front extension pieces? Rob, Are these the pieces you're talking about? http://www.turnermotorsport.com/proracing.htm If so, then I'll bet they work! Dave Hogg
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#4. Help with a wet seatbelt!!! - from FAS302@aol.com
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Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 17:46:38 EST From: FAS302@aol.com Subject: Help with a wet seatbelt!!! With the winter weather here on the East coast, my car has developed a weird problem. After snowing or driving in torrential rain, water is getting into the car. But, what makes it so strange is I would never know it if I didn't wear my seat belt! I've pulled the back seat, felt to see if the carpet is wet, checked for a damp headliner, and found nothing. I thought possibly the striker was loose, but that wasn't it, either. Where the seat belt resides behind the paneling, water is getting in. I'll pull the belt to put it on and it will be wet. Checked the window seals and everything. What I did notice washing my rims the other day is there is a plastic plug in the wheel well. As soon as it warms up a little, I'm going to be undercoating the wheel wells to see if that does the trick. My questions are: Does anyone know what the potential problem is? Could the sunroof be the culprit? It doesn't leak in the car, so I don't think so. Is there rust forming back there, now? Any help would be appreciated, Evan
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#5. Euro Oil Cooler - from Bill Lackey
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Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 15:10:26 -0800 From: "Bill Lackey" <btlackey@hotmail.com> Subject: Euro Oil Cooler A few questions on the installation of the European Oil Cooler. 1) Does anybody have pictures of this installed. 2) Has anyone installed this with a Dinan Supercharger? 3. Does anybody have any directions on installation? Thanks in advance Bill Lackey - who is madly getting the new car ready for Laguna Seca on the 22nd... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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#6. Re: [E36M3] Trunk closer??!?!? - from Joe Dyer
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Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 17:30:11 -0800 From: "Joe Dyer" <joedyer@home.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Trunk closer??!?!? I'm with you, Jason - I can't find it either! =20 Joe ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Jason <mailto:sarich_m3@prontomail.com> Sarich=20 To: E36M3 <mailto:e36m3@bmw-m.net> =20 Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 10:53 AM Subject: [E36M3] Trunk closer??!?!? I think that I am on the outside of this joke. I have no=20 Idea what you guys are talking about? I opened my trunk=20 all excited to find a new gadget and found NADA! Is this=20 some switch that will automatically close the trunk from=20 being open? or is it like an on off switch for the auto=20 close like on a 7 series (where it only closes the last=20 inch)? =20 Please explain. In the trunk underneath, the right hand side rear=20 panel...way to vague for this simpleton. I looked there. =20 Is it a switch, a lever, a what? -j
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#7. Re: Cold weather? - from Chris Casey
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Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 17:49:44 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Casey <ccasey1@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Cold weather? Juan, The same thing happened to me when I visited some friends in central CA (I'm in the SF Bay Area). My friend and I went for a drive (Hwy 49 near Auburn - highly recommended!) in the morning and my car was just absolutely pissed off at waking up...sluggish to turn over, like the battery was dying, finally started and the Check Coolant light came on, and just sounded terrible. Turned it off and started again and it was much better. Since then, I haven't had the same thing happen, and it's run flawlessly, so I'm just guessing that it's been trained to be a warm-weather car. -Chris > Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 09:59:16 -0800 > From: Juan Rico <juan_rico@captionsinc.com> > Subject: Cold weather? > > > Hi everybody, > > I was hoping that some of you in the "colder" states > might have an > answer for this one. > Now that the temperature has dropped here in LA to > 40/45 F, (please, > nobody laugh), > my car has started doing something new. After > leaving it parked for a > couple of hours, when I start it, > it shakes and stumbles horrendously when idling. > This lasts only a > couple of seconds, until I tap the > gas two or three times, then it goes away > completely. The weird thing > about it it's that it is > a fairly random thing. Sometimes it does it, > sometimes it doesn't for a > couple of days. > This has been going on for two weeks now... The > reason I find this > worrying is because > in four years of ownership it has *never* done this > before. Can > somebody tell me > what the hell is going on? Is it just the > temperature affecting the > engine > or is my engine ready to blow up? > > > Juan. (Setting some money aside for a new engine...) > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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#8. Re: Euro Oil Cooler - from S Lafredo
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Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 22:04:34 -0500 From: S Lafredo <slafredo@b-t-g.com> Subject: Re: Euro Oil Cooler On 2/11/01 at 5:13 PM, Bill Lackey <btlackey@hotmail.com> wrote: : A few questions on the installation of the European Oil Cooler. : : 1) Does anybody have pictures of this installed. There are some pictures here http://www.users.fast.net/~slafredo/ but they are more to show the polishing and not the install :( There are also some graphics to show you the differences bwtn the US and European canisters. HTH, some. Stephen --------------------------------oOo-------------------------------- Stephen Lafredo slafredo@b-t-g.com Bavarian Technology Group, Inc. http:// b-t-g.com
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#9. Trunk Closer?!? - from Jason Sarich
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Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 19:35:49 -0800 From: "Jason Sarich" <sarich_m3@prontomail.com> Subject: Trunk Closer?!? Umm.... If you guys were all talking about that little inlet for your hand on the underside of the trunk lid, then I can't believe that the thread was started. If the dealer would have used that as a feature for the car, I would have laughed hysterically at him and questioned his sanity... Rediculous! ________________________________________ Get your email at http://www.prontomail.com
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#10. Re: [E36M3] Pics of M3 LTW front extension pieces? - from Ben Liaw - UUC Motorwerks
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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 07:20:15 -0500 From: "Ben Liaw - UUC Motorwerks" <ben@shortshifter.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Pics of M3 LTW front extension pieces? these things are useless. it's only the splitter itself that does anything. i had these on my 96 M3 a long time ago and the only thing it did was reduce ground clearance. after a few weeks, one almost fell off (from being hit so many times) and the other one got yanked off (by me) and thrown in the garbage. it's a waste of $200+. ben > Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 12:32:38 -0700 > From: "Rob" <motor@cadvision.com> > Subject: Pics of M3 LTW front extension pieces? > > I'm looking for pictures of the left and right Motorsport front > spoiler/splitter extension pieces. This isn't the really deep splitter that > runs the whole width of the bumper cover, they are bolt-on pieces for the > left and right only. Anyone have pics of them mounted on a car?. Are they > effective or usless?. > > TIA, > Rob