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#1. Problems with Stalling- please help - from Anthony Busack
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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 16:15:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Anthony Busack <abusack@yahoo.com> Subject: Problems with Stalling- please help Can anyone help? I have September '95 build car and after taking it out of the garage for storage this past April, I took it out for a drive after having to jump start it. I was idling at a stop light when it stalled. The battery had not charged up so I had no lights and it would not start back up at night. I found someone to jump the car, started on my way and it stalled in motion with the tach at about 2500 rpms. It could not be jumped after multiple attempts. I let it sit for about an hour and then it did start by jumping. I raced the car home by keeping the revs at about 3000. I replaced the battery and the car ran fine for a couple days. It then stalled again. BMW recommended fuel additive. I put the additive in and it ran fine for a weekend trip. It sat for another month and stalled multiple times. I replaced the fuel filter and it ran fine for a month until about two weeks ago while slowing down it stalled again. I have since replaced the fuel pump and it stalled on the way to a BMWCCA meeting while downshifting. Sometimes it will start right back up, other times it will require a two hour sit time. Can anyone please help me? Thank you in advance. Anthony abusack@yahoo.com anthony.busack@kendallhq.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com
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#2. August 28 - 29 DE at WGI - from Chester Wong
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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:05:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Chester Wong <chester_p_wong@yahoo.com> Subject: August 28 - 29 DE at WGI Welp...looks like I got in today. Who else is going? Anyone want to split a room? I have reservations for a room at a place much better than the Seneca lodge. E-mail me privately at chester_p_wong@yahoo.com. Thanks, Chester ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com
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#3. E36 Alum'n undertray - from Paul Elliott
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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 20:52:59 -0400 From: "Paul Elliott" <elliott.paul@worldnet.att.net> Subject: E36 Alum'n undertray Hi Alex, >>Also reinforced the plastic front wheel wells with aluminum 'L' brackets. << Where do you put these L brackets? When it comes time for me to swap air filters for my Dinan SC kit, I usually find it easiest to go in through the driver side wheel well...I take off teh wheel, undo the screws attaching the black plastc WW liner to the wheel well, and carefully peel it back, revealing the Dinan K&N filter....I take it out through the backside wheel well...Access is easiest that way...Sometimes its a bit of a pain buttoning it all up, and you have to get the top side trip piece which is a long piece of split rubber to fold up in there properly..Also, you have to watch out tearing the plastic around the screw mounts and screw clips. Im not sure how much of this unscrewing and screwing the plastic will take before it starts tearing..I dont think its meant to be taken off that much...But I replace my filter about every hear or year and a half, so , if theres a way to secure things better, like with your L brackets, youve got to tell me where you get them, and where they go, and exactly what they help. Thanks. Paul Elliott --------------------------------------------------------- '99 White M3; < 45K miles; Dinan stage II SC kit with 6" RMS crank pulley: 11 psi; AA Water Injection; Fikse FM-10s; X-Brace; Dinan Koni Suspension; Stygar SS and Clutch Stop; Sound by Polk, Excelon, JLAudio
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#4. Re: [E36M3] peterg's article - from Peter Guagenti
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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 19:39:45 -0700 From: Peter Guagenti <peter@guagenti.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] peterg's article on 8/12/02 11:05 AM, Zack Steinkamp at edsarkiss@yahoo.com wrote: > enjoyable read, peter! > best thing i've read in roundel in a long time. ;-) Thanks for the kind words... I'm pretty excited, as my article on the OTC ran as a feature, and I got the cover for the article on the Dinan 5's! You can check out the Dinan article online: http://www.bmwcca.org/Roundel/rdelfset.shtml -peterg
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#5. RE: [E36M3] peterg's article - from Brian Provost
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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 22:49:25 -0500 From: brian@brianprovost.com (Brian Provost) Subject: RE: [E36M3] peterg's article Peter - If you didn't see my thanks and "job well done" on the OTC message board, let me throw those out again. I really enjoyed your take on our event. Hope to see you next year and I may even roll one of the M3's out to join the Bimmer Brigade antics. Brian Provost Director, Open Track Challenge www.opentrackchallenge.com -----Original Message----- From: Peter Guagenti [mailto:peter@guagenti.com] Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 9:45 PM To: E36M3 Subject: Re: [E36M3] peterg's article Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 19:39:45 -0700 From: Peter Guagenti <peter@guagenti.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] peterg's article on 8/12/02 11:05 AM, Zack Steinkamp at edsarkiss@yahoo.com wrote: > enjoyable read, peter! > best thing i've read in roundel in a long time. ;-) Thanks for the kind words... I'm pretty excited, as my article on the OTC ran as a feature, and I got the cover for the article on the Dinan 5's! You can check out the Dinan article online: http://www.bmwcca.org/Roundel/rdelfset.shtml -peterg ************************************************************* 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 to the email address e36m3@bmw-m.net. *************************************************************
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#6. Re: [E36M3] under drive pulleys - from Jeff A
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Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 08:05:17 -0500 From: "Jeff A" <aabel@austin.rr.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] under drive pulleys <snip> I'm not saying this is a mod for everyone, in fact I plan on buying a Rogue Engineering flywheel/clutch package along with the accessory pulley kit in the near future when my OEM clutch finally lets go...At that time I will pull the ERT unit off and say thanks for the memories... My .02 Steve Steve, exactly what I plan to do. Jeff -------------------- 3 -------------------- Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 19:54:48 -0500 From: "Jeff A" <aabel@austin.rr.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] under drive pulleys Nope. Not me. But I pulled off my URI UDP after about 1 year of use, and will put in a non-crankshaft based UDP such as the current Evosport offering, or a competing offering from UUC or Rogue once such alternatives come to fruition. Recently, use of crankshaft-based UDPs have given me pause as a result of Dinan's well circulated white paper and this: http://www.ntpog.org/reviews/underdrive/pulley.shtml. While a prelude, an inline four, physics remain the same. Jeff > Wayne or anyone else that has them: > > Has your car blown up because of your pulleys? Inquiring mind wants to > know. > > Gary Preece > 95 M3 pushing 100k > with new stainless brake lines (today) > > PS - why does brake fluid feel so warm when it is running down your arm and > into your armpit? ************************************************************* 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 to the email address e36m3@bmw-m.net. *************************************************************
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#7. Re: Air Bag Light - from David Ripton
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Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 10:02:37 -0400 From: David Ripton <dripton@ripton.net> Subject: Re: Air Bag Light Brad Ahrens <txsaggie97@yahoo.com> wrote: > There is another option if your SRS light is on > although I believe it causes a constant light (like > mine) vs the the light turning off. Mine is the > passenger side occupancy sensor which is the usual > suspect if its not the seat belt sensor. > Unfortunately it is more of a pain to get to in order > to replace (haven't tried taking the seat out but I > thought I remembered someone saying you have to take > the leather off. fun fun.) "They all do that." The dealer replaced the passenger seat occupancy sensor in my 1998 M3/4 under warranty, even though the airbag light wasn't even on, so I assume there was a TSB identifying these sensors as generally defective. > The good news is from talking with various people it > will default to "occupied" which minimizes the danger > of driving with it on to an adult riding with you as > the airbag will deploy. Yeah. So the main danger is the cost of replacing a passenger-side airbag after an accident with an empty passenger seat. And an accident that deploys your airbags probably means enough damage to exceed your insurance deductable anyway, so your insurance company really should be the ones paying for the new occupancy sensor. :-> The seat belt sensor is potentially more serious -- one can concoct an (unlikely) situation where a broken passenger seat belt sensor could be fatal, even if you don't let kids ride shotgun. (You're putting along in a parking lot, with your dear frail 87-year-old grandma in the front passenger seat, her seat all the way forward because there's a taller adult behind her [grandma's short, but not flexible enough to twist into the backseat of a 2-door M3], rummaging around in the glove box looking for Kleenex so her head's only inches from the airbag, and some idiot pulls out quickly from between parked taller vehicles and smacks your front bumper hard. Only 15 m.p.h. combined so the crash itself won't kill anyone, but the airbag deploys because the car mistakenly thinks grandma's not wearing her seat belt.) -- David Ripton dripton@ripton.net
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#8. Re: [E36M3] E36 Alum'n undertray - from alex.fadeev@verizon.com
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Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 12:33:06 -0500 From: alex.fadeev@verizon.com Subject: Re: [E36M3] E36 Alum'n undertray Reid Conti <reid@conti.net> wrote: > > ... but don't the pork chops help hold the brake ducts in place? Reid, Not exactly. The brake ducts are wedged between the plastic bumper shroud/nose and the wheel liners. The pork chop attaches to both (the liner and the nose) to keep that distance static. So does a JTD panel. So with JTD panel in place you can safely junk the pork chops. > I lost my under tray, but still have pork chops barely hanging on.. the > brake ducts kinda sit on them, and sometimes go into the fender lining.. The ducts should go into the fender linings in the back. In the front they go into the bumper/apron and are held in place by two pairs of plastic clips below and above the brake duct inlets. Those clips brake very easily, so don't be surprised if you are missing a few. > maybe without the pork chops, though, the fender linings wouldn't move as > much, so the brake ducts wouldn't get knocked around? The fender linings have to stay in place. Pretty much everything under your car's nose is interconnected. The only thing holding the fender liners in front are the pork chops. Unlike the stock center pieces, the JTD panel has extensions all the way to the sides of the car that secure the fender liners in place without the pork chops. HTH, alex f On 8/12/02 15:25, "alex.fadeev@verizon.com" <alex.fadeev@verizon.com> wrote: > "Dave Kelley" <d.kelley@usa.net> wrote: >> >> You get it bolted down too well, and the stupid fender liner >> starts to break! > > Excellent point! > Especially if you keep the #*$@ing pork chops. Pork chops are a death wish > to your fender liners. They are easily the lowest point under your car's > nose and every bit of horizontal pressure they receive is transmitted > directly to the fragile plastic fender liner mounts. I even managed to rip > off an 'L' shaped aluminium fender liner mount reinforcement when I tried > running with the JTD under tray and the pork chops. > No pork chops == no torn wheel liners. I don't care if they make your hair > grow back - they are never going back on my car. > JTD - pork chops == happy E36 nose. > The same formula may even work for an OEM under tray with Niel's > reinforcements. Just say 'no' to pork chops!
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#9. Re: [E36M3] E36 Alum'n undertray - from alex.fadeev@verizon.com
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Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 12:26:50 -0500 From: alex.fadeev@verizon.com Subject: Re: [E36M3] E36 Alum'n undertray "Paul Elliott" <elliott.paul@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > > >>Also reinforced the plastic front wheel wells with > aluminum 'L' brackets. << > > Where do you put these L brackets? Paul, I fabricated L-shaped sleeve to go over and envelope the area of the plastic wheel liners where the pork chip/JTD shield attaches to the liners. Now whatever load is placed on that plastic attachment point is spread over a 1x2" area. 1+ years after that modification my liners are still intact. Though to be honest, some of the credit for the liner longevity has to go the fact that I had removed the pork chops. Here is an ASCII art represenation of that L-bracket: | | | |____ |______| HTH, alex f
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#10. Re:shark injector - from Ticalian57@aol.com
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Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 14:50:51 EDT From: Ticalian57@aol.com Subject: Re:shark injector i just order a injector for my 99 M3 but i dont have a CAI but i plann on getting on a little father down the road does anyone know if the software has to be changed to run with a CAI system ???? not sure whether to inject her yet but the CAI could be a while down the road i not to sure how soon it could be