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#1. Euro filter housing w/cooler connection...was RE: Euro Oil Cooler - long - from Burgess, Kim L
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Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 15:27:12 -0700 From: "Burgess, Kim L" <kim.l.burgess@boeing.com> Subject: Euro filter housing w/cooler connection...was RE: Euro Oil Cooler - long Anyone able to supply current approximate list price for the Euro "filter housing w/cooler connection" p/n 11 42 1 318 401 and where one might source one. Thanks KLBurgess 99M3/2 no s-roof
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#2. Same BS excuse form all BMW mechanic - from Kin Fong
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Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 18:33:00 -0400 From: Kin Fong <kfong@optonline.net> Subject: Same BS excuse form all BMW mechanic I have same problem for months. Code read FC "incorrect purge flow". My dealer told me the same thing there was a crack in the fuel vapor tank. Long story short.. This is what I find out. As Wayne and Chester were helping me to change my rear control arm bushing two week ends ago. We also find out one of the two clamps to hold the two hoses at the fuel vapor tank was no good. I replace both clamps, reset the code and since then no more check engine light warning. I wonder why all bmw mechanics got the same training BS excuse to over charge us $$$.75 cents vs. part costs plus labor in install them. Kin Fong NJ Chapter Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 18:43:02 EDT From: Mdriver13@aol.com Subject: shark injector question Group, While I was at the dealer Friday, I noticed they cleared my "Check Engine" light (it comes on every so often because of a small crack in the fuel vapor tank). Will this delete being sharked? Do I need to reinstall the program, or is it still there? BTW: Got the cat replaced after 7 years under warranty, due to the buzzing. A good deal. Bob Gill 97 ///M3 coupe Philly Region SCCA AS Champion '97 & '00 BSP Champion '01 & '02
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#3. Re: [E36M3] Re: M3 driving on I-80 in Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, - from Robert Chay
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Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 18:40:11 -0400 From: Robert Chay <rclists@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: M3 driving on I-80 in Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, and Nebraska I drove from LA, CA to NJ about 1.5 yrs ago. When I got out of LA, I was cruising at about 80-95 until I hit NV. Then I was averaging about 110-140 with runs up to 164 (indicated). I set my average speed for the trip and by the time I got to TX, I was averaging 125 with stops. From TX to the Mississippi River, my ave. dropped to about 100. When I hit the NJ border, I was down to 85. From the NJ border to home (70 miles?), my average went to 68mph. I went on interstates 10>40>44>70>80. The V1 will help more and more the further east you go but there's a lot of instant on radar and helicopter pacers out there so use common sense with the V1. Oh.... and Redbull keeps your ass up if you get tired. -Bobby
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#4. Re: [E36M3] Re: M3 driving on I-80 in Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, - from Robert Chay
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Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 18:43:16 -0400 From: Robert Chay <rclists@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: M3 driving on I-80 in Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, and Nebraska The M3 is incredibly stable at higher speeds (over 100). I had to adjust to driving 70 again. It just felt really, really slow. My underpanel fell off at about 90-95 in CA. I haven't had a problem since I replaced it with the JTD aluminum underpanel. -Bobby ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Knight" <knight2244@yahoo.com> > > Reading these comments, two things occur to me. > First, this absolutely sounds like a blast. I love > how stable the M3 feels at high speeds (although I've > never seen 130+). Second, it probably goes with > saying, but anyone planning on running at these speeds > should probably make sure the ol' underbody panel is > doubly secured. Didn't take 130 for mine to come > loose. > > Jason >
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#5. Whining Noise in Tranny or Diff - from Don Trieu
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Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 15:51:32 -0700 From: "Don Trieu" <trieu@mbkengineers.com> Subject: Whining Noise in Tranny or Diff All: I hear some sort of whining noise in my 98 M3 (5 Speed, 81K miles) in first gear at low speeds <10-15 MPH. I don't know if it's coming from the tranny or differential. I bought the car used so I think it was like this from day one. Does anyone else have this problem and if so how did you fix it? It doesn't bother me too much, its just a passenger pointed it out to me and he has an M-Coupe with the same engine and tranny and doesn't have the same noise. TIA Don
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#6. Fw: Same BS excuse form all BMW mechanic - from Kin Fong
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Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 19:22:51 -0400 From: Kin Fong <kfong@optonline.net> Subject: Fw: Same BS excuse form all BMW mechanic ----- Original Message ----- From: Kin Fong To: E36M3 Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 6:33 PM Subject: Same BS excuse form all BMW mechanic I have same problem for months. Code read FC "incorrect purge flow". My dealer told me the same thing there was a crack in the fuel vapor tank. Long story short.. This is what I find out. As Wayne and Chester were helping me to change my rear control arm bushing two week ends ago. We also find out one of the two clamps to hold the two hoses at the fuel vapor tank was no good. I replace both clamps, reset the code and since then no more check engine light warning. I wonder why all bmw mechanics got the same training BS excuse to over charge us $$$.75 cents vs. part costs plus labor in install them. Kin Fong NJ Chapter Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 18:43:02 EDT From: Mdriver13@aol.com Subject: shark injector question Group, While I was at the dealer Friday, I noticed they cleared my "Check Engine" light (it comes on every so often because of a small crack in the fuel vapor tank). Will this delete being sharked? Do I need to reinstall the program, or is it still there? BTW: Got the cat replaced after 7 years under warranty, due to the buzzing. A good deal. Bob Gill 97 ///M3 coupe Philly Region SCCA AS Champion '97 & '00 BSP Champion '01 & '02
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#7. Re: [E36M3] Re: M3 driving on I-80 in Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, - from Reid Conti
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Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 17:00:12 -0700 From: Reid Conti <reid@conti.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: M3 driving on I-80 in Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, > Oh.... and Redbull keeps your ass up if you get tired. > Very true. Redbull and Starbucks doubleshots (the little canned drinks they sell at stores). The doubleshots have about 2x as much caffeine as redbull I think... but redbull is a good thing. I did my SF-Seattle drive one time, starting at 1:40pm.. I felt tired after about an hour, started getting sleepy (less than an hour of sleep the night before). Decided I'd like to at least wait until it was DARK to take a nap (but had been planning to drive straight thru the night), so I went for some doubleshots. Long story short, I made it to Seattle all in one night. Intense amounts of caffeine really DO keep you awake and focused, although you focus like a laser and lose some peripheral senses.. case in point that same night I almost took out a deer that jumped in front of my ellipsoids while I was going 85mph.. Less than 100 feet in front of me. Thanks to BMW brakes, ABS, and quick (if dulled) reflexes, I missed it by about an inch at 35mph. Seriously. I was looking for deer marks on my corner and fender after I stopped. I think if I had been 100% alert (without caffeine) I might have reacted slightly quicker -- I sure as hell won't do a long drive when I'm that tired again -- but the caffeine REALLY works. you just need to get a lot of it. - reid
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#8. Re: [E36M3] M3 driving on I-80 in NV, WY, UT, NE - from m3ltw@msn.com
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Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 17:56:34 -0700 From: m3ltw@msn.com Subject: Re: [E36M3] M3 driving on I-80 in NV, WY, UT, NE > Wrom: NQEMSFDULHPQQWOYIYZUNNYCGPKYLEJGDGV > > Reading these comments, two things occur to me. > First, this absolutely sounds like a blast. I love > how stable the M3 feels at high speeds (although I've > never seen 130+). Second, it probably goes with > saying, but anyone planning on running at these speeds > should probably make sure the ol' underbody panel is > doubly secured. Didn't take 130 for mine to come > loose. I did it in a spanking new E46....the reason I had to stop in Colorado Springs (other than I'd never been there) was to visit the dealer and get the 1,000 mile service (it was that far from Chicago). I gotta say, this was the best way to avoid the HUGE markup they wanted out here in Cali, and still visiting friends and seeing the best scenery of my life. (I kept having to stop and take pictures). Taking I-80: FYI, Wyoming has got to be the most boring driving...just dirt. It is truly amazing how many miles of fencing there is, enclosing nothing but dirt (really, there is very little grass!) for as far as the eye can see. Driving west of Salt Lake is interesting (if you are into salt flats). I do recommend that everyone drive across the American West, sometime in your life (East of the Mississippi is pretty lame in comparison). You will never appreciate the size nor the grandeur of this country until you do. Also, you will have a better sense of what it must have taken to cross the continent by wagon (and how easy we have it now). Dan Snyder
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#9. RE: [E36M3] Re: M3 driving on I-80 in Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, - from Dan Malloy
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Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 20:57:26 -0700 From: "Dan Malloy" <dfmalloy@cox.net> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Re: M3 driving on I-80 in Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Ditto the helo/aircraft patrol. I got tagged (ticket said 86 - could have been more) outside Winnemucca last year along with three other cars when there were no other cars around. Dan Malloy 95 M3 coupe, Cosmos black BMW CCA #193066 San Diego, CA dfmalloy@cox.net <mailto:dfmalloy@cox.net> -----Original Message----- From: Robert Chay [mailto:rclists@comcast.net] Sent: 16 May, 2003 3:46 PM To: E36M3 Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: M3 driving on I-80 in Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 18:40:11 -0400 From: Robert Chay <rclists@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: M3 driving on I-80 in Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, and Nebraska I drove from LA, CA to NJ about 1.5 yrs ago. When I got out of LA, I was cruising at about 80-95 until I hit NV. Then I was averaging about 110-140 with runs up to 164 (indicated). I set my average speed for the trip and by the time I got to TX, I was averaging 125 with stops. From TX to the Mississippi River, my ave. dropped to about 100. When I hit the NJ border, I was down to 85. From the NJ border to home (70 miles?), my average went to 68mph. I went on interstates 10>40>44>70>80. The V1 will help more and more the further east you go but there's a lot of instant on radar and helicopter pacers out there so use common sense with the V1. Oh.... and Redbull keeps your ass up if you get tired. -Bobby ************************************************* Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: Taylor Autosport http://www.taylorautosport.com Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com BMW M3 Specialties http://www.jt-designs.com Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com Turner Motorsport http://www.turnermotorsport.com DIGEST INFORMATION: http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm *************************************************
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#10. Re:Brake Rotors - from daanesh chanduwadia
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Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 18:14:33 -0400 From: "daanesh chanduwadia" <daanesh@hotmail.com> Subject: Re:Brake Rotors I've had no regrets with the Euro rotors - not only have they worn well (= two track days, one safety school, and 3 years on the car) but I noticed = an improvement in wheel control over multiple bumps, particularly when co= rnering on irregular pavement. =20 i know this may be placebo b/c i know the theoretical benefits of reduced= unsprung weight, but the difference was greater than i ever expected.. fwiw, daanesh 95 M3 (MXX3s, stock suspension, Xbrace)Get more from the Web. FREE MSN E= xplorer download : http://explorer.msn.com