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#1. re: OBC Language - from fourfa@fourfa.com
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Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:20:50 -0400 From: "fourfa@fourfa.com" <fourfa@fourfa.com> Subject: re: OBC Language "Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 10:03:42 -0400 From: "Ahmad Lutfeali" <m3_racer99@hotmail.com> Subject: OBC Language How can I change the language on my OBC? I can swear I saw it reading out in German in one of my students car. TIA A.L." easy, just change option #10 following the instructions here: http://www.unofficialbmw.com/repair_faqs/obc.html andy r. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .
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#2. ASC & ABS Lights on - from David Holeman
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Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:24:49 -0400 From: "David Holeman" <dHoleman@racepad.com> Subject: ASC & ABS Lights on Hi, The ABS computer will store fault codes and with a proper MODEC scanner it would most likely tell what the problem is. It is more probable that the pump relay has burned out more so than the ABS pump or related parts. In reading the BMW service manuals, as I have been doing some ABS work, it looks like this is not an uncommon problem. There is also a service issue regarding the instrument cluster and there is some "plug" that BMW puts in to correct another known problem around this issue. David Holeman Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 12:54:30 -0400 From: eevans@planetc.com Subject: ASC & ABS Lights on This happened on a '99 M3. Anyone experience this one? My ASC and ABS light came on last night. One time it came on after only a few feet of driving and then one other time it waited 5 miles before it came on. Please tell me it's a sensor and not the ABS pump. Evan David Holeman
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#3. RE: [E36M3] Front Brake Clunking - from Jim Bassett
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Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 11:34:17 -0700 From: Jim Bassett <jim@jimbassett.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Front Brake Clunking > Is it possible the Porterfield R4S pads are simply not made to the > close tolerance the stock Jurid pads are where they move about within the > caliper? I'm not familiar with the R4S pads, did the inner pads have clips that fit into the caliper piston? If not, that's probably the source of the sound. You've got both pads floating, and the initial "clunk" is when the piston, pad and rotor all come together. Jim Bassett
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#4. Re: ASC & ABS Lights on - from Neil Maller
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Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 14:21:22 -0500 From: Neil Maller <neil.maller@gte.net> Subject: Re: ASC & ABS Lights on on 9/3/03 1:00 PM, eevans@planetc.com wrote: > This happened on a '99 M3. Anyone experience this one? My ASC and ABS light > came on last night. One time it came on after only a few feet of driving > and then one other time it waited 5 miles before it came on. Please tell me > it's a sensor and not the ABS pump. First clean the ABS pickups and toothed rings at each wheel hub. Neil 96 M3
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#5. RE: [E36M3] ASC & ABS Lights on - from Jeremy Conners
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Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 17:47:02 -0400 From: "Jeremy Conners" <jeremy.conners@comcast.net> Subject: RE: [E36M3] ASC & ABS Lights on Evan wrote: ....ASC and ABS light came on last night... I would agree, the first step would be to check the sensors for contamination. The ABS/ASC unit should run a self-check at start-up. The fact that you have the problem intermittently leads me to believe the ABS/ASC unit is not the problem in this case. Jeremy Conners 97 M3
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#6. Rising water temp - from Wen Liew
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Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 15:02:03 -0700 From: "Wen Liew" <wwliew@hotmail.com> Subject: Rising water temp While waiting in traffic for about 5 minutes with the A/C on and close to 100F temps, I noticed the water temp rising past 3/4 and creeping towards red. Once I got going again, the temps returned to normal and never rose again. I haven't noticed this since it has been a while since I was totally stuck in traffic. This looks eerily similar to the time right before I had my water pump replaced (4 years and 50k miles ago) but then the temps didn't back down. Could it be the auxillary fan? Wen 96 M3 with 110k _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8: Get 6 months for $9.95/month http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup
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#7. RE: [E36M3] Trouble with spark plugs - from Jeremy Conners
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Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 17:05:08 -0500 From: "Jeremy Conners" <jeremy.conners@comcast.net> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Trouble with spark plugs Andrew wrote: This weekend I set to replacing the spark plugs in my 1998 E36 M3...the car barely holds an idle without stalling... In addition to Lowell's comments about proper harness routing, make sure that the positive lock on the coil connections is seated. I could see this as a possible oversight. As a side note, when I replaced my fuel filter, I bled the residual pressure from the fuel rail. To do this, I needed to disconnect the breather tube at the front of the valve cover. Anyway, the engine will not run properly in this state. Took a little over 10 minutes of head scratching to figure this one out (the underhood work was long forgotten...5MT fluid, diff fluid, fuel filter change). Jeremy Conners 97 M3
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#8. RE: [E36M3] Rising water temp - from M-Power
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Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 17:21:32 -0500 From: "M-Power" <M-Power@austin.rr.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Rising water temp It is either the Aux fan, or the fan clutch on the main fan. When the car is hot, if the fan does not run @ the crank RPMs, the clutch is shot! Mine was bad and caused the temperature to rise to the white line and my oil temperature was also high. By replacing the fan clutch it fixed the water temperature problem and lower my oil temperature by 30 degrees. This problem only showed up @ the track. But, I don't sit in heavy traffic. - Jim Hagerman -----Original Message----- From: Wen Liew [mailto:wwliew@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 17:10 To: E36M3 Subject: [E36M3] Rising water temp Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 15:02:03 -0700 From: "Wen Liew" <wwliew@hotmail.com> Subject: Rising water temp While waiting in traffic for about 5 minutes with the A/C on and close to 100F temps, I noticed the water temp rising past 3/4 and creeping towards red. Once I got going again, the temps returned to normal and never rose again. I haven't noticed this since it has been a while since I was totally stuck in traffic. This looks eerily similar to the time right before I had my water pump replaced (4 years and 50k miles ago) but then the temps didn't back down. Could it be the auxillary fan? Wen 96 M3 with 110k _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8: Get 6 months for $9.95/month http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup ************************************************* 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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#9. Didja ever notice? - from Nancy Fluharty
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Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 19:33:24 -0400 From: "Nancy Fluharty" <fluhar@worldnet.att.net> Subject: Didja ever notice? Didja ever notice how the Rear Trailing Arm Bushing brackets mount up equally well rightside up or upside down? Do you think that if you spread the bushing project out over several days, you might lose sight of that fact? Would you guess that that would make the rear alignment impossible to bring into spec? Could you imagine that several professional mechanics and several serious amateurs could check this out before anyone identified the problem, and that an aftermarket camber kit would be seriously considered? Can you conceive of how stupid you would feel, were you to make this mistake? Just speaking hypothetically here. . . Bob Fluharty 95 M3 87 325is Cincinnati Click and Clack say that if you work on cars long enough, eventually you will make every mistake possible. Guess I can cross this one off the list. Anyone else care to tell on themselves?
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#10. Wet Car Advice Needed - from Mike Frank
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Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 18:47:23 -0500 From: "Mike Frank" <mfrank28@comcast.net> Subject: Wet Car Advice Needed My car was parked in the wrong place the night we got 6" of rain (girlfriend's house). Fortunately one of her neighbors woke us up and informed us of the flooding around my car. Side Note. After pushing it out of the small lake to higher ground, we saw one of her other neighbors outside who laughingly told us he had been watching the lake get deeper and deeper all morning. Somehow he never felt the urge to let me know. I almost laughingly beat the sh*t out of him. Turns out a couple of other neighbors were "keeping an eye on it" for me too. Good people. Rant mode off. Anyway, the passenger side floor got wet (water was just up to the door). I would appreciate any advice on the best way to get the carpet out and dry. I'm planning on pulling out the seats. Does anyone have the link to disabling the pyro tensioner handy? Are the heated seat connections easy to disconnect? I'm not sure if any water got in the differential or transmission. Regardless they're both getting fresh fluid. Exhaust had some water in it. Does anyone know if this will affect the muffler (original UUC System U)? Anything else to check? Thanks in Advance, Mike Frank 97 M3