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#1. Re: [E36M3] Knock sensors - from Mark Duckworth
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Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:06:46 -0500 From: Mark Duckworth <mdlkml@atari-source.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Knock sensors On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 08:29 -0600, David Thomas wrote: > Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 19:39:56 -0800 > From: David Thomas <dave@sasdatalink.com> > Subject: Re: [E36M3] Knock sensors > > On Sunday 04 March 2007 6:17:54 pm Mark D wrote: > > How is it remotely possible that mine with 180K look pretty good > > actually. A little faded but definitely not cracked up or anything. > > What year is your car? The 95 knock sensors are not the same as the later > ones...perhaps the OBDII sensors have a better plastic housing. At 90K mine > were sure shot, I cant imagine that at 180K the plastic is not at least > cracked. FWIW: Mine looked OK on the car but it was a whole different story > once they were removed and in my hand. I was also getting the occasional > knock sensor code which is what prompted the swap. It's a 96 with OBDII but maybe it's just that many parts are affected by age much more than mileage. I probably have similar heat cycles to you guys, I just drive the car twice as long each time. And maybe mine are an upgraded part, or maybe they were replaced. Who knows. The car all around just doesn't feel 180K at all. Maybe my odometer is counting at triple the rate or something :-P Thanks, Mark
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#2. RE: [e36m3] Re: [E36M3] New Head Issues - from Marco
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Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 09:31:50 -0800 From: "Marco" <m3driver@iname.com> Subject: RE: [e36m3] Re: [E36M3] New Head Issues If it were me I'd change the oil and filter before driving it anymore. Especially if there was a lot of assembly lube used or if the head. Granted you didn't do a complete rebuild, but oil is cheap. Sort of. congrats Marco -----Original Message----- From: Mark D [mailto:mdlkml@atari-source.com] Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 6:30 AM To: E36M3 Subject: [e36m3] Re: [E36M3] New Head Issues Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:26:04 -0500 From: Mark D <mdlkml@atari-source.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] New Head Issues Hey guys, Took care of the coolant, started the car today and let it warm up a little and then ran it at 4000 RPM for a minute. It didn't cure the tapping but it did get the heater core flowing. I didn't realize too but I had the top adjustment dial set on cold which was part of the no heat condition. So the tapping refused to stop so I just took it for a drive down the highway and varied between 2000-3000 RPM for about 5 miles. Once I got home it was quiet as a mouse. I drove the car to the mall 25 miles away and back and it was uneventful. I still can't find any leaks, the car has plenty of power so it seems I timed the VANOS right. I'm still in shock I did it right but it looks like I might be finished with this one. I'll get the oil changed in a couple days and put full synthetic back in. I'll start working on my writeup, which will probably be more of a quick reference and things to not forget. Thanks again, Mark ************************************************* Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com Turner Motorsport http://www.turnermotorsport.com Eurosport High Performance http://www.eurosporthighperformance.com Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com Treehouse Racing http://www.treehouseracing.com Elephant Motorsports Inc. http://www.elephantmotorsports.com DIGEST INFORMATION: http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm ************************************************* -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.7/710 - Release Date: 3/4/2007 1:58 PM
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#3. Re: [E36M3] Knock sensors - from David Thomas
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Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 11:38:19 -0800 From: David Thomas <dave@sasdatalink.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Knock sensors On Monday 05 March 2007 7:10:37 am Mark Duckworth wrote: > It's a 96 with OBDII but maybe it's just that many parts are affected by > age much more than mileage. The OBDI sensors are Bosch and the OBDII ones are manufactured by Siemens if I remember correctly. Perhaps the Bosch ones used a lower quality plastic housing. Dave T.
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#4. Factory Alarm Fobs - from Mdgreer
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Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 17:06:19 -0500 (EST) From: "Mdgreer" <mark.greer@excite.com> Subject: Factory Alarm Fobs Has anyone replaced the key fob transmitter on the factory alarm?Is this something that's readily available and easy to do? _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!
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#5. sub frame/rear axle carrier bushings - from Stan Shaw
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Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 17:08:04 -0500 From: "Stan Shaw" <Stan.Shaw@Excell.Net> Subject: sub frame/rear axle carrier bushings On a 96 M3 with 160k+ miles I finally got the sub frame / rear axle carrier out. I was really disappointed to find the bushings appear to be in pretty good shape. I only see a few micro cracks. Glad I am swapping in urethane, otherwise this looks to be a huge waste of time. I can post photos if anyone is interested. Regards, Stan Shaw Stan.Shaw@Excell.Net Phone: (413) 599-0399 Fax: (413) 599-0421 Excell.Net Owner/Operator http://www.Excell.Net/ 928 Owners Club President http://www.928OC.org/ 928Racing.net Team Member http://www.928Racing.net/ "Liberty once lost is lost forever." - John Adams
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#6. RE: [E36M3] Factory Alarm Fobs - from Goss, Patrick - PA
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Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 16:14:05 -0600 From: "Goss, Patrick - PA" <Patrick.Goss@GMACM.COM> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Factory Alarm Fobs Yes very easy to do if you can get the fobs reasonably. There is a precise programming dance you have to follow, but otherwise its cake after you have a few slices. Patrick Was missing both fobs when purchased -----Original Message----- From: Mdgreer [mailto:mark.greer@excite.com] Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 5:11 PM To: E36M3 Subject: [E36M3] Factory Alarm Fobs Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 17:06:19 -0500 (EST) From: "Mdgreer" <mark.greer@excite.com> Subject: Factory Alarm Fobs Has anyone replaced the key fob transmitter on the factory alarm?Is this something that's readily available and easy to do? _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ************************************************* Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com Turner Motorsport http://www.turnermotorsport.com Eurosport High Performance http://www.eurosporthighperformance.com Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com Treehouse Racing http://www.treehouseracing.com Elephant Motorsports Inc. http://www.elephantmotorsports.com DIGEST INFORMATION: http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm *************************************************
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#7. Re: [E36M3] Factory Alarm Fobs - from David Michael
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Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 17:26:02 -0500 From: "David Michael" <adavidmichael@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Factory Alarm Fobs You can buy them at the dealer, but the programming sequence is something out of Monty-python. Open the trunk, close the trunk, open it, roll down the window, open and close the door three times, rub your head and pat your tummy twice etc..... Dave On 3/5/07, Mdgreer <mark.greer@excite.com> wrote: > > Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 17:06:19 -0500 (EST) > From: "Mdgreer" <mark.greer@excite.com> > Subject: Factory Alarm Fobs > > Has anyone replaced the key fob transmitter on the factory alarm?Is this > something that's readily available and easy to do? > > _______________________________________________ > Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com > The most personalized portal on the Web! > > > ************************************************* > Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: > > Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com > Turner Motorsport http://www.turnermotorsport.com > Eurosport High Performance http://www.eurosporthighperformance.com > Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com > Treehouse Racing http://www.treehouseracing.com > Elephant Motorsports Inc. http://www.elephantmotorsports.com > > DIGEST INFORMATION: > http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm > ************************************************* > > >
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#8. Re: [E36M3] Factory Alarm Fobs - from Jeff Conner
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Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 19:44:12 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Conner <jeff.conner@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Factory Alarm Fobs You forgot to tell him the part about lighting three candles on the roof and frying an egg on the exhast manifold. From experience, I've found that this is only slightly easier to do in an E46... -jeff ----- Original Message ---- From: David Michael <adavidmichael@gmail.com> To: E36M3 <e36m3@bmw-m.net> Sent: Monday, March 5, 2007 2:30:36 PM Subject: Re: [E36M3] Factory Alarm Fobs Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 17:26:02 -0500 From: "David Michael" <adavidmichael@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Factory Alarm Fobs You can buy them at the dealer, but the programming sequence is something out of Monty-python. Open the trunk, close the trunk, open it, roll down the window, open and close the door three times, rub your head and pat your tummy twice etc..... Dave On 3/5/07, Mdgreer <mark.greer@excite.com> wrote: > > Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 17:06:19 -0500 (EST) > From: "Mdgreer" <mark.greer@excite.com> > Subject: Factory Alarm Fobs > > Has anyone replaced the key fob transmitter on the factory alarm?Is this > something that's readily available and easy to do? > > _______________________________________________ > Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com > The most personalized portal on the Web! > > > ************************************************* > Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: > > Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com > Turner Motorsport http://www.turnermotorsport.com > Eurosport High Performance http://www.eurosporthighperformance.com > Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com > Treehouse Racing http://www.treehouseracing.com > Elephant Motorsports Inc. http://www.elephantmotorsports.com > > DIGEST INFORMATION: > http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm > ************************************************* > > > ************************************************* Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com Turner Motorsport http://www.turnermotorsport.com Eurosport High Performance http://www.eurosporthighperformance.com Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com Treehouse Racing http://www.treehouseracing.com Elephant Motorsports Inc. http://www..elephantmotorsports.com DIGEST INFORMATION: http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm ************************************************* ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396546091
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#9. RE: [e36m3] Re: [E36M3] New Head Issues - from Mark Duckworth
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Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:48:30 -0500 From: Mark Duckworth <mdlkml@atari-source.com> Subject: RE: [e36m3] Re: [E36M3] New Head Issues Hey, The Castrol GTX that I put in after the rebuild is real cheap, but the Lubro Moly I normally use is over $50 a change. I don't consider that too cheap. I ended up driving the car roughly 75 miles before changing the oil last night, but the assembly lube they used was more of a fine green oil rather than a grease so I don't think I had too much to worry about. Still feels better to have all the trim back on too. Thanks, Mark On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 09:31 -0800, Marco wrote: > If it were me I'd change the oil and filter before driving it anymore. > Especially if there was a lot of assembly lube used or if the head. > > Granted you didn't do a complete rebuild, but oil is cheap. Sort of. > > congrats > > Marco > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark D [mailto:mdlkml@atari-source.com] > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 6:30 AM > To: E36M3 > Subject: [e36m3] Re: [E36M3] New Head Issues > > > Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:26:04 -0500 > From: Mark D <mdlkml@atari-source.com> > Subject: Re: [E36M3] New Head Issues > > Hey guys, > > Took care of the coolant, started the car today and let it warm up a > little and then ran it at 4000 RPM for a minute. It didn't cure the > tapping but it did get the heater core flowing. I didn't realize too > but I had the top adjustment dial set on cold which was part of the no > heat condition. So the tapping refused to stop so I just took it for a > drive down the highway and varied between 2000-3000 RPM for about 5 > miles. Once I got home it was quiet as a mouse. I drove the car to the > mall 25 miles away and back and it was uneventful. I still can't find > any leaks, the car has plenty of power so it seems I timed the VANOS > right. I'm still in shock I did it right but it looks like I might be > finished with this one. I'll get the oil changed in a couple days and > put full synthetic back in. I'll start working on my writeup, which > will probably be more of a quick reference and things to not forget. > > Thanks again, > Mark > > > > ************************************************* > Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: > > Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com > Turner Motorsport http://www.turnermotorsport.com > Eurosport High Performance http://www.eurosporthighperformance.com > Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com > Treehouse Racing http://www.treehouseracing.com > Elephant Motorsports Inc. http://www.elephantmotorsports.com > > DIGEST INFORMATION: http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm > ************************************************* > > >
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#10. Re: [E36M3] sub frame/rear axle carrier bushings - from Brian Ruiz
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Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 09:24:02 -0800 From: "Brian Ruiz" <eurowerke@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] sub frame/rear axle carrier bushings Yes, please :) Brian build 8/95 On 3/5/07, Stan Shaw <Stan.Shaw@excell.net> wrote: > > Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 17:08:04 -0500 > From: "Stan Shaw" <Stan.Shaw@Excell.Net> > Subject: sub frame/rear axle carrier bushings > > > I can post photos if anyone is interested. >