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4446 messages, Last post on Nov 29, 2009 at 12:04 PM
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I wonder if the noise you speak of is the fuel pump  My '90 E30's fuel pump whirrs before the car turns over.
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Hi, In my '07 335xi, there are two small ducts just below the hood hinges on both sides of the engine compartment with removable screens. Does anyone know what they are for? It's hard to believe they are air intakes, yet that's exactly what they seem to be. I hope they're not intakes for the turbos. The thought of tiny little bits of leaf in the innards of my delicate engine makes me uneasy. My issue is that the car seems to attract leaves, maple tree seeds (little propellers?) and other flotsam in the gaps at the top of the hood below the windscreen like no car I've driven before. The junk gathers in particular in the wells where these removable screens sit. I try to remove whatever I can, but I'm concerned about the impact if some of this debris should fall into the duct wells in the minute or two when the screens are removed for cleaning. Because it's a small area cluttered with vacuum cables, it's difficult to ensure nothing falls in. Another complaint is that the fluttering of trapped dried leaves in the wind sounds like I have baseball cards clothes-pinned in my spoked wheels. Unfortunately, I park beneath an enormous maple tree in my yard and the damned thing sheds every Autumn right on my car. Couple that with the dozen or so bird feeders in the back yard and you can imagine what it takes to keep my shiny sortof-new car clean! Any ideas about the air ducts? xeye
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Replying to: xeye (Nov 23, 2008 2:07 pm) |
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| Last year I bought a set of snow tires and wheels for my 2003 M5, and then decided I was not going to drive it in winter. Does anyone know what other models of BMW the wheels will fit? I want to sell them... Thanks! | |
According to what I've read in ROUNDEL, BMWCCA's monthly magazine, wheels from an E39 BMW 5 series will only fit an E39. Something about the offsets being different.
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Replying to: nyccarguy (Nov 24, 2008 8:27 pm) |
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| The ducts you are referring to are for the brakes If you have a 335i coupe with factory oil cooler in the passenger front wheel well, then that duct is for that cooler. | |
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The Rubber Strip on the windsheild is cracking and breaking apart. The cars got 39k Miles and still under warranty. I have an appointment with the dealer in Miami, whom I really dislike. Everything is a fight with them, are they going to try and claim this is not covered under the warranty? I love the car but I think BMW has chosen some really cheap materials for parts of the car. The rubber they use for the hand grips and side of the console next to the emergency brake are peeling, and the enitre rear face of the center console looks like someone tried to clean it with an emery board. I wash this car by hand, with McQuires soap and clean the surface inside with their wipes. Never use armor all. Wish me luck. The dealers in Miami are horrible. When ever I am going on a businees trip to Sarasota I go to the BMW Dealer on Clarke Road for service. At least they seem to care and do good work. |
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A strange thing happened to my 2000 328 Ci yesterday. It was in the airport garage for a couple of days, in cold weather (10 F when I picked it up). It fired right up and I backed out of the stall. Then as I was shifting into 1st it suddenly died. It cranked fine but wouldn't restart, and showed no signs of even a sputter. I called my local dealer's service techs to see if they had any ideas, since I have owned the car for only 2 months and thought they might have some ideas e.g. need to press the accelerator in cold weather. They said no, don't press the accelerator, and it was too warm for gas line freeze. I had been driving the car for several days on the last fill-up, so I doubt it's bad gas. They said it might be the fuel pump  or something else that could not be remedied by my sitting in the garage, so I had to have it towed into the dealer. I have not experienced this kind of sudden death in 35 years of car ownership. Any ideas from the BMW experts out there?
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Replying to: backy (Dec 06, 2008 10:41 am) But even if you find a blown fuse and replace it, the car still needs to go in to find out why the fuse blew in the first place.
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