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#745 of 750 Shifting hard, oil change interval, check brake linings by DACollins Oct 04, 2009 (3:59 pm)
Ok, sorry, brain dead move. The car is an 01' 740il with 155K. Yeah, I know, many of you reading this are groaning too. Any help with the possiblities of a direction on the transmission would be helpfull. How in the hell do you get the oil change interval reset? nothing I have tried has worked. Do I need to replace the sensors for the brake linings to get the light to go off? Thanks, Doug Replies to this message: 1blackbeauty (Oct 04, 2009 7:10 pm) blnewto (Oct 04, 2009 7:39 pm)
#746 of 750 Re: Shifting hard, oil change interval, check brake linings [DACollins] by 1blackbeauty Oct 04, 2009 (7:10 pm)
Replying to: DACollins (Oct 04, 2009 3:59 pm) You need to go on roadfly- there is alot of information in the archives and you may ask questions of the people there and they'll help you. Don't apologize for your BMW, they are the finest driving machines on the road. Maintain them correctly and they will give you many years of enjoyment. Replies to this message: blnewto (Oct 04, 2009 7:39 pm)
#747 of 750 Re: Shifting hard, oil change interval, check brake linings [1blackbeauty] by blnewto Oct 04, 2009 (7:39 pm)
Replying to: 1blackbeauty (Oct 04, 2009 7:10 pm) Don't apologize for your BMW, they are the finest driving machines on the road. Maintain them correctly and they will give you many years of enjoyment Maintain them correctly and they still have a rather disturbing problem of leaving you stranded. Sure they are great driving machines when everything is working as it should, just seems when they hit 100k it's pretty rare that everything still works.
#748 of 750 Re: 98 Radiator Neck Leak [DACollins] by sysadb420 Nov 13, 2009 (3:13 pm)
Replying to: DACollins (Oct 01, 2009 5:32 pm) Thanks DA. In the end, the epoxy I used actually held fairly well. Occasionally I would get some bubbling and a small leak at the edge of the epoxy, but I was concerned it would fail at some point by cracking more and breaking the epoxy seal (in the middle of nowhere), so I bit the bullet and replaced the radiator.   The good news is that the radiator is only $200 for this car, plus about 1.5 hours installation at my local independent shop. So it's one of the more reasonable repairs for this car.
#749 of 750 BMW 740I Computer by justcurious740 Nov 30, 2009 (7:36 am)
So my boyfriend bought a used 740i back in March with (i believe) 150000 miles on it. Recently (ill say) October his transmission went out. We was lucky enough to have his brother-in-law give us one with less miles on it, i cant remember how many miles though.   Any way, So the car is driving perfect but its starting to do the same things before the last transmission went out. Its kinda like the car doesn't know what gear to go in. And lets say he push the gas somewhat fast, it goes but in the middle of it doing that it has like a pause then starts to go again.   He thinks it might be the Computer for the car because i believe a mechanic told him so, but We are not trying to spend a whole bunch of money on a new transmission if its just the computer. Do any of y'all might know what it could be? Replies to this message: Mr_Shiftright (Dec 01, 2009 10:55 am)
#750 of 750 Re: BMW 740I Computer [justcurious740] by Mr_Shiftright HOST Dec 01, 2009 (10:55 am)
Replying to: justcurious740 (Nov 30, 2009 7:36 am) Well first off someone has to read the trouble codes that might be stored in the transmission control module or the car's main computer. You can't be working in the dark, you won't get far on these cars.   Once we have some code #s, we might be able to point you somewhere that would prove fruitful.

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