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228 messages, Last post on Nov 05, 2009 at 9:24 PM
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Replying to: roadburner (Mar 09, 2009 5:34 pm) 
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Replying to: gmonkies (Mar 21, 2009 4:24 pm)
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Replying to: roadburner (Mar 23, 2009 4:30 pm) |
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Hello! I have a 2002 BMW M3 with SMG that I just bought from a friend. It has over 100k on it. I love this car. But here is the problem. In a manual transmission when you don't depress the clutch far enough and you press down on the gas pedal the car will race some before it goes into gear. This is what the SMG appears to be doing. I am hoping that maybe it just needs and adjustment or some lubrication or something small. Is this a common problem? Is it a big problem? Can you help?
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Replying to: gregory11 (Apr 01, 2009 7:41 am) |
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Replying to: gmonkies (Mar 09, 2009 11:06 am) I have the same problem on my m3 2003. Would you please tell me what is the part that you have changed ( dealer's part#? or the rubber O-ring). I have seen the slotted screw or plug on the side of the engine block (passenger side) where the oil leaking from. I called the BMW dealer in my area and they cannot see any part in this location!!!. Thanks for your time.
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Replying to: sal4ever (May 08, 2009 11:15 am) In any case, my friend just gave me another rubber O-ring from his O-ring box, no BMW parts required unless you want to pay the dealer extra $ for the same O-ring that you can get from the parts store. Feel free to let me know if you need anymore help. |
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I was driving on Cruise Control and suddenly the motor choked for a sec. 15 minutes later, check engine light came on and when I got off the highway, the motor was running rough like a miss fire. Shut the car off and the check engine went away but still runs rougher than normal and lost of power. It has 84K on it right now, not sure if the spark plug was changed before I bought it. Hopefully it just needs a new plug. In any case, the bentley manual does not show the m3 set up for changing spark plug. It does not have a bolt that holds down the individual ignition coil like the other 3 series. After I separate the ignition wire harness wire from the ignition coil, does the coil just pull up/out? The coil is pretty tight in there, not sure if there's anything else I need to do or just man handle it. Hopefully once I fix replace the plugs, it will stop miss firing and running rough  If it was my honda, I'll just yank it out but always more fearful when it comes to working on the bimmer. Please Advice!!! |
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Issue: Every morning steering right to back out or steering sharp right moving forward, there is a grinding metal noise coming from the rear. An example of the noise would be as if one was to move a very heavy couch with four wooden legs a very short distance over concrete floors. Weird example but that is the first thing that pops in my mind. Or another example would be as if the wheel was about to fall off the axle and the titled wheel is grinding against the axle. It only happens with SHARP right turns. But once the car is warmed up, the noise does not happen again. Any ideas why the noise? solutions? I thought it was a lack of oil for the slip differential, but the dealer changed it out and still makes the noise, only in the morning. Thanks for any feedback -john
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Replying to: jjohnjohn (Oct 31, 2009 7:24 pm) I wouldn't expect the noise to be that severe sounding though.... |
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