QuoteJose Pinto This is the last month in my current job, I recently completed 8 years here. Is the 4th time that happens to me since I joined BENN forum, which makes this community really long lasting! Anyone still remembers when BENN first started? Are there any old files from that era? I am in the moment of my life when I need to delete things from my CV, to keep it within 2 pages.by rkj - Community Forum
QuoteFerdinand QuoteJose Pinto Now everybody is beating VW while they're down, and probably everybody else was rigging the emission tests, and now they will certainly try to do that. For me is just the successful company was caught cheating, and the competition is exploiting the situation. It's not the first time that VW, or others, have been caught cheating. Here's an interestby rkj - Car Talk
I was luckey enough to buy a few manual antennas when you could buy them, I think they have gone extinct by now but..... maybe still to be had in Germany. Isn't there a way to manually move these up and down (the electric ones)by rkj - Car Talk
This looks like a clean swap Bob. How did you handle all the electrics and the fuel mangement stuff, did you bring everything over from the later model car? I own an E30, E39 and an E46 so I know it had to have been a tight fit, right? And how does the car handle, does it throw the balance off?by rkj - Car Talk
QuoteBob in Everett The E-30 definitely is the chariot of the gods. With a few more ponies under the hood, it is absolutely awsome. The only problem with it is that the catalytic converter is touching the heat shield under the car and the noise reminds me of the extra power lurking under the hood... the temptation to excercise a few more of the horses is unresistible. The swap went well wiby rkj - Car Talk
Kelly, that's so cool. He sounds like a beautiful dudeby rkj - Community Forum
QuoteKelly Hi All, Yet again it has been ages! The good news is that I have only good news! Well, I think I told you that last year one rear wheel bearing was replaced by the BMW specialist mechanics. All was well until Jan 2015 when the rear end whirl or whine returned. I notice this most when driving up or down helical parking garage ramps. Finally this month I had time to return Beemieby rkj - Technical Forum
Ove brings up an interesting point about go-carts, I built and raced go carts for a good part of my life (I'm surprised I still don't have one) and I'm sure those habits haven't worn off yet Power braking go carts is just in my blood so when I started driving a lot of cars with auto transmissions at dealers I found it normal to use both feet to drive them. Motorcycles switby rkj - Car Talk
This was something Ove commented on facebook.... I have to admit, when driving an automatic I use my left foot for the brake could this workby rkj - Car Talk
QuoteBob in Everett I like having a nice looking car but it does not need to be new. I like the simplicity of the older cars and continue to enjoy my E-30. I feel the same way, after a few years of driving the E46 I'm starting to get the E30 back in to shape. I love the thirty. I don't know about the clear coating of rust thou, not my thing but I'm a restorer.... of thingsby rkj - Community Forum
I don't know about this one, looks chopped off and out of shape.... someones bad idea coming true A Bmw has to have (or should in my opinion) have that classic rear quarter window (C piller?) shape. Without it the car looks homemade, and kind of stupid... Thanks for sharing thouby rkj - Community Forum
QuoteBob in Everett The engine rebuild is complete and road tested. Running smoothly and much more quietly. New clutch, new trans seals, and all new bearings in the motor. So my oil leaks should be over for a while. Gasket sealer on all the flat gaskets. No drips, no runs, no errors. Coolby rkj - Technical Forum
QuoteBob in Everett Got the engine back into the car last night and filled the fluids. This evening put the drive shaft and exhaust on and crossed my fingers. It started up after a couple of tries. Only one small faux pas with the ignition wire connections being crossed. Sounds like I did not quite get the valve adjustments just right as a couple of them are noticably noisy. Tomorrow will reby rkj - Technical Forum
QuoteBob in Everett Made a few more checks during assembly. The rings have the maximum end gap due to cylinder wear probably. If I have to do the engine over again it will mean a bore and oversize pistons. Hope I can get a few more years out of this rebuild. The engine is going back to gether well enough. Head is on and timing belt. Now to hang it on the hoist so can put the new clutch oby rkj - Technical Forum
Pistons are not supposed to be oval, they just get that way from wear Jose. The piston slap you hear on old motors is oval pistons in worn holes not warmed up yet... needing to get rounder from heating up. Bob, if the pistons are beyond spec it's time for a rebore and new pistons but with that one shy journal on the crank it might be time for a rethink. Putting new pistons in old holes isby rkj - Technical Forum
QuoteJose Pinto You guys will like this. Where I work , the partners (who own and manage the firm) are shoping for new cars. One is about my age and choose the new Mercedes Benz C220 station, the usual. The other is older, is now about 70 and currently drives a Jaguar S-type automatic, because he has no mobility of the left arm. He came up with the idea for the new car, to be smaller anby rkj - Car Talk
QuoteBob in Everett One rod journal had a larger clearance than the others. But only 0.0039 instead of 0.0018. Doesn't sound like much but maybe it is enough. One piston has a worse wear scar than the others but all measure within tolerance allowed. The info in Bentley about the crank says it is heat treated by BMW and should not be ground unless it can be re heat treated. I suspectby rkj - Technical Forum
QuoteBob in Everett One rod journal had a larger clearance than the others. But only 0.0039 instead of 0.0018. Doesn't sound like much but maybe it is enough. One piston has a worse wear scar than the others but all measure within tolerance allowed. The info in Bentley about the crank says it is heat treated by BMW and should not be ground unless it can be re heat treated. I suspectby rkj - Technical Forum
QuoteBob in Everett Here are a few pictures of the disassembly. The wear scar on the #1 piston measures the correct diameter but the measurement at 90deg to the scar is 0.015 inches smaller. Seems veery odd. Looks like you're marking everything, thats a good idea. Often rod/main caps are not marked so it's best to do it as the tear down goes forward. It's too bad you did not doby rkj - Technical Forum
QuoteBob in Everett End float was pretty tight. I could not really get enough movement to tell that it was moving. Probably should have use a feeler gage. So far have not found enough damage to say what the cause was. I never get oil light flicker no matter how hot the engine is. I run 20-50 oil. wanted to check the oil pressure with a gage but the pressure switch does not have the type thrby rkj - Technical Forum
QuoteBob in Everett The motor was leaking oil from the head gasket so much it was difficult to tell if it was burning any oil. The gasket I had put on last did not have any sealant around the edges like the one before that which did not leak. Did not do a compression check prior to disassembly but it ran fine once it got warmed up. The knocking noise sounded like a connecting rod bearing. Oncby rkj - Technical Forum
QuoteBob in Everett Rick, I changed the head due to a cracked original about 18 months ago. There was some coolant leaking into the crankcase. The replacement head gave me 180 psi on compression test after it was all back together. I had notice a knocking noise on cold starts for some time. It was quiet for about 5 seconds and then gradually got louder for a couple of minutes before quiet agaby rkj - Technical Forum
QuoteBob in Everett It has come to the point that I can no longer ignore how much more noise I hear from my M20 motor. After 243,000 miles, I think it must be time to take it apart and put some new bearings in it. My concern is that just bearings will do the job. The noise goes away after a minute or so of running. So maybe my crank is still ok. Anyone have advice of what to look for when iby rkj - Technical Forum
QuoteArcheo-peteriX So, do any of you have potential new car plans in the new year? I got mine early, but it's a great little car 2004 330ci/6 Happy New Yearby rkj - Community Forum
QuoteArcheo-peteriX Here's wishing you all a Happy Holiday and a prosperous New Year Same to you Peter (and everyone), hope you'al have a great year Love and Peaceby rkj - Community Forum
QuoteBob in Everett I agree with you. Also just bought some larger diameter wheels so I can get some decent tires. I have had my E-30 for 10 years and am still not tired of driving it. Still have mineby rkj - Car Talk
I choose a 2004 330ci 6speed. It was ordered nicely with just the right options, gets close to 30 mpg and handles like a slot car (and has a back seat!), and it moves well... Mine is the next to the last year of the E46 and I think, the last of the nice looking Bmws. Oh, the brakes, they're killer. Happy Hunting Peter. You've been without long enough!by rkj - Car Talk
QuoteFerdinand QuoteJose PintoI gather you have two Engine management computers, both with same symptoms, they work for a while then start misfiring. Try swapping back just for the sake of science. We threw the original one away because it had an aftermarket chip in it. The new one (a used OEM computer) is working perfectly at the moment. QuoteJose PintoCheck the simple stuff for yourself fiby rkj - Technical Forum