Quotecookieesp when u try and restart seems as if it has flooded... car starts to splutter then seems to clear itself run ok for a while then u stop it and its seems as if the car has flooded... an intermitant prob hot or cold start it seems as if its flooded... Before we go too far down this road, maybe you should describe more precisely the symptoms which make you think it's floodeby Ferdinand - Technical Forum
QuoteArcheo-peteriX For the intended use the truck would serve, a utility trailer behind the iX might do just as well...hmmm; We tow Christoph's gokart in a utility trailer behind the E30. Given a choice, I'd prefer Rick's flat open trailer though. Our box trailer isn't all that heavy, but it generates tremendous aerodynamic drag. It's not as noticeable when towing iby Ferdinand - Community Forum
QuoteCab TreadwayThe major downside is that with two car seats in the rear, the only place for Molly is in the way-back, which means we can't take her and any cargo. I should get a Thule box to put on the roof rack. Molly's gonna love riding on roof!by Ferdinand - Community Forum
Quoterkj what are you going to use to have fun with? When we had kids and could no longer fit all the required kid travel paraphenalia into the back of our fun little AE86 Corolla GTS, I was forced to trade it in and start serving a long sentence of driving a minivan. We bought a Toyota Previa. With a mid-engine layout, rwd, even a very rare manual transmission, I could pretend it was a sportsby Ferdinand - Community Forum
QuoteArcheo-peteriX Doesn't that reduce traction somewhat? It certainly does. The next couple of shots would have been more interesting because we had a bit of a problem getting slowed for the hairpin that follows, a bit too much rear bias on the brakes, did a half-spin, and backed it against a curb, luckily without bending the spiffy new rims.by Ferdinand - Community Forum
Not enough time. See stories in MCO forum: We were flying today!by Ferdinand - Community Forum
Martin and I are in Newfoundland, spending the week before the event scouting the stages. Registration is this Saturday. Sunday the event starts with the Prologue day, then Monday to Friday we hit the stages in earnest. Stories and photos of our adventures are being posted in the MCO forum, here.by Ferdinand - Community Forum
QuoteEarendilI just checked fuse 21 and it's blown. Replacing the fuse is a simple fix. But the bigger question remains -- why did the fuse blow? I had the same issue with my old 86 325e. I'd replace the fuse, then mysteriously it would be blown again a few days later. The 7.5 amp fuse-21 powers all of the following items: - Auto-Charging Flashlight; - Ignition Key Warning/Sby Ferdinand - Technical Forum
Dave, you can download a free pdf file containing full wiring diagrams for your car from either of these two sources: http://shark.armchair.mb.ca/~dave/BMW/e30/ http://wedophones.com/BMWManualsLead.htm Find the page that describes the Brake Warning System (section 3435). There you can see that it's one continuous circuit looping through the sensor in the right-rear and left-front. Ifby Ferdinand - Technical Forum
The OBC "code" function activates a relay in the OBC relay box to... a) in the 325e, interrupt power to the Main relay and hence the Motronic control unit. b) in the 325i, interrupt power directly to the Motronic control unit. Look for the OBC relay box up under the left side of the dash. It is item #7 in this RealOEM drawing, and it looks like this: There are two flat connby Ferdinand - Technical Forum
QuoteEarendilSide question: The hose from the side of the brake fluid reservoir, where does it go to?! It appears to sink down into the firewall, but I can't figure out from the bentley what its purpose is. Is that the hose going to the clutch master cylinder?by Ferdinand - Technical Forum
Black Bear - A8 Qwirk North - Part 1 of 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7FoDL54WjA I had planned to walk around a bit to clear my head but, in the few minutes available to us before we need to check-in to the final stage, Martin jumped into action, jacked the car up, and whipped the wheel off to inspect the broken suspension. Problem is, we're stopped on an uphill slope and the carby Ferdinand - Community Forum
Black Bear - A7 Peanut-2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtaPSh8HxzY We had a few minutes to kill after the transit to the start of Peanut-2, so Martin got busy trying to solve the water problems. Water is getting into something critical in the electrics somewhere. The ignitor module is one suspect. Martin asked if I had any plastic bags in my navigator kit. Well, I always carry a largeby Ferdinand - Community Forum
The fuel filter was completely kacked up, starving the engine of fuel. Cleaned that out, swapped in a "new" fuel pump. Now we're loaded for bear. It's amazing what a difference that made. The car RUNS again! Now we head into the longest stage, the 18.5 km Qwirk South, one more tour around the Peanut, then the return run on Qwirk North to the finish of the rally. We areby Ferdinand - Community Forum
Black Bear - A5 Birch Lake North: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSwz90vCU-o The engine was really suffering on this stage, sputtering and popping badly from fuel starvation. We were worried we might not make it to the end. We were only 13th quickest on this stage. That hurt. But somehow we're still 8th overall, as we have been so far for the entire rally. We did manage to limpby Ferdinand - Community Forum
Black Bear - A4 Peanut-1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVLUy_Sy3bc The Peanut features a couple of very rough and deep water crossings, so the windshield fogging issue urgently needed to be rectified before heading into this stage. Martin pulled out the wiring from the FUBARed temporary blower fan switch and made an even more temporary and improvised connection by tying the wires directly tby Ferdinand - Community Forum
Black Bear - A3 Birch Lake South: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewDGjSzPRD4 After A1 & A2 we got a generous 40-minute Service break, during which time the creaky strut bearings were greased and taped over to prevent more sand getting into them. Now we head into a longer loop of really rough stage roads, Birch Lake South, The Peanut, and back up again on Birch Lake North. These stagesby Ferdinand - Community Forum
Black Bear - A2 Moccasin-2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCkeFzxJ1q8 Same stage, second pass. You can see Warren and Ray launch into the stage one minute ahead of us. It's really obvious that AWD provides a huge acceleration advantage over our RWD in these slippery conditions. Warren and Ray, in a PGT class Subaru, were flying on the first stage, 3rd fastest overall behind the Openby Ferdinand - Community Forum
Black Bear - A1 Moccasin-1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16vKrJT3Zk8 We run this new stage two times back to back. On our two-pass recce we ran into some problems with the notes right off the start, but couldn't quite figure out where we'd gone wrong. I was not feeling at all confident now, but it seemed to go okay when we did it at speed on this first run. At 4:30 into the viby Ferdinand - Community Forum
Last weekend Martin and I competed in the Black Bear Rally, event #4 in the 2010 Ontario Performance Rally Championship season. This is a great rally, using several of the famous tougher Tall Pines stages, and included one awesome brand new stage this year. It was dry and dusty during recce on Friday, but it rained overnight so it was wet and muddy for the rally on Saturday. The new Moccaby Ferdinand - Community Forum
Real happy for you guys. You watch out though. In no time at all he'll be wanting the keys to your car.by Ferdinand - Community Forum
Quoterkj... it looks like things are not getting any better... The same greedy jerks that have the worst track record safety wise of all. The worst part is that this is not anything new. See: http://www.wimp.com/oilspills/by Ferdinand - Community Forum
Onboard video from Christoph's Rotax kart. We're still trying to get the recorder to survive the wicked vibrations for an entire session without the batteries or video connections buzzing loose. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLTaU6BYmb8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs-sko5BlkMby Ferdinand - Community Forum
QuoterkjDo we get a cool window sticker if we bite on this? No, but you get really cool GREEN valve-stem caps.by Ferdinand - Technical Forum
QuoteDave_GI'm trying to imagine changing a control arm in 30 minutes in a clean, dry, well-lit, and fully-stocked garage, and thinking, nope, I couldn't do it. In a temporary service area? Amazing! I guess you carry spare control arms for times like that? I wish I had taken photos of that operation. The Nissan has a complicated multi-link rear suspension. The lower control had to beby Ferdinand - Community Forum
Enriched fuels are also a crock. They can be enriched with various detergents to clean your engine, or other additives. But essentially no fuel additive is going to magically make your engine produce more power, unless it is an "oxygenator". All of our engines are limited, not by the quality or quantity of fuel that can be pumped into the engine, but by how much air can be inhaledby Ferdinand - Technical Forum
Nitrogen in tires is an expensive fad that is silly for normal road use. If your tires come filled with nitrogen it certainly won't hurt anything. But, given the option, I wouldn't pay extra to have them filled that way. There are two primary "benefits". One is that nitrogen molecules are larger than oxygen molecules. Nitrogen makes up something like 78% of air, with oxby Ferdinand - Technical Forum
LHFR Stage A5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1NapyyEtY8 This was our best run of the day. Despite the churned up condition of the road, and all the many abandoned cars with warning triangles everywhere, we were one second quicker this time than on our first southbound run. Another great drive by Martin! Be sure to listen to the in-car chatter after the end of this stage, as Martin letby Ferdinand - Community Forum
LHFR Stage A4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZbDgpEksnw Martin and Freak rebuilt the suspension, replacing the broken control arm, all within the 30 minutes allowed for Service. We checked out of Service right on time with no penalties. On this stage, Martin was determined to claw back some of the time we had lost to Peter & Jimmy, so he's giving it everything. But the road isby Ferdinand - Community Forum