» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | | | | | | 04-23-2006, 12:10 AM | #1 | Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 47 | !?PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR?! Hi everybody....okay here goes, my car been acting really stranges lately. i'll tell you this, one day my car had a high pitch sound from the diff. i don't know what wrong i just drain and put new fluid on the diff. still making high pitch sound when you drive on 4 to 5 gears. 2nd my car keep shutting off, like every 10 mins or 15 mins. i put new cooling,oil changes, and spark plugs. on the spark plug i noticed one of the spark got oil on them but the rest is fine. ( don't know what the problem now) i miss my purrrrr engine man! can someone help me, and tell what wrong....also everytime i start it, it's make that sound like it's take forever to start the car, like this "tttttttttttttttt BoOOOoooOm, then it's died sometime" sometime when it's running, the car like automatic revving itself. like this "BooOOoOOoOOommmmmmm OOoooOOommmm OoooOOOoOOOOOOoom" | | | 04-23-2006, 12:36 AM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Quad Cities, Iowa Posts: 2,110 | Please dont tell me that you actually have a fart can on your car like in your avitar and your just a fan of retarded pics. Until I know that you are fart can free I cant help you. __________________ "Drive Fast and Take Chances" | | | 04-23-2006, 01:18 AM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Quad Cities, Iowa Posts: 2,110 | If you have a fart can then come forward and take your verbal beating like a man. __________________ "Drive Fast and Take Chances" | | | 04-23-2006, 08:23 PM | #4 | Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 47 | well i ain't trying to start a drama with you, also i ain't a fart can, also don't have fart can in my car, i just saw this avatar online and decided to use it as a avatar, if you don't like it, then don't pay no attention to it, all i'm asking is what is wrong with my car. by the way i'm Fart-Free. | | | 04-23-2006, 08:29 PM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tyler, TX Posts: 1,022 | Now is it going BooOOoOOoOOommmmmmm OOoooOOommmm OoooOOOoOOOOOOoom or bOOooOoOOoOOoMMMMMMMooooMMMOMOMOMOMOMOMABCDEFG? But seriously, do a compression check and test your alternator. | | | 04-23-2006, 08:33 PM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 | Quote: Originally Posted by SDKmann If you have a fart can then come forward and take your verbal beating like a man. | The guy is asking a simple question. And who cares what he has done, if anything, to his car. It's just an avatar for goodness sake. Quote: Originally Posted by Cutie_Pinoy by the way i'm Fart-Free. | TMI, thank you. __________________ ...steven BMW CCA #146825 1996 BMW 328ti • 2003 MINI Cooper S • 2016 M235i www.bmwcca.org | | | 04-23-2006, 08:36 PM | #7 | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 | sounds to me like a vacuum leak. as for the oil around one of the spark plugs, check to see that the plug is torqued in there to spec. if it is, it's likely the gasket around the plug (no big deal). i have this same issue and am planning to replace my valve cover and spark plug gaskets. __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles current mods: bilstein sports, bavauto springs, e30 m3 LCABs, solid metal ball joints, bavauto RSMs w/reinforcements, e30 3.73 LSD & halfshafts, supersprint cat-back exhaust, turner rear sway bar reinforcements, IE poly subframe & RTABs + camber/toe kits, powdercoated e36 32x front calipers, sport mirrors, H&R 28mmF/19mmR sway bars, x-brace, auto solutions SSK w/poly bushing upgrade, BMW CD43 head unit, DICE HD Radio w/iPod integration and "stealth" HD antenna, staggered style 68s, orange electronic TPMS, leather arm rest, JT Designs metal undertray acquired and awaiting install: heated seat kit, cali top switch relo, lumbar support kit, park distance control kit, heated washer nozzle kit, m-coupe rear subframe, trailing arms, differential, and halfshafts, m-coupe front/rear brakes with master cylinder, under hood light kit, mud flaps, rear sun blind, auto-dimming rear view mirror, tilt steering wheel retrofit, apexcone 5000K HIDs with 55W ballasts 2002 X5 4.4 Sport Package, 53.5k miles Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel | | | 04-23-2006, 11:01 PM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,288 | Quote: Originally Posted by cali-ti sounds to me like a vacuum leak. as for the oil around one of the spark plugs, check to see that the plug is torqued in there to spec. if it is, it's likely the gasket around the plug (no big deal). i have this same issue and am planning to replace my valve cover and spark plug gaskets. | can't be much more of the car you can replace/refurb __________________ 1995 BMW 316i Cosmos Black Mods: • Magnex Cat-Back Exhaust • Smoked Corner Lights + Repeators • M3 17" Wheels • De-Baffled Air Box • AC HandBrake Handle and Gear Knob • DEPO Euro Epsiloids + Predator Chronium Rings • Chrome Interior bits •IE Poly-Urethane RSFMs • Kenwood Power Series Audio • Powder Coated e36 325 Front Callipers • Sports Seats | | | 04-24-2006, 01:17 AM | #9 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Quad Cities, Iowa Posts: 2,110 | Quote: Originally Posted by 1996 328ti The guy is asking a simple question. And who cares what he has done, if anything, to his car. It's just an avatar for goodness sake. TMI, thank you. | Now the real question is that if anyone other then me would have said that would you have had the same reaction? __________________ "Drive Fast and Take Chances" | | | 04-24-2006, 01:57 AM | #10 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: state college, pa Posts: 3,431 | Quote: Originally Posted by SDKmann Now the real question is that if anyone other then me would have said that would you have had the same reaction? | Are you seriously calling Steven out? Relax, we're all enthusiasts here. __________________ I scream, you scream, we all scream for ZOMBIES. | | | 04-24-2006, 02:03 AM | #11 | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 | Quote: Originally Posted by stormos can't be much more of the car you can replace/refurb | you'd be surprised __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles current mods: bilstein sports, bavauto springs, e30 m3 LCABs, solid metal ball joints, bavauto RSMs w/reinforcements, e30 3.73 LSD & halfshafts, supersprint cat-back exhaust, turner rear sway bar reinforcements, IE poly subframe & RTABs + camber/toe kits, powdercoated e36 32x front calipers, sport mirrors, H&R 28mmF/19mmR sway bars, x-brace, auto solutions SSK w/poly bushing upgrade, BMW CD43 head unit, DICE HD Radio w/iPod integration and "stealth" HD antenna, staggered style 68s, orange electronic TPMS, leather arm rest, JT Designs metal undertray acquired and awaiting install: heated seat kit, cali top switch relo, lumbar support kit, park distance control kit, heated washer nozzle kit, m-coupe rear subframe, trailing arms, differential, and halfshafts, m-coupe front/rear brakes with master cylinder, under hood light kit, mud flaps, rear sun blind, auto-dimming rear view mirror, tilt steering wheel retrofit, apexcone 5000K HIDs with 55W ballasts 2002 X5 4.4 Sport Package, 53.5k miles Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Thread Tools | | Display Modes | Linear Mode | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |