 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  | |  05-17-2007, 12:35 AM | #31 | | Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 23 |
Quote: Originally Posted by cooljess76  Oh well, lesson learned. Keep a close eye on that needle and if you see it moving, pull over and shut her down asap! Now it's probably time to find another BF, one that knows how to work on cars  So now that you're up and running again, is it safe to say that we'll see you at the Socal Ti meet in June?(nod your head, because you are going)  | yep, I'll be there!  |  |  | | 05-17-2007, 02:20 AM | #32 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stamford, CT <-> Boston, MA Posts: 1,393 |
Now I'm curious how you go about replacing/inspecting those two plastic pieces, especially since I'm at 65K miles, I'm next on the list :/ Anyone know or has seen a guide? | | | | | 05-17-2007, 05:11 AM | #33 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: çî†ÿ øf åNgëL§, CA Posts: 5,314 |
Yea, i hope to you see in the meet!
You guys are going to get smoked!! LoL jk, ill take it easy on you guys.
Im expecting to get my car back on saturday and start assembling all my mods from this to the next few weekends.
Hey rgirl, didnt you say i can get free haircuts from you?  | | | | | 05-17-2007, 07:55 AM | #34 | | Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 95 |
Quote: Originally Posted by ATF Now I'm curious how you go about replacing/inspecting those two plastic pieces, especially since I'm at 65K miles, I'm next on the list :/ Anyone know or has seen a guide? | All the new BMW come with plastic pieces as well. But I think the rule of thumb is 10years or 100,000 miles before the plastic breaks down from the constant heat. These car company's don't want your car to last for ever I guess. __________________ Stephen
1995 318TI
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 | | | | | 05-17-2007, 11:28 AM | #35 | | Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 23 |
Quote: Originally Posted by HuGo Yea, i hope to you see in the meet!
You guys are going to get smoked!! LoL jk, ill take it easy on you guys.
Im expecting to get my car back on saturday and start assembling all my mods from this to the next few weekends.
Hey rgirl, didnt you say i can get free haircuts from you? | if you wanna trade in labor, I would love to cut your hair! | | | | | 05-17-2007, 04:26 PM | #36 | | Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: racine wisconsin Posts: 27 |
so ya driving back from my local bmw shop(international autos) and my car car starts to smoke.... i probably wasnt driving it for more than 25-30 mintues(total there and back). pull over, open the hood, coolant everywhere. it looked like a small river behind my car from all the coolant leaking out as i pulled over. as im sitting on the side of the road wating for a tow truck the window regulator that i just fixed (by fixed i mean bent back into shape) decides it didnt want to work and then bent again with my window all the way down... so window all the way down ,overheated engine, cant drive anywhere, cant fix anything....== one pissed off tony... the next morning the first on the list of recent threads is this one, and i have a feeling this is what is wrong with my car.... | | | | | 05-17-2007, 04:29 PM | #37 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stamford, CT <-> Boston, MA Posts: 1,393 |
Quote: Originally Posted by biker32 so ya driving back from my local bmw shop(international autos) and my car car starts to smoke.... i probably wasnt driving it for more than 25-30 mintues(total there and back). pull over, open the hood, coolant everywhere. it looked like a small river behind my car from all the coolant leaking out as i pulled over. as im sitting on the side of the road wating for a tow truck the window regulator that i just fixed (by fixed i mean bent back into shape) decides it didnt want to work and then bent again with my window all the way down... so window all the way down and broken cant drive anywhere cant fix anything....== one pissed off tony... the next morning the first on the list of recent threads is this one, and i have a feeling this is what is wrong with my car.... | How many miles on your car? | | | | | 05-17-2007, 05:01 PM | #38 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Marion, IA Posts: 388 |
Quote: Originally Posted by cooljess76 Oh well, lesson learned. Keep a close eye on that needle and if you see it moving, pull over and shut her down asap! Now it's probably time to find another BF, one that knows how to work on cars So now that you're up and running again, is it safe to say that we'll see you at the Socal Ti meet in June?(nod your head, because you are going) | Just so you know, it isn't always best to shut the car off right away if it starts getting hot. The best thing to do is to pull over safely, let the car idle, and turn the heat to full and the blower on full blast. Make sure all other engine loads, like AC, headlights, radio, etc are turned off. The heater core will act like a second radiator and should reduce engine temperatures significantly. Once the engine has cooled to a normal range, shut it off (if you know it was temporary problem you could continue driving at this point). If this procedure doesn't work to reduce the temperature, shut the engine off. | | | | | 05-17-2007, 06:04 PM | #39 | | Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 23 | 
Quote: Originally Posted by biker32 so ya driving back from my local bmw shop(international autos) and my car car starts to smoke.... i probably wasnt driving it for more than 25-30 mintues(total there and back). pull over, open the hood, coolant everywhere. it looked like a small river behind my car from all the coolant leaking out as i pulled over. as im sitting on the side of the road wating for a tow truck the window regulator that i just fixed (by fixed i mean bent back into shape) decides it didnt want to work and then bent again with my window all the way down... so window all the way down ,overheated engine, cant drive anywhere, cant fix anything....== one pissed off tony... the next morning the first on the list of recent threads is this one, and i have a feeling this is what is wrong with my car.... | bummer, I definitely feel your pain.... hopefully your engine is okay, because that's the expensive part! my gripe from the beginning is that there should really be some sort of warning light or beeping sound that goes off when the temp starts going into the red, as it's very difficult to keep your eye on the temp at all times- especially in traffic, etc... I was probably driving for less than 5 minutes, and my engine was screwed. anyways, good luck! | | | | | 05-25-2007, 05:25 PM | #40 | | Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: racine wisconsin Posts: 27 |
i have 178k on the car.... i got it fixed and it only ended up costing me 900 it was $234 for parts and $630 for labor (and i had them fix my window regulator ) dam i wish i had a bigger garage and more tools i could have saved myself 600 | | | | | |
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