Well,I have some issues with my E30 85 3.18i lately...
1.The Brake pad warning light came on (flickering when braking medium/hard) a week ago.The weird thing is I had installed BMW original brake pads when I bought the car and since then I ve covered almost 6.oooKm (around 3.600m).Its mostly city driving with a spirited drive 2-3 times per week,so its quite early,isnt it ?!? I ve never had brake fading at that times,too.
Anyway,I checked Brake fluid levels and it was a lil above MIN,so i did add some Shell DOT3 brake fluid and now its halfway between MIN and MAX,but the warning light still flickers during hard braking.Braking effort/performance is the same as always was and there s no squealing or anything to make me worry.MAybe its a bad sensor or something? Should I replace it? Next week i ll take it to a dealer to check this out and also change brake fluid and bleed the brakes.
2.The passenger chair is driving me nuts,cos its the only thing in the car that makes noticable noise all the time (creaking and all that).I have to add that when I push the back towards the passenger door,it goes up-its like it stays there only cos of the other backrest "link".Weird,but its been this way since i bought the car,only with far less noise.Can i Fix this myself ?
3.There s a heavy vibration under full load in 3rd and 4rth gear which starts at less 1500rpm and stops (getting less and less as rpm goes up) at 2500rpm.I suspect exhaust mounts (especially the fist one just after the engine).I cant seem to find the orginal BMW part to replace it (all dealers in my area dont have this).What could I do to fix this ? Alternatives other than the original mount ? Any chance something else causes this ?!?
4.At around 150km/h there s a noticable viration of the steerning wheel and the dashboard,mostly by me and not the passenger.What could cause this? Is it dangerous/expensive to fix ? It stays there till my Vmax (Damn 4-speed manual) of 185km/h! FYI,185km/h=4rth@6800rpm!!!
5.I replaced my clutch at 120.000km with a brand new Sachs (The same as the original BMW),but after spirited driving,with the car stationary,i can hear a little chattering,which goes away as i step on the clutch pedal.Its bearily noticable and only at zero environment noise but WTF is this ? The original clutch was totally quiet! MAybe its the gearbox mounts that cause this noise ? I ve already replaced engine mounts as soon as i got the car,but never checked the gearbox ones.
6.An idiot reversed while parking into the front of my car,causing no damage other than my headlights to go out of place a bit(!).How can i adjust them myself? I know the lighting pattern and the procedure,i just dont know how to operate the screws (?) to make all these adjustments.Any help ?
7.A week ago the car started surging a bit under 1/5 steady load at around 2000rpm (2000+ was totally ok).It did that only 3-4 times during the last week.Maybe this is a clogged fuel filter? I ve last replaced it some 7000km ago,but i suspect the quality of the petrol here is questionable.
Maybe i should adjust my injection as well ?!? I *think* that there s a slight power drop,but maybe its my idea only...
Well,i know i tired you,but I d like to slove these problems ASAP and enjoy my first beemer!!!
N.
1.The Brake pad warning light came on (flickering when braking medium/hard) a week ago.The weird thing is I had installed BMW original brake pads when I bought the car and since then I ve covered almost 6.oooKm (around 3.600m).Its mostly city driving with a spirited drive 2-3 times per week,so its quite early,isnt it ?!? I ve never had brake fading at that times,too.
Anyway,I checked Brake fluid levels and it was a lil above MIN,so i did add some Shell DOT3 brake fluid and now its halfway between MIN and MAX,but the warning light still flickers during hard braking.Braking effort/performance is the same as always was and there s no squealing or anything to make me worry.MAybe its a bad sensor or something? Should I replace it? Next week i ll take it to a dealer to check this out and also change brake fluid and bleed the brakes.
2.The passenger chair is driving me nuts,cos its the only thing in the car that makes noticable noise all the time (creaking and all that).I have to add that when I push the back towards the passenger door,it goes up-its like it stays there only cos of the other backrest "link".Weird,but its been this way since i bought the car,only with far less noise.Can i Fix this myself ?
3.There s a heavy vibration under full load in 3rd and 4rth gear which starts at less 1500rpm and stops (getting less and less as rpm goes up) at 2500rpm.I suspect exhaust mounts (especially the fist one just after the engine).I cant seem to find the orginal BMW part to replace it (all dealers in my area dont have this).What could I do to fix this ? Alternatives other than the original mount ? Any chance something else causes this ?!?
4.At around 150km/h there s a noticable viration of the steerning wheel and the dashboard,mostly by me and not the passenger.What could cause this? Is it dangerous/expensive to fix ? It stays there till my Vmax (Damn 4-speed manual) of 185km/h! FYI,185km/h=4rth@6800rpm!!!
5.I replaced my clutch at 120.000km with a brand new Sachs (The same as the original BMW),but after spirited driving,with the car stationary,i can hear a little chattering,which goes away as i step on the clutch pedal.Its bearily noticable and only at zero environment noise but WTF is this ? The original clutch was totally quiet! MAybe its the gearbox mounts that cause this noise ? I ve already replaced engine mounts as soon as i got the car,but never checked the gearbox ones.
6.An idiot reversed while parking into the front of my car,causing no damage other than my headlights to go out of place a bit(!).How can i adjust them myself? I know the lighting pattern and the procedure,i just dont know how to operate the screws (?) to make all these adjustments.Any help ?
7.A week ago the car started surging a bit under 1/5 steady load at around 2000rpm (2000+ was totally ok).It did that only 3-4 times during the last week.Maybe this is a clogged fuel filter? I ve last replaced it some 7000km ago,but i suspect the quality of the petrol here is questionable.
Maybe i should adjust my injection as well ?!? I *think* that there s a slight power drop,but maybe its my idea only...
Well,i know i tired you,but I d like to slove these problems ASAP and enjoy my first beemer!!!
N.
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