PNW Chit Chat thread

[e30austin]

So I bought a 318is today. The m42 is slow as shit, just saying. The turn in is nice I guess.

Hope you plan to M20 swap it immediately, so you can piss the purists off.

[car_gal_jenni]

Fuck me..

Car drove great up to Leavenworth yesterday. Car drove great back from Leavenworth. Drive great down to Old School Reunion today, until we get within two, TWO!!!, Miles of the show venue, and the brand new timing belt snaps....

Hopefully the head isn't toast...

[ahrensNW]

Hope you plan to M20 swap it immediately, so you can piss the purists off.

Why would I do that. The m42 makes 300 hp easily. It is after all, the "baby m3" :roll:

[e30austin]

Why would I do that. The m42 makes 300 hp easily. It is after all, the "baby m3" :roll:

Sorry, Andrew. You're right. After all, it's the best motor ever made.

[ahrensNW]

Sorry, Andrew. You're right. After all, it's the best motor ever made.

Hahahahahaha

I'm already looking at swaps and I haven't even owned it 3 hours.

[Wschnitz]

I hate m42s

[e30austin]

Hahahahahaha

I'm already looking at swaps and I haven't even owned it 3 hours.

*moves ahrensNW up one notch on "r3v members I can tolerate" list*

[DER E30]

The older I get, the farther I wanna get away from racecar when It's a street car.

All this old man talk my man haha

[e30austin]

Fuck me..

Car drove great up to Leavenworth yesterday. Car drove great back from Leavenworth. Drive great down to Old School Reunion today, until we get within two, TWO!!!, Miles of the show venue, and the brand new timing belt snaps....

Hopefully the head isn't toast...

If so...

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/pts/5622588176.html

[car_gal_jenni]

Thank you sir!! This might just be a viable option

[5Toes]

haters. Im getting stickers made for my car soon. gonna say something like "///MOMENTUM.THREE"

my m42 has developed an annoying issue. idles like shit hot and cold, like 500rpm or so where I have to finesse it to keep her going. In addition to that there is a related problem where while accelerating (at any rpm range, it doesnt matter it seems like) the engine has ignition cut or something for a split second and the car bucks. sometimes it will do it a few times in a row, other times just once. Both problems developed at same time. For now I cleaned the ICV and found that the vane is frozen in place. unplugged the ICV and now my hot idle is around 1500 - car is atleast dailyable.

fuel pressure tested good. AFM is not even 4 months old and is refurbed straight from BAVREST. TPS tested good, may be a bit out of spec but not bad (ranged from 1.4kohm to 4.3kohm).

car is throwing a cam sensor code, but I swapped out cam sensors between two known good ones and no difference.

[Wschnitz]

my m42 has developed an annoying issue.

An m42 with issues? never!

[e30austin]

Im getting stickers made for my car soon. gonna say something like "///MOMENTUM.THREE"

What the fuck does that even mean?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[5Toes]

it means racecar! haha just kidding :)

so I found:

- TPS tested good
- coolant temp sensor reading 230ohms once warmed up, not bad right? spec is rihgt around there +/- 10%
- coil packs all ohmed out good. removed the HT leads one by one and the idle changed equally on each cylinder
- engine wont idle with AFM unplugged... so AFM is good I assume, its brand new after all
- unplugged o2 sensor and drove around, problem was way worse. same symptoms just 4X as often, accelerating up hills was painful LOL
- ICV meausres out at 8ohms resistance and idle raises significantly when unplugged... the ICV feels frozen when I cleaned it by hand the other day so not sure what is really going on. Goign to get a new ICV and go from there.

any ideas

[delamaize]

it means racecar! haha just kidding :)

so I found:

- TPS tested good
- coolant temp sensor reading 230ohms once warmed up, not bad right? spec is rihgt around there +/- 10%
- coil packs all ohmed out good. removed the HT leads one by one and the idle changed equally on each cylinder
- engine wont idle with AFM unplugged... so AFM is good I assume, its brand new after all
- unplugged o2 sensor and drove around, problem was way worse. same symptoms just 4X as often, accelerating up hills was painful LOL
- ICV meausres out at 8ohms resistance and idle raises significantly when unplugged... the ICV feels frozen when I cleaned it by hand the other day so not sure what is really going on. Goign to get a new ICV and go from there.

any ideas

It's an M42. Thats the problem, it's only a small step up from the M40 shitbox.