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OrangeFurious posted:What's wrong with them? I've heard the shitheap argument, but it's usually light on details. Traditional BMW failure points, window regulators, etc, plus (from what I hear) extremely expensive parts, and lots of points of failure. 7-series cars have the most electronic gizmos of any car they make, and their electronics are BMW's weakest point.
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Well I found a new issue or i found the cause of an old one. I haven't had power steering for about a month, got a new PS Pump last week, hadn't gotten around to installing it though, and today while checking my fluid levels, I noticed the idler pulley was missing, and the channel for the bearings had worn a groove in my belt. Any thoughts as to how much tension a PS Pump needs? I can still see it turning, but I don't know if it's under constant slip or something. The other pulleys are turning fine, water temp hasn't risen, and the alternator seems fine. tl;dr Can a belt with enough tension to turn everything else turn a power steering pump.
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Jan 17, 2009 02:58
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Welp. Replaced it and still no power steering. I wish I had a camera on me, it blued the inner portion of the pulley, the belt had nubs and is missing half of them, it's worn down to the fibers in some places, it's cracked and has a really nice ridge on it from the bearing race.
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Jan 17, 2009 21:59
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CornHolio posted:Speaking of red E30s, there is a gorgeous looking E30 for sale near me: Weren't you told to find something that was both cheap AND reliable? An 18 year old E30 is not going to do that.
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Jan 23, 2009 16:05
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Well, I was doing my pump swap on Thursday and I found I have the wrong pump. There's no economical or reliable way to get an LF-20 pump for the 2001, but I keep reading it's possible to fit the LF-30 pump if I switch the high pressure output hose. I just want to make sure, if anyone out there has done a rack swap, are the fittings for the output hose on the rack going to be the same? It sounds like it is, and I hear lots of people talk about swapping E46 racks for E36 racks, I just want to make sure that I'll get this right.
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Jan 25, 2009 05:50
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OrangeFurious posted:I've been looking at a lot of '01 (ish) 5 and 7 series cars lately. Can someone clue me in as to the difference between these two displays? So far as I can tell it's almost totally random which one a car is going to have - it doesn't seem to tie in to the year, model or any option package I can identify - what gives and what's the functional difference? According to realoem, on the 3-series, #1 was used until MY2002, and #2 is MY2002+. Edit: No idea if they have the same nav software. Edit 2: Here's some info, no idea what use it is to you, but... http://www.bimmerfest.com/wiki/index.php/Navigation maxallen fucked around with this message at 06:03 on Jan 26, 2009 |
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Jan 26, 2009 05:58
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usurper posted:You definitely want the wide-screen NAV. maxallen is correct, but they made that widescreen switch mid-year I believe. There's still a tape deck in the widescreen, that upper eject button will have that screen slide down 3-4" and there's a hidden tape deck back there. Pretty sure that the CD option is a 6-disc trunk unit in ALL of these versions. RealOEM shows a Cassette, Mini-Disc (Japan I assume), or CD drive behind it. Widescreen: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=BN53&mospid=47713&btnr=65_1181&hg=65&fg=45 Other: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=BN53&mospid=47713&btnr=65_0491&hg=65&fg=45 Based on the dates in the wiki, I think the cassette is a MkIII, not a MKIV. Still, go for the widescreen if the car is good. Also, it looks like the GPS unit itself is the same regardless of display, so you may be able to retrofit a newer unit if needed.
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Lufiron posted:Get the part # off of the old LP-20, since there are two different LP-30 pumps available. Here is a bulletin that relates to what you're trying to do: Thanks for this info. I got the swap done on Thursday, and it's working perfectly. There was a bunch of air in the system Thursday night and it was liking to growl, got up the next morning and the whole reservoir was empty. No leaks though, just had that much air.
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