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General Topics / trouble with fitment of aftermarket oil filters?

« on: February 18, 2008, 04:54:10 PM »

What up Mike!

That is odd.

I would get OEM stuff then...

Have you checked for something maybe inside the oil filter housing thats causing this...

only thing that is in there is oil.  oil is good for 5k, and figured i should change my filter around 2.5k.  dont think the little bit of oil at the bottom would do anything to alter fit.

I had this trouble too. Tried a couple brands, none of them fit. Take a look at realoem.com though. You'll find there's a split in filter part numbers that the generic auto parts places don't seem to know about. From what I understand, some m42's had a plastic cap, some metal. For whatever reason, the aftermarket filters are designed for the plastic cap. Mine was metal. Had to order a Mahle from Bimmerworld, I'm sure the dealer will have them too.

Shameless plug... there's a blury pic of the right one in my current auction:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320219344232

k, good. glad i'm not the only one.  thanks for the input.

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General Topics / trouble with fitment of aftermarket oil filters?

« on: February 17, 2008, 07:44:30 PM »

I've been using the purelator filters for almost every oil change and I didn't have any fitment issues...

Are you sure that you are buying the correct filter for our cars?

Whats up dennis.  Yes, I'm 100% sure i picked up the correct box/number, the guy at the counter double checked it when i took it back, too.  I felt kinda bad about taking back the filter after i ran it in the car for about a minute, but what else am I supposed to do with one that didnt fit?  (it cost almost 9 dollars too, bosch filters for my m20 didnt even cost that much iirc)


anyway, yes i'm sure i picked the right one.  slight chance it may have been mispackaged, but seemed pretty close to oem.  The stp seemed to be the same size as the purelator, frustrated... i just torqued it as much as i could and drove it home.  we'll see if it seeps/leaks tomorrow during/after work.

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General Topics / trouble with fitment of aftermarket oil filters?

« on: February 17, 2008, 06:29:54 PM »

anyone else have this problem?  I just tried a purelator (spelling?) and now an stp.  autozone only had the stp for the m42, and advanced auto parts only had the purelator.

They both seem to be JUST a bit larger than the oem one i was replacing.  And after torqueing down the bolt, it doesn't quite seal up as well as when the oem filter is in.  

Wondering if anyone else has run into this problem... please chime in if you have.

thanks
-mike

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Electrical / think my temper isnt the only thing thats a short!! fuel pump woes inside. help!

« on: July 25, 2007, 03:41:10 PM »

Yes, but it sounds like the pump may have gone west.

yup think so.  i need to find one that is able to come back east   think used fuel pump is a bad idea?

and how do i know if its the main pump and not the transfer pump (or whatever other second part it is our cars have?)

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Electrical / think my temper isnt the only thing thats a short!! fuel pump woes inside. help!

« on: July 24, 2007, 10:19:45 PM »

just an update.  lead going to the 2 prong connector at the fuel pump gets about 10.5 volts when the car is cranking.  should this be enough to get the pump going?

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Electrical / think my temper isnt the only thing thats a short!! fuel pump woes inside. help!

« on: July 24, 2007, 07:18:07 PM »

Wiggle the plug that goes on the fuel pump.

ha, yea i saw your one reply on an old fuel pump thread.  will try that again tho.

anyone have a pic or schematic of the relays.  would really help to know FOR SURE which relay is the main and which of them is the fuel pump.

thanks

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Electrical / think my temper isnt the only thing thats a short!! fuel pump woes inside. help!

« on: July 24, 2007, 04:58:59 PM »

edit: added some cliffs

done some research but still have questions.  to start off my car is a 91 m50 swapped 318is.  no i didnt do the swap myself. yes, i bought it post swap. (in school and wouldnt ever have the time/money to swap it myself until i'm done with school)

anyway, i've had the car two months or so.  got home from work last week, parked it outside for bout an hour.  got in to go to the gym and she started, as i was rolling my windows down i got a rough idle.  i shut the music off to listen and boom, stalled.   started again, idled less times, still rough, then stalled.  started again, less cranks, stalled.  and again, less cranks, then stall.

great.

first instinct said fuel.  the infamous jordan said jump pins 30 and 86 on relay k3, so i did, and voila, heard the pump and car started.  car wouldnt shut off tho, so i stalled it in gear. started fine, stalled it in gear to shut it off and remove the wire to see if it'd work without the wire.  it did, but within minutes it stalled and was back to its old ways.

fast foward to yesterday.  finally found my haynes manual (yea big help! :rolleyes: haha) and jumped pins 30 and 87 like it says in there, still no luck.  my old man was touching stuff here and there, nothing in particular, and it finally started working again. 10 min later i drove it down to parts store to take it for a spin and pick up a hose clamp (found some air/vacuum leaks too )   got in the car to go home and no start again.

fuses are all good.  fuel filter was replaced first day i had this problem last week.


sorry for the long post.

cliffs: car cranks but doesnt start. jumping relay worked once, doesnt work anymore.  dont hear any fuel pump buzzing or whirring noise.  what should i check with a voltmeter (now that i have one to use) and whats the difference between the MAIN relay and the FUEL PUMP relay and where are they located?


thanks so much.  this is my daily!!! arggg

-mike