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For Sale / M50 flywheel conversion kit, and M42 engine/tranny

« on: April 12, 2011, 02:31:39 PM »

Parts are out of a 1995 318i 5 speed.

I have the M50 flywheel resurfaced, a M50 clutch kit, the correct starter to make it work and the euro throwout bearing, all parts have 20,000 miles on them. Everything listed here for $150

I have a M42 engine with 112K complete from top to bottom with a cut harness for $700, lots of new parts on engine, runs like a champ.

5 speed tranny with 155K on it 5th gear is notchy to shift into in the winter time before the car is warmed up. $250

Red label DME $150

EDIT: NO LONGER IN FL, LOCATED IN CLEVELAND OHIO

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Engine + Driveline / I keep breaking Advance Auto halfshafts

« on: March 30, 2011, 07:32:23 PM »

I was wondering about my diff, but before of being afraid of breaking the shaft I could burnout and both tires would lay rubber. The snap is usually at the CV by the rim, but this last time it was closest to the diff. Im gonna get a Bavarian used BMW one and Advance has agreed to give me my money back.

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Engine + Driveline / I keep breaking Advance Auto halfshafts

« on: March 29, 2011, 12:05:12 AM »

Long story short, Ive broken 5 in the past year with a stock 318i, its not like its an M3 with mods or anything. It has been the driver side one every time.

The first 2 were due to me being rough with the burnouts when I was trashing my old tires. Then the 3 after that were from normal driving. One broke under a downshift which was just to aid in braking, not a nasty shift or anything, and the other times were just accelerating normally. Trust me, I dont beat on the car at all due to the fact Im afraid its gonna break.

I keep getting them for free, but Im stranded everytime it breaks. My rear wheel bearings are new, and everything is installed right, not much you can screw up. Im gonna have to break down and buy an OEM one, or at least try a NAPA shaft maybe.

Anyone else ever had problems with GS-P Advance Autopart shafts?

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Engine + Driveline / Engine bogs unless given full throttle.

« on: February 22, 2011, 06:04:38 PM »

The engine was seafoamed at 82k, its got  110k on it now, the way I drive carbon has no chance to build up, lol, but seafoam does wonders when it is needed. The TPS seemed to cure the problem, its ran like a top for the past week, no hiccups at all.

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Engine + Driveline / can I sell a used cat converter?

« on: February 22, 2011, 08:03:51 AM »

You have to sell the cat as "scrap", but I would just personally scrap it myself, youll most likely get more. I scrapped the cats off an E36 325i parts car I had and got $125 a piece for them (2 cats).

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Engine + Driveline / Engine bogs unless given full throttle.

« on: February 16, 2011, 12:13:13 PM »

I have pinpointed the problem to only happen after I shut the car off after being warm. If it sits for say 20 minutes, it will then bog when I start to go, then I floor it and its fine. Weird.

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Engine + Driveline / Motor oil question? 91 318is

« on: February 15, 2011, 11:48:47 PM »

Dino oil will work just fine.

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Engine + Driveline / Engine bogs unless given full throttle.

« on: February 11, 2011, 05:00:14 PM »

How old is your O2 sensor?  Does the trouble happen only when the car is cold, only warm or both?  I'm asking because WOT disables the O2 sensor.

Dave, oxygen sensor has 30k on it, took it out and it looks real good. The problem happens when the car is warm. Then when I shut it off for like a half hour it hiccups again real bad at start up, which makes no sense hot vs cold. Its got me stumped, I dont wanna pull a AFM out of my wallet if I dont have to.

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Engine + Driveline / Engine bogs unless given full throttle.

« on: February 11, 2011, 03:45:11 PM »

From a purely debugging things in the lab point of view,

If you still have the old TPS, test it. If it wasn't bad and the short term improvment was due to replacing the TPS, it would have to be the connection between the ECU and the TPS. Could be that the connector is corroded or there is an intermittent open or short in the wire.

Cars can be frustrating though, especially 16 year old ones. The improvement after changing the TPS may have been completely unrelated.

The old ones numbers were really screwy, so thats why I bought a new one, though I didnt check the new one. I guess Ill take it out and check it out for the hell of it.

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Engine + Driveline / Engine bogs unless given full throttle.

« on: February 11, 2011, 10:05:02 AM »

WTF, car ran fine for days after the TPS was replaced, but now it fell on its face in 1st once yesterday and its been fine since then. Its startin to do what it did before it was totally undrivable.

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Engine + Driveline / I need some Serious $#%@#$in Help seriously

« on: February 11, 2011, 01:18:08 AM »

As far as I see its somethin electrical man, should be an easy sensor fix. When you let go of the clutch it smooths out just because the engine being under load causes the engine to turn, instead of being forced to turn by combustion.

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Engine + Driveline / Engine bogs unless given full throttle.

« on: February 09, 2011, 05:27:52 PM »

Well guys, got my new TPS today and problems seem to be solved. I didnt test the new one because I was so anxious to get it in. It fired right up and idled at 2k for a second and then idled smooth. It doesnt hesitate at all anymore even going up hills at 45mph in 5th gear. Sooo, my TPS was bad and didnt throw a code.

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Engine + Driveline / Engine bogs unless given full throttle.

« on: February 07, 2011, 11:58:08 PM »

I lost the link on how to test the TPS, I didnt know you could test the AFM, It idles fine 90% of the time, if I come to a stop after the cars starts bogging the idle is choppy but clears out if I give it gas and then will idle fine. So youre saying if the AFM was bad it wouldnt respond at full throttle?

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Engine + Driveline / Engine bogs unless given full throttle.

« on: February 07, 2011, 01:00:13 PM »

Thats the TPS I was wondering about, I guess its worth a shot unplugging and investigating. Im torn between buying any new parts because I dont have a CEL, I guess the TPS is a cheap start, then Ill waste money on a rebulit AFM

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Engine + Driveline / Engine bogs unless given full throttle.

« on: February 07, 2011, 06:23:07 AM »

Ive read the other bogging threads. I have no CEL. Car bogs down unless I give it full pedal, this has gotten worse over the past couple weeks. I didnt think it was a fuel issue since it responds to full throttle, but I really dont know. Whats new is the fuel pump, fuel filter, plugs and wires, and a coil pack. I can unplug the AFM and it doesnt change anything, so I dont know whether to rule it out or anything. This problem sucks thanks to the absence of a CEL.