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The clutch on my 1998 1.9L Z3 chatters a little when letting the clutch out. This started about a year ago happening when the car is cold and clears up once the car begins to warm up. However, I notice that it seems to be getting a little worse. The car has 66,000 miles on
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I’ve got 3 BMWs and have a question about timing belts.
04 745Li
04 525i
01 X5 3.0
Serpentine belts have been replaced, but I wanted to know if there were timing belts that
needed to be checked & replaced. Or do these cars use chains?
For transmissions,
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I’m trying to save my 89 535i by changing the transmission. I have one on the line but they say it may not be the right unit. Here is all the info. I world greatly appreciate it if you could shed some light on whether this unit will work or not.
My 89 535i, Build
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Got a real basic question for you. Please forgive my ignorance for not knowing.
I’m trying to find where to add and check transmission fluid on a 92 535i manual
trans. I’ve looked all over for the dip stick.
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The manual transmission
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I own a 2000 BMW 528i with ~107,000 miles and have a question regarding the Steptronic transimssion. I have owned the car since it was new. Lately I’ve noticed the following:
1) Occasionally (not always), when I take off from a start that there is a very slight vibration as I accelerate. This seems to
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Do you know if I have a single or dual mass flywheel in my 1988 325ic? Can either one be resurfaced?
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The M20 engine in your 88 325ic, uses a standard one-piece flywheel. All 325i models thru 91 (and the 92 325ic) use the one-piece flywheel. The dual-mass flywheel is used on 325e models
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I occasionally get a random trans. program message on the display panel. Usually the rpms drop briefly and the message goes away after about 1 sec. It has never continuously stayed on. On one occasion the rpms jumped briefly and then returned to normal. One occasion I was backing up and the car stalled
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I just did major work on a 1989 BMW 325ix, I just purchased and spent about $1,000 at Bavauto alone. I changed many parts including a new transfer case. The problem with the car is that it will not downshift into low gear when passing or going up a hill. You can be driving
Continue reading BMW E30 Automatic Down Shift (Passing Gear) Problems
We receive a lot of questions regarding BMW clutches. The questions can come from a variety of symptoms that are being experienced, but they all come down to the base question of; “Am I going to have to replace my clutch?”. Let’s take a quick look at the most common symptoms and what each of
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I have a e39 523i (140k miles) and I have a similar issue to that which is noted in your BLOG post on dual-mass flywheels. There is a shock or thump sound when pressing the clutch and changing gear. When depressing the
Continue reading BMW Clunk When Shifting – Hard To Get Into 1st
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