I just bought this car which was throughly checked out in good shape. 92K miles. I'm having a few issues but I don't know if they're normal or indications of a problem. I'm trying not to think I have a problem child on my hands. Any ideas?
1) This am I got in to start her up and the brake pedal was rock solid. I park it in first gear and it is on a very slight incline in the garage. After starting, the pedal released and functioned normally. Also it rained last night and the temp dropped a good bit...???
2) I think the outside ambient temp sensor may be bad because it seems to be reading lower than normal and triggering the heat to come on in Auto mode. Yesterday it was hot as hell and I had the AC going on Auto. For fun, I pushed the windshield vent button to see if air would come out. It did and it was hot as hell, so I hit Auto again. Then I started to feel heat radiating out from under my seat. All the metal tracks and stuff were hot to the touch. I do not have heated seats. The car did not seem to cool well either even though cold air was coming through the dash vents. I thik hot air was also now coming out of the winshield vents while cold at the dash vents. After parking and looking around, I figured I must have triggered the heat mode with the winshield button and then the AC was competing with the heat at the same time. Soooo from now on I don't use Auto, I use the upper dash vent button and it blows darn cold...???
3) The shifter seemd to be pretty stiff sometimes, like this morning. It was rather stiff getting into gears...especially 1-3...3 is always tricky. Do they have a tendency to get stiff and loosen up depending on weather?
4) My headlights seem to bobble around a little over bumps. Are they loose and can they be tightend or is this some way to protect them from abrupt bumps. They are stock halogen setup I think.
5) Not really an issue but an observation/question. They say most BMWs have a CDV (clutch delay valve) inline on the clutch fluid line which prevents dropping the clutch abruptly and stressing the drivetrain. However, M models and some others do not. I think mine has it removed because with the traction control off it will tear ass pretty quick with the clutch. Doesn't seem to be much delay engaging if you want to drop it hard.
6) My car has a Dinan chip in it, with modest boost. I'm looking for good ban-for-the-buck improvements for speed. Is a CIA worth it? Any other suggestions? I don't really want to spend the $ for exhaust or intake manifold upgrades at the moment.
Thanks for any edu-macation.
1) This am I got in to start her up and the brake pedal was rock solid. I park it in first gear and it is on a very slight incline in the garage. After starting, the pedal released and functioned normally. Also it rained last night and the temp dropped a good bit...???
2) I think the outside ambient temp sensor may be bad because it seems to be reading lower than normal and triggering the heat to come on in Auto mode. Yesterday it was hot as hell and I had the AC going on Auto. For fun, I pushed the windshield vent button to see if air would come out. It did and it was hot as hell, so I hit Auto again. Then I started to feel heat radiating out from under my seat. All the metal tracks and stuff were hot to the touch. I do not have heated seats. The car did not seem to cool well either even though cold air was coming through the dash vents. I thik hot air was also now coming out of the winshield vents while cold at the dash vents. After parking and looking around, I figured I must have triggered the heat mode with the winshield button and then the AC was competing with the heat at the same time. Soooo from now on I don't use Auto, I use the upper dash vent button and it blows darn cold...???
3) The shifter seemd to be pretty stiff sometimes, like this morning. It was rather stiff getting into gears...especially 1-3...3 is always tricky. Do they have a tendency to get stiff and loosen up depending on weather?
4) My headlights seem to bobble around a little over bumps. Are they loose and can they be tightend or is this some way to protect them from abrupt bumps. They are stock halogen setup I think.
5) Not really an issue but an observation/question. They say most BMWs have a CDV (clutch delay valve) inline on the clutch fluid line which prevents dropping the clutch abruptly and stressing the drivetrain. However, M models and some others do not. I think mine has it removed because with the traction control off it will tear ass pretty quick with the clutch. Doesn't seem to be much delay engaging if you want to drop it hard.
6) My car has a Dinan chip in it, with modest boost. I'm looking for good ban-for-the-buck improvements for speed. Is a CIA worth it? Any other suggestions? I don't really want to spend the $ for exhaust or intake manifold upgrades at the moment.
Thanks for any edu-macation.
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