My 1st ///M, a.k.a My UDM #3

[seewai]

Hi,

Having foul air smell in cabin while driving, I just paid Naidu a visit where he recommended to seal the driver side fresh-air intake. Still monitoring the outcome. Passenger side flap is still OK, so it's left unsealed.

Location: Naidu @ Jalan Gasing
Activity: sealed driver side fresh-air vent
Damage: RM30

seewai

 

[seewai]

Rear view mirror is home.

The Damage:

Transaction Amount: US$135.00 (inclusive of shipping cost of US$36.01)
Transaction Date: 15 June 2012
Shipped Out Date: 16 June 2012
Carrier: Pos Laju (want it done quick!)
Gross Weight: 1.11kg
Shipping Cost: RM175.00

Repaired & Shipped Back Date: 22 June 2012
Carrier: USPS
Kastam clearance: 3 July 2012
Received Date: 5 July 2012

 

[seewai]

Hi,

Having foul air smell in cabin while driving, I just paid Naidu a visit where he recommended to seal the driver side fresh-air intake. Still monitoring the outcome. Passenger side flap is still OK, so it's left unsealed.

Location: Naidu @ Jalan Gasing
Activity: sealed driver side fresh-air vent
Damage: RM30

seewai

Still have minor exhaust smell when following lorries & buses. Will need to be rectified again soon.

 

[JFT63]

Have u shut off the recirculation switch bro?

 

[seewai]

Have u shut off the recirculation switch bro?

Yes bro. Even with the switch shut off, the flap didn't close completely or maybe even didn't close at all. Pending "complete healthcheck" appointment, tentatively coming week or the week after next.

 

[JFT63]

Yes bro. Even with the switch shut off, the flap didn't close completely or maybe even didn't close at all. Pending "complete healthcheck" appointment, tentatively coming week or the week after next.

Mechanical failure i guess..well, hope it will be solved soon. Anyway, am looking fwd for a taxi ride in yr M one fine day...heheh

 

[seewai]

Mechanical failure i guess..well, hope it will be solved soon. Anyway, am looking fwd for a taxi ride in yr M one fine day...heheh

Yeap, confirm mechanical failure and as of current I don't have intention to take out the entire dashboard etc just to troubleshoot this small thing. It's painful in the mind and also to my wallet! The ROI simply doesn't compute :4:

Yes bro, one fine day one fine day! We last met dated Kulim factory visit :4:, almost 2 fine years.

 

[sewell]

Additional changes done to the ride include:

@ BMWscan 1.40
1. watch TV while car in motion
2. door auto-locks at 4kph rather than 24kph
3. visual when doors unlock, ie signals blink twice (wonder why disabled previously?)

Fixed:
1. right windshield washer nozzle was kind of loose, backside kept popping up, now tightened up and stay in place ( @ Optimum )

Checked:
1. jacked up and verified catalytic converter health, minor degradation found due to hitting speed humps, need to drive more gently. (@ Optimum )

Removed:
1. rear view mirror, send to USA for repair or get used one? Undecided.

bro see wai,

could you lead me how to enable the signal blink twice when door unlock by using the BMW scan 1.4

 

[Game-R]

Congratulations on your acquisition, bro! Guess we both share the same dream and the same year to celebrate.
Only got mine just end of last year and, yes, I'm sharing the very problems you're having to deal with:

Rear-view Mirror
Did you use Pos Laju to get your mirror to and back from the US? I'm not too keen on them as they have once lost an entire package of mine from the US and I'm fearful of letting them have another go at losing an original component of my baby.
Has anyone experienced the liquid leaking out from the mirror? I didn't know that would be a problem until I read the posting in here. Even more worried as my aluminum trim would certainly be ruined if it did.

Foul Smelling Air-Conditioning
Have you tried changing the charcoal filters at the intakes? I suspect it may just be fungus growing on the evaporator as mine seems to grow stronger when I just use the AC for short bursts of cool air for several consequtive days but don't give it enough time after to dry the condensation on its evaporator. There is a thread in the M5 board that details a step by step on how one owner used some AC cleaning spray to fix this problem. Bad news: you either have to rip the dashboard apart to get at the evaporator or you have to drill a hole into the AC housing at the side to spray at the evaporator .... Not very appealing options.

Chipped Windscreen
Now this one you can say mine got the brunt of it. The previous owner, who is a member here, I believe, claims that he routinely does 200km/h down and up from Singapore. And I believe him, my entire front of the car, bumper, headlights, air dam, hood, windshield, even the wing mirrors are dotted with high speed stone chips. Thankfully, they aren't cracked, but the tiny chips are visible in certain conditions. But they are far too many to repair, and even more so when your pics show that they have to drill out the windscreen to fix it. Sorry to say, but the repair job in your after picture looks a bit too obvious on the glass. Or is it just the lighting? I think for this, repairing is not an option for me.

I'm happy to hear that you're doing all you can to get rid of those side air vents. Certainly, if your car could speak, she would be thanking you for saving her from further embarrassment
I suppose you're also going to rip off that "tail wing" above your rear window?

 

[seewai]

bro see wai,

could you lead me how to enable the signal blink twice when door unlock by using the BMW scan 1.4

Ok bro will try to document it down the next time I spend some time with the BMW tool.

Congratulations on your acquisition, bro! Guess we both share the same dream and the same year to celebrate.
Only got mine just end of last year and, yes, I'm sharing the very problems you're having to deal with:

Rear-view Mirror
Did you use Pos Laju to get your mirror to and back from the US? I'm not too keen on them as they have once lost an entire package of mine from the US and I'm fearful of letting them have another go at losing an original component of my baby.
Has anyone experienced the liquid leaking out from the mirror? I didn't know that would be a problem until I read the posting in here. Even more worried as my aluminum trim would certainly be ruined if it did.

I use Poslaju, he used USPS. So far I've never got any package lost, thank god.
OM fariz.hashim has his leaked. Yes it'd ruin whatever the liquid landed on.

Foul Smelling Air-Conditioning
Have you tried changing the charcoal filters at the intakes? I suspect it may just be fungus growing on the evaporator as mine seems to grow stronger when I just use the AC for short bursts of cool air for several consequtive days but don't give it enough time after to dry the condensation on its evaporator. There is a thread in the M5 board that details a step by step on how one owner used some AC cleaning spray to fix this problem. Bad news: you either have to rip the dashboard apart to get at the evaporator or you have to drill a hole into the AC housing at the side to spray at the evaporator .... Not very appealing options.

I've decided to seal the fresh-air vents for good, by whatever means. I'll let my mech take care of this.

Chipped Windscreen
Now this one you can say mine got the brunt of it. The previous owner, who is a member here, I believe, claims that he routinely does 200km/h down and up from Singapore. And I believe him, my entire front of the car, bumper, headlights, air dam, hood, windshield, even the wing mirrors are dotted with high speed stone chips. Thankfully, they aren't cracked, but the tiny chips are visible in certain conditions. But they are far too many to repair, and even more so when your pics show that they have to drill out the windscreen to fix it. Sorry to say, but the repair job in your after picture looks a bit too obvious on the glass. Or is it just the lighting? I think for this, repairing is not an option for me.

The repair job stopped the crack from getting worse. It left a dot and the dot will not grow bigger. Windscreen repair shop's giving me 1 year warranty for this.

I'm happy to hear that you're doing all you can to get rid of those side air vents. Certainly, if your car could speak, she would be thanking you for saving her from further embarrassment
I suppose you're also going to rip off that "tail wing" above your rear window?

Not sure what's going to be done yet as I foresee this is a life-long process, his life or my life, whichever ends first.

 

[seewai]

Today, 13 Jul 2012, I wanted to have a quick oil-service, and found out that the oil sump bleeding nut has gone so loose it's impossible to tighten back. Temporarily using plumber's white teflon tape to stop leak.

Oil leaks are also found on -
1. tranny area - probably gearbox oil seal
2. rear differential
3. valve cover - probably gasket

Few other small things were found broken and all these big and small things are pending spare parts availability.

Parts used today:
1. engine oil filter
2. 7L engine oil, Ravenol 10W/60

To be continued pending parts status...

 

[t2ribena]

Bro seewai, i see that ur FC is about 18.7l/100km...u drive mostly in city traffic? Or your right foot feel abit heavy...

 

[seewai]

Bro seewai, i see that ur FC is about 18.7l/100km...u drive mostly in city traffic? Or your right foot feel abit heavy...

Bro T2, yes I've been doing a lot of city roads and "taman roads".
Right foot a bit heavy too in times and as I prefer the heavier steering feel, I'd use Sport mode most of the time.
As the ride is still pending many repairs and the driver is pending "BMW Driver Training", I'm taking him moderately only.
Based on my observation, he should be able to cruise at 11-13L/100km and rempit at 23-??L/100km.

 

[t2ribena]

Haha...enjoying huh...

For me i wish that the car had separate control for the steering and engine throttle response...on sport mode the throttle is abit hard to modulate as its too aggresive...on track ok but on the roads the varying condition suits that normal throttle response more...and for steering its best in sport mode as it gives better feedback...on normal mode its typical feel of recirculating ball steering...no feel on centre...

With 5l engine the fc varies significantly and very much dependent on ur driving...but the fc is useful in telling the engine health...my average fc in the past is 15.3l/100km including rempit and cruising and city driving...try going on the highway and run the car on top gear at 90kmh constantly and change to real time fc obd...if the engine is at its best health, the fc should read below 9.8l/100km...the fc is only very bad at stop and go traffic...when u rempit, its about 17 to 19l/100km

The S62 is more fuel efficient than the thirsty S85...and made worse with a small fuel tank...

Bro T2, yes I've been doing a lot of city roads and "taman roads".
Right foot a bit heavy too in times and as I prefer the heavier steering feel, I'd use Sport mode most of the time.
As the ride is still pending many repairs and the driver is pending "BMW Driver Training", I'm taking him moderately only.
Based on my observation, he should be able to cruise at 11-13L/100km and rempit at 23-??L/100km.

 

[t2ribena]

Sorry...double post...weird only happen when i use ipad...

 

[seewai]

Haha...enjoying huh...

For me i wish that the car had separate control for the steering and engine throttle response...on sport mode the throttle is abit hard to modulate as its too aggresive...on track ok but on the roads the varying condition suits that normal throttle response more...and for steering its best in sport mode as it gives better feedback...on normal mode its typical feel of recirculating ball steering...no feel on centre...

With 5l engine the fc varies significantly and very much dependent on ur driving...but the fc is useful in telling the engine health...my average fc in the past is 15.3l/100km including rempit and cruising and city driving...try going on the highway and run the car on top gear at 90kmh constantly and change to real time fc obd...if the engine is at its best health, the fc should read below 9.8l/100km...the fc is only very bad at stop and go traffic...when u rempit, its about 17 to 19l/100km

The S62 is more fuel efficient than the thirsty S85...and made worse with a small fuel tank...

Very very true bro, "stop & go" makes bad gas mileage, but the PuLL is priceless lah, no pain no gain haha!
Unfair to compare your V10 to my humble V8 in gas mileage. The additional 2 coils sure make your driving experience magical. Again, no pain no gain hehehe.

Side note, I thought when RON97 dropped 20sen, from RM2.8 to RM2.6, Vpower Racing would do the same 20sen reduction, but no, VPR only dropped 10sen from RM3.00 to RM2.90, bunch of penipu-penipu Shell hahahaha!

 

[Game-R]

OM fariz.hashim has his leaked. Yes it'd ruin whatever the liquid landed on.

Already taken measures, bro. Driving around without my mirror now.
Is "Scott" from radar-mirror.com hard to contact? I've sent him an email asking about his services and I haven't gotten a reply since last week.

I've decided to seal the fresh-air vents for good, by whatever means. I'll let my mech take care of this.

You sure, bro? That seems rather extreme. Here is one test method to see if it's really your vent flaps that are faulty:*
Drive your car along the highway >90km/h.
Close up all your windows.
Put your sunroof in tilt position (Push the sunroof button. Not slide)
Turn on your AC fan at the lowest speed.
Put it in recirculating mode.
If your flap is faulty, you'll feel the air blast through the vents as if you put the fan at high speed.*The sunroof in that position generates a huge amount of suction at highway speeds.*
Turn between recirculating and fresh mode to see if it makes a difference in the amount of air blowing through your vents too see the extent of the damage to the flap seal.

Not sure what's going to be done yet as I foresee this is a life-long process, his life or my life, whichever ends first.

Amen to that, bro.*
I somehow felt like I vowed "till death do us part" to her

As the ride is still pending many repairs and the driver is pending "BMW Driver Training", I'm taking him moderately only.
Based on my observation, he should be able to cruise at 11-13L/100km and rempit at 23-??L/100km.

I'm averaging 11.2-11.5 on mine. On fun weeks I hit 12-13 average. But this is mostly the result of me living in traffic-free Cyberjaya and my highway cruising style of driving: riding around in 6th gear often. T2's OCD maintenance helped too.

Funny how you're referring to it as "him" and I refer to it as "her"

 

[seewai]

Already taken measures, bro. Driving around without my mirror now.
Is "Scott" from radar-mirror.com hard to contact? I've sent him an email asking about his services and I haven't gotten a reply since last week.

You sure, bro? That seems rather extreme. Here is one test method to see if it's really your vent flaps that are faulty:*
Drive your car along the highway >90km/h.
Close up all your windows.
Put your sunroof in tilt position (Push the sunroof button. Not slide)
Turn on your AC fan at the lowest speed.
Put it in recirculating mode.
If your flap is faulty, you'll feel the air blast through the vents as if you put the fan at high speed.*The sunroof in that position generates a huge amount of suction at highway speeds.*
Turn between recirculating and fresh mode to see if it makes a difference in the amount of air blowing through your vents too see the extent of the damage to the flap seal.

Amen to that, bro.*
I somehow felt like I vowed "till death do us part" to her

I'm averaging 11.2-11.5 on mine. On fun weeks I hit 12-13 average. But this is mostly the result of me living in traffic-free Cyberjaya and my highway cruising style of driving: riding around in 6th gear often. T2's OCD maintenance helped too.

Funny how you're referring to it as "him" and I refer to it as "her"

Scott is very responsive in my case. Same-day response to all my emails hehe.

The flaps thing, I get what you mean and I've done that prior to sorta make my decision to seal them up. Anyway they're not completely faulty, no strong wind when in Re-circ mode etc. They may well be just not completely open or wobbly or something like that, hence giving smelly air a chance to come in.

I refer him as "him" so as to differentiate "him" from "her", his younger siblings, 520i 3.0L (2 years younger) & 118i (8 years younger) :4:

 

[seewai]

Finished at work a tad early today thus decided to "ular" after 4pm to workshop, eager to find out the irregular speed pattern of Aux Fan. Taken the first step in troubleshooting / problem isolation - to replace fan clutch.

Problem Description, Determination & Isolation
Round 1
1. Early morning during cold start, radiator fan shroud running, weak wind flow; aux fan idle. In contrast, 520i, strong wind generated at radiator fan.

2. Drive a little w/o A/C, halt, fan shroud running, aux fan start from slow then to medium speed. Observe water temp (KTMP)- 73C-78C, oil temp (OELTEMP) 75C-85C

3. Switch on A/C, both aux & electric fans maintain their speed. Observe KTMP - 80C-83C, OELTEMP 75C-85C

4. Off A/C and waited 10 minutes, both aux & electric fans maintain their speed.

5. Change fan clutch, stronger wind. Old fan clutch has obvious signs of oil leakage on both sides.

New fan clutch being taken out for replacement:

Left air intake duct removed to facilitate fan clutch replacement:

Round 2
1. At night, KTMP=70C, ignition, aux fan at medium speed & electric fans spinning

2. drive about 1km w/o A/C, KTMP=75-80C, while driving, heard aux fan switched to low speed or maybe even stopped.

3. Pull over, pop bonnet or hood if you wish, aux fan found stopped, start spinning low speed, stop, low speed, stop, low speed, switch on A/C, aux fan spins at medium speed. Off A/C, aux fan maintains medium speed after 5 minutes.

4. Close bonnet, drive home w/o A/C, aux fan stays medium speed. Off engine, aux fan stops, waited for a while, nothing happens.

After Round 1 and Round 2

1. FSU may not be faulty as after reading and researching a few threads, FSU faulty = aux fan continues to function after engine off.
2. Aux fan seems to turn at irregular speed, once speed increased to medium, apparently it doesn't slow down anymore, but never reached Hi speed so far.
3. Next item(s) to replace - external temperature sensor PN:65 81 6 905 133 {below (1)}, < your valuable suggestion here >, < your valuable suggestion here >.

There are a few more temp sensors found while browsing the part list:
1. Electric parts automatic air condition Temperature sensor, heater 64 11 8 391 392
2. Cooling System Water Hoses Temperature sensor 13 62 1 433 077

Let's hope the aux fan could survive while I'm looking for solution to lessen its burden :4:

 

[seewai]

I realized the Aux Fan turns even A/C is off throughout a journey, perhaps the S62 is really hot.

Just rushed home from Jalan Ipoh KLPAC, had a moderate run at the very low traffic Penchala Link. After reaching home, before I open the gate, I heard "tick-tick" sound, listen closely again, came from the rear side...

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