nipper

hehehe i just pictured that ...gee whats that big metal round thing that rolled out from underneath the car .... I had mine come loose on my 98 legacy, it was messey. I vote for the twin turbo nipper

What ate your sensors? Doing a quick search on the net i am seeing 0.3-0.4mm air gap on BMW, so its a safe bet that they all are probably in the same neighboorhood. http://www.alldata.com/techtips/2005/20050509b.html you may find that interesting. Notice the part about a hair or two gap. I cant say for sure but it looks like your sensors bot smashed. If you have a Haynes manual on page 9-12 picture 12.7b is a decent pic of what it looks like. No where in the manual does it say anything about adjustment, so i dont think they are adjustable. Either way yours is flattened and can cause the ABS to get really confused. nipper

but i want to drive i think the first two look very alfa nipper

Thats like saying the Model T ford is the same as a viper v-10 2007 engine. Some people i will happly educate, and some i choose not too. But just for a rundown. in 1980's the expected engine life was 100K now its 140K, which required differnt materials in the bearings and rings. There were differnt emission standards for each year, which also effects what ends up in the oil. http://ehso.com/ehshome/auto-emissions_chronol.htm There are two genrations cited (and it takes alot to get those numbers down). Different drivers will get different results. You wont get the same result from somone who does 100% highway driving as you would 100% city driving. Also any oil testing lab will tell you the same thing, that no two engines are the same. i am bowing out of this, as i can tell when its not going to make any progress. I am only an automitive engineer with over 20 years expierience, and a certified state inspector, but what do I know. nipper

nope i like things i can park. i am really starting to hate stretch limos of any type. Eventually legislation will catch up with them. They cant seem to make turns down small streets well. nipper

Except a 2002 camaro is not a 1980's vintage engine. There are huge differnces between the two, so your compairing apples and oranges. There are at least 3 generations of emission standards, and that will have a huge effect on how clean the oil is. Also oil analysis is greta, but it has to be done for the specific engine. you cant just use an analysis of an engine that is at least 12 years newer then the ones on this board. in fact you cant even use an analysis from one 1988 engine to be applied to all 1988 engines. nipper

Considering the power a sooby has, that must have the aceleration of a turtle (with all the weight added). nipper

The block issue depends on what made you suspect of a head gasket, and how you delt with it. If you cooked the engine repetedly then the odds of a block issue (shifted cylinder sleeve) goes up. Most get it done once and its done. Using a straight edge on the block surface one can easily see if the cylinder has moved. Most people here have very good exp with the repair. Dont forget to change your oil also. When was the last time you had the timing belt changed, and what was done then? And yes the dealer was high. nipper

Severe driving is basically anyone that drives in bumper to bumper rush hour traffic. A lot of this argument is silly. Personally to protect the engine, what is the big deal ?. The previous owner of my car changed the oil once a year weather it needed it or not (they were driving 14,000 miles a year). AT 198,000 it threw a rod right through the block. I bought the car at 181,000 miles. Was it synthetic or not, I have no idea. There is no such thing as too often an oil change as far as the health of the engine is concerned. There is such a thing as too long an interval. But i look at it this way. If somone wants to run Synthetic and do only one oil/filter change every 10,000 miles, thats fine, I just wont buy a car from them. If the car starts burning oil, its their money, not mine. nipper

Odd usually the problem isnt on the top end. Maybe one of your floats are sticking.

lots and lots of lag i imagine nipper

so so so many things wrong, and its a shame. He makes some valid points (very few) but then goes off on rants. He cuts and pastes things from other sites (especially where he goes from talking about creative molecules to [proper combustion theory and doesnt give credit for it). thanks i needed the laugh. nipper

There are so many things wrong with that i dont even know where to start. The last one has the potential to cause vapor lock (why do you think fuel injection returns fuel back to the gas tank? to keep it cool and help cool the injectors). There are brands on that site i never even heard of. Some of the advice is correct, the mjority of it is bogus. Odd how when i started reading the site, i asked mysefl "ok what are they selling". there it is right on the bottom. nipper

I worked with teflon all the time (mixing chemicals, bonding it to materials) . I would laugh my rump roast off at the slick 50 commercials knowing how wrong they were. It's amazing what a marketing department can do, once something leaves engineering. What ever happened to slick 50 anyway, sort of faded away. nipper

AHA! now we know who to blame :-p nipper

As i have said before, if the flasher is no there, they lights won't come on. Have you checked all four bulbs, physically removed them and inspected them to make sure they are all good? nipper

but thats Km not miles, thats only 155,342 miles so thhrrppttttttttttt and at 198,000 miles Blu got a new engine. nipper

I had that happen to me once, turned out the cylinders were damaged by someone trying to break into the car. Physically inspect your cylinders. Try the key in the trunk/hatch lock and see if it works there. CLosely inspect the key to make sure its flat. You can have the dealer make a fresh key and see if that works. nipper

1997 OBW 202,000 miles. nipper

On my xrss country trip, my best mileage on my 97 OBW was 30 mpg. That was after filling up with premium. The premium was cheaper then the regular. I was was averageing 24 at about 70-80 mph. nipper

Easy, been there done that. At 187,000 miles i had mine rebuilt. The tranny was fine, and i didnt want to inherit someone elses problem. I can see how TB can be a reason some soobies end up in the junk yard. nipper

Joke, it was a joke. And i agree chainging synthetic oil every 30000 miles is a huge waste of money, even though there is no such thing as chaining oil too often. Another thing is to make sure the oil level is checked regularyly. You can burn/use a qt in 3000 miles, so if you go to 6000 mile interval or more and dont check the level, you can run dangerously low (especially since we have a low volume of oil). nipper

this is whay we like them to die out. There are more recent ones in the new gen board. Besides the way some of these people use syn oil, thier opil may be 2 year old too *hides* nipper

no one likes a braggert nipper

You just HAVE to throw gasoline on the fire dont you .... i'll just hide over in this corner where its safe :cool: nipper