E36 overheating

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Log in. Sign up. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. All of a sudden out of the blue, you glance down and notice that your coolant temperature needle is to the right of the 12 o'clock position, or horror of horrors the red light is on! Now that's dealt with, signal, pull to the side of the road and turn the car off.

E36 overheating

Post by bmwfan » Aug 08, AM. Post by rlomba » Aug 08, PM. Post by Pat » Aug 09, AM. Post by rlomba » Aug 09, AM. Post by rlomba » Aug 09, PM. Post by Pat » Aug 10, PM. Privacy Terms. Quick links. Troubleshooting, modifications and more. Does it climb up when your driving or at a stand still. The water pump is known to be a big problem with the e36 because BMW used a plastic impeller which lasts like 50k miles, but they do have a metal impeller version which should last a long time.

Do not try to limp the car home. Post by rlomba » Aug 09, AM and losing it.

Thread in ' Technical Questions ' started by griffo , Jun 1, Driftworks Forum. Is my E36 overheating? Joined: Sep 3, Posts: 1, Likes Received: 0. Hey guys, well I know I posted about my heaters blowing cold n stuff, but tonight while I was driving Normally I noticed the needle started creeping up slowly from half way upto the 3 quarter mark on the gauge! Is this bad? So heres the story

Log in. Sign up. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. I bought my first BMW! I live in the Netherlands and following a fairly long drive back to the UK, I got the message from the on-board computer that the coolant level was low!

E36 overheating

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If only overheating at idle, it is the fan clutch. Joined: Aug 30, Posts: 3, Likes Received: 0. I really really hope not! Search My Stuff What's New 3 12 24 Not sure why we didn't have one of these threads before. Site by Rise. Radiator expansion tank Bleeder Screw Upgrade to the brass one when replacing Radiator cap Radiator Thermostat Thermostat housing upgrade to the aluminum one when replacing Water pump Upgrade to one with a metal impeller at a minimum Fan Fan clutch Auxiliary fan. If so I don't mind, in fact i'll start tonight if it's the case! Wear on these parts, individually and in the aggregate, accounts for most of the cooling system problems you see on older M50 powered BMWs. Do you still have the mechanical fan? No overheating, or anything.

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No, create an account now. Remove the small plastic bleed screw to the right of the radiator cap. BMW Models. Replies: 60 Last Post: , PM. Found out that sure enough, the auxiliary electric fan was dead. When no more bubbles exit out of the bleed screw, tighten it to 8 Nm 71 in-lb. Now, run the engine until it reaches it's operating temperature. Not even if you just live 5 miles away. Good grief -- this week I found some grey hairs too. It well prevent a few but questions will always be asked. You'll need to log in to post. Might be a combination of problems. The temperature gauges in these cars have circuitry in that basically keeps the gauge from floating around, so long as the engine temp stays in a certain pre-determined range.