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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.

Privacy Terms. If the coolant is actually getting hotter and then cooling off: 1 Are you losing any e36 overheating or do you smell coolant in the exhaust? Joined: Aug 6, Posts: 2, Likes Received: 0.

I drive a '97 that recently had a problem with the temperature gauge hit the red zone in traffic. The temperature didn't stay there long, though; I pulled into a parking lot to shut it off, but found the temperature would drop when it got moving, so I managed to limp it home. Found out that sure enough, the auxiliary electric fan was dead. It wouldn't do anything when I fed it 12 volts by jumpering the fan relay. So I replaced that, and the new fan does switch on when I give it power.

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!

E36 overheating

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Follow us on. He had the heating on full hot Took off the expansion cap and also slackened the rad plastic bleed screw be careful mine was starting to perish And filled up the tank and revved the engine - let it settle for 5 mins and repeat until the tank didn't go down. 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. A thermostat seems unlikely - I can't get the temperature to spike while moving, and these usually fail open. Bookmarks Bookmarks Digg del. My AC blows cold, but not very hard at all. Does this still seem like a pump and thermostat jobby? Was it not bled properly which should be now, no low coolant on OBC? How to kick off the start of the Amelia Concours weekend like a rock star. Joined: Aug 30, Posts: 3, Likes Received: 0.

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Does anyone have any first-hand experience with an e36 overheating and sustaining damage? M series. Can we fix our Cayman's transmission? For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Common problem. All rights reserved. System isn't fully bled yet. I had no idea that you should make this regular maint. With a leaky head gasket, you will get bubbles in the coolant and may even hear leaking air into the radiator. It's been a while, but I believe the coolant temp sensor and one other -- check your Bentley e36 manual. When cruising down the road at freeway speeds, with outside temperature less then desert conditions, the fan should be merely be idling along, turning just fast enough to add a little air flow when needed, in this way the fan noise and drag on the engine is greatly reduced. I had the same thing those are a pig to bleed! Great work.