1997 540i/A: High mileage ballin' on a budget.

[rampelsauce]

A couple things I've noticed after driving for an extended period of time:

-Throttle surges a bit, not sure if transmission or what.  Not too terrible but something I would like to address.  Planning on a trans flush sooner than later.

-The humming.  I thought this may be an ASC issue, but now I'm not sure.  I'm going to take my car to Rawsomotion and see what Jake thinks.  Its a sound and vibration similar to crossing a metal grate bridge.  Like driving on a rumble strip, but much less intense. 

-Oil light flickers.  After driving for a long period of time, the oil light starts to flicker a bit at idle. 

-Tires are noisy as fuck.  Seriously, someone sell me some certified pre-owned 16's.

Other than that, car still feels great.  I'm really enjoying my heated seats/steering wheel.

[CMart]

Buy those 16s that are on my car. Tires are brand new.

[B C]

Lemon law that ****

[rampelsauce]

Snap said:

Lemon law that ****

I'm gonna sue the pants off TJ.  He'll go from Wasn'tM3 to Wasn'tEscortZX2 when I'm done with him.

[REKIII]

The e39 get noisy when the guibo and/or the drive shaft center bearing gets worn.  Both replaceable (center bearing much less easily)  Rear wheel bearing will also cause weird vibrational humming.

[jc43089]

Do these still have the oil pump bolt falling out issues? A guy at work just got a 93 740iL and we need to check it because its common for the oil pump bolts to drop out until self destruction happens. Once the pump gets loose oil pressure is lost. If you haven't changed the oil yet it could be the wrong viscosity too.

Sent from my potato phone

[rampelsauce]

I don't know about the bolts. Might not be a bad idea to check this out when I flush my trans.

As for guibo/csb, I don't think it's that. The sound occurs occasionally, and I can go a whole day without it making noises. I need to really get under this thing and do some investigating.

[B C]

In before snap replies with the proper spelling of giubo.

[rampelsauce]

Snap said:

In before snap replies with the proper spelling of giubo.

We prefer the incorrect spelling here, snap. What do you think this is, the MacArthur foundation? You think this is a satellite forum for Mensa? You think I got enough book learnin' to make the spelling not wrong?

[CMart]

Yes

jc43089 said:

Do these still have the oil pump bolt falling out issues? A guy at work just got a 93 740iL and we need to check it because its common for the oil pump bolts to drop out until self destruction happens. Once the pump gets loose oil pressure is lost. If you haven't changed the oil yet it could be the wrong viscosity too. Sent from my potato phone

[rampelsauce]

Shapow!

You gettin this, camera guy?

New roundel. Replaced bad courtesy light. replaced a burned out tail light bulb. Cleaned interior. Found a Lego man.

[YoungCR]

rampelsauce said:

Found a Lego man.

#WINNING. Is that roundel going in the collection?

[rampelsauce]

Yes, the box is getting wonderfully full.

Edit:  Getting my 18's mounted/balanced next week.  Test fits soon, and will be broadcast here. 

Also, working on a deal for some snows.  Picked up a new washer pump to replace my faulty one.

[rampelsauce]

Snows installed, on car, kickin' ass.

So, I didn't get my 18's mounted yet because I'm trying to figure out what color to power coat them.

Bronze with a black lip?  Black with a bronze lip?  Hmmm.

I photoshopped a crappy picture of bronze with a black lip.

[B C]

Is the interior tan?

[rampelsauce]

Nope. Black on black, murdah'd out.

[B C]

I say medium-dark gray satin finish

No metallic

[rampelsauce]

I really like the bronze color though. Here's a sample piece I did. It's a bike hub.

[B C]

Yeah i think that would look nice, all the same color though, no black/silver/purple lip

[rampelsauce]

Snap said:

Yeah i think that would look nice, all the same color though, no black/silver/purple lip

If I don't sell them, I might keep the polished lip and do the centers bronze.