chit chat thread

[HipMF]

As far as on-topic updates go, my OBC temp read-out was more accurate today than it's ever been, because it's said -40F as long as I've had the car (no sensor hooked up)

[P_Roloff]

ChrisO said:

Damn they didn’t cancel class? uwec was canceled today and tomorrow. Where do ya go?

Milwaukee School of Engineering. We had class cancelled Monday, today, and tomorrow until noon. They almost never cancel here, so even this was a big deal. I’ll only have 9 class periods this week though, and a test got pushed back a full week so I’m pretty okay with it.

[Jdesign]

anyone run into brake issues with the cold?

[SteelBlue]

Worked a half day Monday at our Appleton location and then went home to finish due to the snow. Went to Fond du Lac office Tuesday to work. Worked from home yesterday and today. I work a half day tomorrow that I usually work out of the Appleton office, but with the soft phone on my computer, I'll probably just finish the week off from home.

[straight6pwr]

Jdesign said:

anyone run into brake issues with the cold?

nope!

[suspenceful]

Finally starting to warm up around 9am this morning. Some of my water lines at home froze and one of them cracked last night. Never good when you hear running water behind one of your walls. Worst part is, it happened in my bathroom and I only have one bathroom. Not sure what I'm gonna do about that yet, never had to rip down drywall before...

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[Jdesign]

suspenceful said:

Finally starting to warm up around 9am this morning. Some of my water lines at home froze and one of them cracked last night. Never good when you hear running water behind one of your walls. Worst part is, it happened in my bathroom and I only have one bathroom. Not sure what I'm gonna do about that yet, never had to rip down drywall before...

It sounds like a fun time. Dry walling and fixing houses is easy peasy. If you can build a car, you can fix a house. 

[suspenceful]

Jdesign said:

It sounds like a fun time. Dry walling and fixing houses is easy peasy. If you can build a car, you can fix a house. 

It'll be another good learning experience. I've already learned so many things as a homeowner. Replacing a toilet, repairing the internals of a washing machine, removing/repairing an in-wall microwave, fixing leaking faucets, tracing down electrical shorts and rewiring outlets, the do's and dont's of tearing down and replacing a roof.

And it's only been 3 years!

[Nick_F]

Yea, I'm really starting to wish I had a garage. My car has made some interesting noises these last two days... On a positive note school got cancelled all week and work has been a ghost town

[HipMF]

I've been wearing more hats than usual at work due to people being out. Nice to get some experience doing different things, but I'll still be happier when things are back to "normal".

[jc43089]

Well the e36 wouldn't start.  I have the battery charger on it and a heat lamp under the engine.  I really should just get an oil pan heater...

[wasnt m3]

Zero issues with the e46 and e83 in the -30 temps here.

[rampelsauce]

jc43089 said:

Well the e36 wouldn't start.  I have the battery charger on it and a heat lamp under the engine.  I really should just get an oil pan heater...

Same with the M3. Good thing my boss made the last two days discretionary.

[Nick_F]

Any 335 experts on here? Looking for some troubleshooting help for power loss

[patsbimmer1]

Nick_F said:

Any 335 experts on here? Looking for some troubleshooting help for power loss 

I don't know about experts but a few of us are familiar with owning an n54/n55 so you could say we're familiar with fixing them since "kinda broken" or misfiring tend to be their favorite states of being.

Do what are the symptoms.  Any codes?

Edit: there actually is one expert on here but he hasn't frequented the site recently.

[Nick_F]

No codes just running sluggish. I'm leaning towards spark plugs since I'm at the maintenance interval with 64000 miles.

[patsbimmer1]

Nick_F said:

No codes just running sluggish. I'm leaning towards spark plugs since I'm at the maintenance interval with 64000 miles. 

That's a good place to start in that car.  Have you had the carbon cleaned yet?

[suspenceful]

Carbon buildup isn't as common on N55 as it is on N54, but still something to check. Spark plugs/coils might help, but it seems weird to me that you aren't getting any codes.

Since you have MHD, can you share a log of a pull?

[Nick_F]

I havent done a carbon cleaning since the dealer told me with the n55 it's less of an issue and should be done around 100k. Plugs should be here in the next few days but I didnt order coils. If the plugs dont fix it that might have to be next. I cant do a log since I didnt purchase that part of MHD but starting to think I should.

[suspenceful]

Nick_F said:

I havent done a carbon cleaning since the dealer told me with the n55 it's less of an issue and should be done around 100k. Plugs should be here in the next few days but I didnt order coils. If the plugs dont fix it that might have to be next. I cant do a log since I didnt purchase that part of MHD but starting to think I should. 

If you plan to continue modding/maintaining the car, logs are a good thing to get familiar with. Wouldn't hurt to purchase that module if that's the case.