Oh cool, should I hang onto them? Like I said if anyone is in need id be happy to part with themQuote:
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Oh cool, should I hang onto them? Like I said if anyone is in need id be happy to part with themQuote:
Originally Posted by az3579
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The strange thing is, that backing plate matches neither the HT10 nor the EBC Bluestuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by John in VA
[emoji53] well dang, so maybe OEM?Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
Well if the carbon were on right now I wouldn't be able to brake in the winter, right?
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Definitely not OE. OE pads do not have blue coloring. I'd say it's safe to bet it's a track pad, just having trouble identifying it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prestovie
If you were to put them on in the winter, you'd be skating through a stop sign/light and probably into the back of another car. Track pads need to be a higher temperatures to function properly.
Does anyone have experience with brake quiet?
I have a rattle can right now that I haven't used yet but I've been looking into it and it seems everyone uses a paste of some sort with a brush, so I'm not sure how I would apply a spray can?
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Oh ok well that's good to hear haha, I'll keep them for now then, I do plan to track it eventually so I may as well keep themQuote:
Originally Posted by az3579
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What is the exact problem you're having? When does the squeak occur; is it when you first apply the brakes then it quiets down, or is it a squealing that happens as long as the car is moving and you're on the brake?
When I'm coming to a stop it starts to high pitch squeal, then stops as I push harder against it, but the last 5ft of the stop are obnoxiously loud. You can hear it from a couple blocks away.Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
Only noise I hear when I'm driving is when I take a hard left turn my front left wheel makes a small squeak so I think the bearing might be going
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Originally Posted by Prestovie
That sounds suspiciously similar to Hawk HP+ pads, which are a "streetable" track pad (mix between street/track). I have a strong feeling you have those installed now... I bet you they dust a lot, right???
If that's the case, there's nothing you can do to shut them up, other than to go deaf or to swap the pads for something else. I'm not sure why anyone in their right mind would want to run HP+ on the street (read: why the seller would sell you the car like that)!!
I'm willing to bet that if you swap to a street pad, the noise will go away.
Back when I had stock calipers, I would run Hawk HP+ pads on the track. In the days before and after a track event (because I was lazy and didn't swap them immediately), I'd drive with them on the street, and would immediately want to disappear into thin air as I came to a stop at stop lights. It was extremely embarrassing, and have had a couple of people try to tell me (at the light) that my brakes are bad, and I'd just have to embarrassingly say "my brakes are fine, thank you". lol
Oh god they probably are lol I remember the seller talking about the squeaking now because they were performance pads[emoji23] and oh yeah, dust on dust on dust, it's ridiculous, makes me want to get some Akebonos that are supposedly performance dustless pads.Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
And on a more serious note the reason they came with the car is because I bought it from the wife of a former member of this forum(names will stay confidential out of respect) who unfortunately passed, so the car came exactly how he left it with a box of every spare and OEM part
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Anyway lol, do you think I should replace them? All I can think of is pulling up to my fated house one night and her dad waiting out front and my just squealing up the entire block. It's an obscure scenario I know but it's not a pretty picture haha
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I'd probably replace them.
Replace.
Is it just the fronts? When I had my HP+ pads, the rears would make some weird noise too since I ran HP+ all around. It's very hard to describe the noise they made, but it was when braking in reverse, such as backing into a parking spot. It's almost like a "whomp" sound as I came to a stop.
My HP pads make a lot of noise too.... I just ignore it. They'll wear out some day
I'm pretty sure they're all around, can hear noise from every direction at some points lolQuote:
Originally Posted by az3579
And I think I've had a similar experience when reverse braking, but like you said it's almost too difficult to describe lol
Any ideas on what the noise might be when I'm making a hard left? No braking just turning
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Couldn't tell you without hearing it...Quote:
Originally Posted by Prestovie
Would a ZHP exhaust fit on an E46 330Xi?
Pretty sure all e46 exhausts are compatible with each other.Quote:
Originally Posted by BMWCurves
Except M3 I assume.....Quote:
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I wasn't sure if the AWD system would force a different exhaust pipe route.Quote:
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I got a whole bunch of parts for my e53 (m54)during the FCPEURO year end sale, because I had planned to buy them at the beginning of the year anyways.
I ended up making A few of my own kits with the FCPeuro kit as a guide. I was just looking through the parts and realized I don't have a gasket for the waterpump. Do I need a gasket? I'm not sure why it wasn't included in their kit.
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Yup, I would definitely get it... when I replaced the water pump on my car the gasket was so flat I was surprised it didn't leak...Quote:
Originally Posted by hcbeck2689
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Interesting. This is the kit I went off of. I basically just got the exact kit-coolant. https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw...-kit-240432aktQuote:
Originally Posted by san
I don't even see the gasket on FCPs site. I do see an o ring, which i don't think I got.
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I was actually talking about the round black gasket on the water pump which is in the pic in the link you provided, sorry if you meant something else...Quote:
Originally Posted by hcbeck2689
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Yeah its more a o-ring than a gasket. Part# 11511711484.Quote:
Originally Posted by san
When I bought my waterpump from ECS tuning, it came with the o-ring/gasket. No need to buy it separate.
Yeah, I thought the gasket is included already installed in the water pump.
Is it necessary to replace? I guess it wouldn't hurt but it seems like the rubber might hold up well.Quote:
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Edit: opened up my water pump and it was on there :facepalm
Back to my original question. I was looking at the area where the bolts run through. Just want to make sure that there shouldn't be a gasket there. See pic
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Not that I'm aware of. The o ring functions as the gasket.
Nope, there is no other gasket apart from the o-ring that you already have.Quote:
Originally Posted by hcbeck2689
Yep the o-ring seals it. When you go to put it in, lube that o-ring with some antifreeze. It will go in nice and easy
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I simply can't see this any other way than as innuendo... :rofl
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lol
So tonight took her out for a drive and sitting at a stop light i pressed the clutch to go into first and heard a soft squeak. When i heard it i started to press and release the clutch a couple of times and heard it both when pressing down and when releasing it. It's mild and can only be heard when at idle (or car turned off) since once you get going the engine noise drowns it out.
Quick search says it could be the spring or throw out bearing, the latter which i imagine would suck. Any other ideas on cause? at not even 53K i would not imagine needing clutch work.
Mine does this intermittently at certain exterior temperatures, usually high 40s to low 50s. My car is low mileage like yours (55k+). I don't worry about it, but I'm interested to hear what other people might say.Quote:
Originally Posted by NYRhockey
Would it not just be worn clutch pedal bushings?
+1 :roflQuote:
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I wouldn't worry about it. Mine's been very lightly squeaking on and off since I bought it at 75k, now with 262k and no issues. I think it's just noise.
Ok, so the past couple of days my high maintenance trophy wife kind of car had a stutter in the 2500-3000 rpm range, particularly noticeable in gears 3 to 6, and if you set the cruise control when the car is at that rpm range it will run a little rough. Today on the way home from work the engine light came on so stopped by the nearest Autozone to read the code (haven't yet bought an OBD2 reader) and got a code P2237, which apparently is the oxygen sensor (bank 1, sensor 1 per the description).
Googling this stutter issue the oxygen sensor came up as a possible reason for the stutter, with others saying the P2XXX code is not a BMW code and the issue could be DME (whatever that stands for) software update. So, given this, which should i tackle first? i imagine a software update must be done at the dealer?
A software update will not fix that kind of issue. The O2 sensor is more likely. Seems awfully premature for an O2 sensor though, considering your car has only 52k miles...Quote:
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