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Be careful not to hit that bike!

Those two pics made me feel like this Sunday newspaper where you try to find the differences......then I realized new hood struts! You're getting more "anal" and I don't mean that in a bar way.

You, not anal enough?

Aye carumba, they set the bar high!!



Looking forward to the euroization.

Interesting. I want my temp gauge to sit in that position at operating temps...

just getting broken in.

Driving in this morning, I discovered I never reset the service indicator after installing the engine. Haha.

OMG! You need to make an appointment for an oil service at your local BMW center. Once that light goes red, it's over.

is that your operating temp?

leadphut wrote:is that your operating temp?

Edit: Also, what bulbs do you have in your cluster?

leadphut wrote:is that your operating temp?

Yes, post commute. Never been the other side of 12 o'clock with either engine.

unt0uchable wrote:

leadphut wrote:is that your operating temp?

Edit: Also, what bulbs do you have in your cluster?

I assume OE.

Didn't you disassemble and replace them all? Or did you just replace what was burnt? I guess I was mistaken in thinking you had replaced them all or upgraded to LED's.

Your cluster just looks very lit compared to mine. I may just have 30 year old bulbs still..who knows.

That is all.

Sounds like you need a windows phone.

wkohler wrote:Sounds like you need a windows phone.

Is there an app for that?

from what my mechanic tells me, operating temp should be at 12 o'clock.

I've only had a 533 run that warm. None of my other E28s ever had. They looked just like Charlie's.

wkohler wrote:I've only had a 533 run that warm. None of my other E28s ever had. They looked just like Charlie's.

Interesting. Mine runs at 12 o clock as well. Sometime it will drop closer to 11:30, but never far enough to call it 11 or anything below that. Somebitch....

What temp t-stat do you have installed Charlie?

wkohler wrote:I've only had a 533 run that warm. None of my other E28s ever had. They looked just like Charlie's.

My 533i holds the needle in the same spot as Charlie's, as well.

Variable I pretty sure that the sending unit or the gooahj itself could vary slightly between car. Even more so if the sender has been replaced with a aftermarket. If you worried about "excessive" tempature shoot with pyrometer. I don't know about BMW's gooahjez but most cars are just a "guestimater". If that's even a word............

what i've been told, unless 12 o'clock is reached, the thermostat is stuck open and the car never warms up properly. it should never go passed though.

unt0uchable wrote:

wkohler wrote:I've only had a 533 run that warm. None of my other E28s ever had. They looked just like Charlie's.

Interesting. Mine runs at 12 o clock as well. Sometime it will drop closer to 11:30, but never far enough to call it 11 or anything below that. Somebitch....

What temp t-stat do you have installed Charlie?

Sender is PN 12621710512 (88 528e part number, per M30B35 swap faq)
T-stat is PN 11531713040 (80C thermostat, same as m30b34, per M30B35 swap faq)
 
FWIW, Maytag (87 528e) reads almost identical.

unt0uchable wrote:Didn't you disassemble and replace them all? Or did you just replace what was burnt? I guess I was mistaken in thinking you had replaced them all or upgraded to LED's.

Your cluster just looks very lit compared to mine. I may just have 30 year old bulbs still..who knows.

That is all.

I pulled this cluster out after I bought the car to fix a ticking ODO gear but didn't mess with the lights. They may be LEDs, but I doubt it.

On Maytag I the "D" light is out and I considered fixing it by replacing the bulb, but decided doing a 5-speed swap would be easier.

Well shit. I can't get the oil service indicator light to go out.



Did this (that's pins 1 & 7) and turned ignition so all dash lights were on and waited... Nothing.

When I did this on Maytag it worked perfectly.

Maybe I've found the one place where I screwed up my wiring harness. Haha.

Or maybe my SI board batteries are toast. I thought that only applied to earlier cars though. ?!?