Subject: Re: How many miles Author: Sean : member since February, 2005 : 942 posts Posted on: 2008-12-02 22:26:27

Les,
In the manual I have for a bavaria 3.0 (it came with my first used 82 528e for some reason) they suggested taking the car out for a deep breath. Which as I recall was a stint of >3000 rpm driving for 10-15 mins after the car warmed up once a week if you had been driving the car in the city. The idea was to burn all the deposits off of the combustion chamber. You really should order a copy of the owners manual from the dealer, they are by far the beast owners manual you will ever see for a car. The last 88 I bought had the manual in it, and it had a discussion on what clutches were engaged in which gear with diagrams for the auto tranny. It also seems to me that you may of had a little bit of fouling of the cap and rotor. When was the last time the car had been driven before you bought it?

Glad to hear you got it taken care of, is it not amazing that a car that is at least 20yrs old with a ~120hp from the factory can still get on down the road, not to mention the fact the car seems to enjoy doing it!




82 528e X 2 (US) one died in a accident the other was traded in with >400,000 miles
86 325 (US) 150,000 miles
87 325eS (US) 220,000 miles died saving my life someone tried to hit me head on
88 528e (US) x2 >200,000 and still going strong, the other >300,000 miles saved my sisters life, but gave its own (head on collison at 120 mph what an idiot, she was doing 55 in the other direction)
89 528i (US) 270,000 miles Gave up the ghost, only one I have seen not to make it to 300k before dying on its own (low compression in cyln 3-6 and no combustion in cyln 2 and broken intake rocker cyln 1 but, it still ran drove to dealer to trade in)
90 325iC (US) 140,000 miles
91 325iC (US) 190,000 miles saved my life but gave its own (T bone to drivers door at 45 mph)
94 325iC (US) 160,000 miles
98 750iL (US) 180,000 miles
01 325i (US) 30,000 miles
Now you know why I drive BMWs it is not about the money it is not about the glamor they save lives, they drive exceptionally well, and they last forever.

• Feels like its misfiring - lesm3 2008-11-30 04:46:32 (53 views)
  • How many miles - Sean 2008-12-01 21:47:13 (35 views)
    • Re: How many miles - lesm3 2008-12-02 21:25:47 (43 views)
      • Re: How many miles - Sean 2008-12-02 22:26:27 (45 views)
        • Re: How many miles - lesm3 2008-12-03 07:57:36 (37 views)