BMW E32 engine car problems.

Car Problems tells about the basic BMW E32 engine car problems which arise while in service the car.
Your BMW E32 for many years of operation and run kilometers has saved up weight car problems and first of all because of engine M30: oil from the engine flows, a compression low, the layer pad of a head of the cylinder block has burned through, and the engine overheats... To put it briefly, car problems so many that it will turn out to replace yours М30 more cheaply, than once again to buy spare parts and to do repair.
M30 Name "the big six", it was issued long enough. It was used in a wide variety of bodies, among which: E12, E28, E23, E9, E3, E34, E32 and E24. I was a sign with the person having "sea" version M30 which has been specially made for use in boats. M30 is reputed as "devourer" of camshafts and layer pads of a head of the cylinder block. But it not car problems, and its owner. The camshaft is greased with an oil pipeline fixed over it with a cavity inside bolts which tend to a blockage oil adjournment. Periodic check and cleaning of an oil pipeline and bolts is necessary.
As M30 has the pig-iron cylinder block with an aluminum head, it rather sensitive to temperature changes. What to avoid car problems it would be necessary to watch closely cooling system. Replace a cooling fluid each two years. At replacement wash out system, it is desirable to remove a radiator and to wash out it separately, carefully having cleared it outside of a dirt and insects. M30 it is very sensitive during warming up and after a stop. So be convinced that the engine is heated-up to a working temperature before to press in a floor an accelerator. Keep in mind that the engine working temperature when the temperature index is in position of 12 hours is only cooling fluid temperature, instead of oil temperature! After driving on high speeds before blanking off, allow to the engine to work a little on the single. You can assemble at this time a junk in the car and clean sun glasses. At due and timely leaving М30 easily passes 500 000 km. Without serious car problems!

Than it is possible to replace M30 (BMW E32)?
It is possible to replace the engine 735i on M30 B30 or B35 from 7 ' (E32) or 5 ' (E34). Earlier variants М30 don't approach because of distinctions in oil filter and crankcase oil pan fastening that will create car problems at installation.
You can replace with other engine serially established on E32, for example, M60 v8 or M70 v12. But it will occupy more time and besides will create much car problems. For example, R6, v8 and v12 differ an arrangement of the vacuum servo of brakes and block ABS. Replacement М30 on V8 or on V12 demands replace a gear box. To change the car easier!
Engine S38 (3.6 and 3.8) from 5 ' M5 (E34) should rise as poured in since it is based on M30. Can arise car problems with the inlet pipe duct since it takes place on the left side. On the Internet there are examples of successful installations, but usually with S38 put a manual gear box. All based on M30 Alpina/Hartge/Schnitzer will rise without problems. If at you it is a lot of money, can look for the engine from E34 Alpina B10 Bi-turbo with 360 l.s./520Nm a twisting moment.
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Car problems Porsche Cayenne suspenders.

Car Problems tells about the cores сar problems suspenders of Porsche Cayenne and ways of their elimination.
Porsche Cayenne suspender: a lobby the two-lever, rear multilever. It is interesting that for the sake of strength improvement have cast aluminum levers only top, and bottom have left pig-iron. Elimination сar problems suspenders of the car of Porsche Cayenne in car-care centers consists in replacement of old parts, by the new. According to Car Problems such approach can appear very expensive service as the manufacturer of Porsche has taken care in advance of the benefit projecting a suspender detail not folding (spherical in the lever, spherical the absorber, spherical in a swivel member).
Car Problems offers the complex decision сar problems with repair of a suspender of Porsche Cayenne.
Popular belief that trunnion balls, steering tips, steering pull-rods of the car aren't subject to repair and in case of deterioration are subject to replacement, actually doesn't correspond, as this detail responsible and consequently do it with a large supply of fatigue strength. Any spherical joint at which there are liners, it is possible to repair basically. A typical example - replacement of liners of a bent shaft. However the trunnion ball not bent shaft, repair complete sets for it doesn't exist.
Car problems restoration of spherical joints it is possible to solve two modes:to make the hinge folding or polyamide undertakes. At the first variant it is opened spherical, the liner (cracker) is turned from прутка polyamide taking into account the sizes of the prepared finger and the case. In this case the cracker prepares from two details - barrels and heels, and it is already pressed in the hinge. On the second technology polyamide undertakes, is melted and under pressure is exhausted in the hinge in certain position, it accepts the properties at strictly certain temperature, then the hinge again prepares, in it lubricant is put, the anther is put on. Polyamide undertakes - the most optimum variant of the decision сar problems spherical joints of a suspender of the car of Porsche Cayenne, but at folding spherical advantage, at occurrence of knock they are tightened also a problem of extraneous knocks is eliminated.
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Jeep Grand Cherokee car problems.

Car Problems tells about the basic Jeep Grand Cherokee 1993-1999 car problems which arise while in service the car.
Serious car problems electric equipment at Jeep Grand Cherokee isn't present. However the car is equipped by various gages, drive gears and other — as a result there are everyones small car problems. More often to a detail wiring diagram refuses because of the decayed or broken wires or sockets. Last car problem, despite seeming simplicity of repair, can deliver many efforts, after all is often difficult to find straight off where what contact piece has fallen off.
The diesel engine of Jeep Grand Cherokee in volume of manufacture of the Italian company of 2,5 l «VM Motori» which established on the European versions whimsical and often creates additional car problems in a kind expensive major repairs (for example, only one hoses of the turbine manage in $400). The 2,5-liter diesel engine with capacity only 116 h.p. often if not always, it is compelled to work on a limit of the possibilities. For any the car of it, probably, would be quite enough, but only not for Jeep Grand Cherokee.
And the least problem it is considered the most reliable the 4-liter engine, on the design very similar to the motors established on the American off-road cars still in the sixties of last century. This pig-iron engine with chain drive gear GDG even maintains an overheat very easy! And if repair it usually costs not too expensively also is necessary to it — in many cases it is possible to keep within $1000. The most whimsical — the most powerful unit in volume of 5,9 l. It is very exacting to quality of lubricant, fuel, is afraid of an overheat and is inclined to car problems layer pads under an intake manifold.
Though if in the engine to fill in good fuel and in time to change oil, power units won't create car problems long time. Weeping epiploons become first sign of the worn out engine — at the 4-liter engine oil from a rear epiploon of a bent shaft very often flows, on what it is possible not to pay attention - after replacement an epiploon, in a half-year car problem can appear again. One more car problems Jeep Grand Cherokee — rather frequent failure of a gasoline pump. To solve this problem, on service sometimes suggest to cut the additional pump. Happens that the electronic ignition coil breaks, and in most cases out of operation there is the detail of the American manufacture established on Jeep Grand Cherokee in the first years of manufacture. Then it have replaced with more reliable Japanese.
For all tastes Jeep Grand Cherokee Almost all "Grandees" have the reliable automatic transmission demanding only timely replacement of oil and the sparing mode of operation. However, the drivers in this sense the most irresponsible — so worn out "automatic machines" on Grand Cherokee not a rarity. By the way, this off-road car equipped with several automatic transmission — it is considered the most reliable Japanese product AW4. Very seldom, but nevertheless there are off-road cars to a mechanical gear box to which reliability no claims are present.
The small part of Jeep Grand Cherokee made in the early nineties, had transmission without an interaxle differential (it was called Command-Trac and had internal number NP231). On cars with such transfer box at driving on asphalt the rear wheel drive should be connected only — if not to follow this rule, already shortly will appear car problems.
Periodically there are cars a transfer box of the old sample (249th series) with worn out viscose muffs. When viscose muff starts to wear out, it often blocks differential, even when it it is not required (especially at hot weather). With replacement it is better not to tighten, as in this case there is a strengthened deterioration of propeller shafts, the chain of a transfer box, bridges, SHRUS, crosspieces and so forth For prevention of this car problem can squeeze out from viscose muff silicone lubricant and then the interaxle differential won't be blocked.
Jeep Grand Cherokee suspender is made dependent both in front, and behind. And it is adjusted on comfortable driving. And it means what to pass turning movements on high speed by this car dangerously enough — it is possible to turn over. And still a suspender of first generation Grand Cherokee not such and reliable as can seem at first sight. To touch it it is necessary each two years (or approximately through 60 thousand in km). Sajlent-blocks of the bottom front levers usually fail. For preventive maintenance car problems instead of the standard sajlent-block is better to put the same detail from simple Cherokee which serves longer.
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Car Problems: How to avoid problems in frosty weather.

Car Problems advises how to avoid car problems if it is necessary for you to go on the car to a frost and snow.
This year weather gives the present surprises for Christmas. Snow, a frost, ice on motorways in those places where usually the temperature doesn't fall more low + 15 degrees on Celsius scale. The present Christmas snow - pleasure for children. But how many problems it brings to the driver, to which it is necessary to go on the car.
Also begin car problems during the moment when you try to get the car.

To avoid car problems at engine start-up in a frost, especially if your car stood not in warm garage, and in the street, the most important thing is "correct", more liquid and consequently oil more suitable to winter, and also the good accumulator. But very few people, having heard the weather forecast, starts to change urgently oil and to charge the accumulator. Therefore for the majority there are some more simple actions which too can help. It was accepted to advise to take away the accumulator for the night in a warm premise earlier. But it can create a problem: if in the doorway of the car electrolocks to use them it will not be possible in the morning. Locks of your car, most likely, will freeze, so also a key it will not turn out. That it hasn't occurred, it is necessary not only to remove the accumulator, but also to pour into keyholes special structure to what owners of electrolocks aren't accustomed.

This car problems can be solved easier: not to remove the accumulator, and before start to warm up it, for some seconds having engaged a high beam. The measure is effective enough. Not to overload the accumulator, - during start-up to press a clutch pedal. In a box here it is not enough lever neutral position: after all at the released pedal the engine should rotate both a driven disk, and shaft in a gear box. And even after the engine was got, it makes sense to take some time a foot on clutch - if sharply to release, can decay and not be got any more. It is not necessary to twist a starter too long - to allow to the accumulator to have a rest better, and then to repeat operation.
And last from the simple councils which are not demanding many time and money - to buy a special spray for a starting engine operation. Some advise to spray it directly in the carburetor, but, as it is known, not at any car it is, and helps and spray about an air filter inlet opening.

At start-up of the engine of the car in a frost the pressure brought from the battery to an ignition coil considerably falls. From it energy of a spark on candles that complicates mixture ignition decreases. To avoid such car problems and to receive a high-grade spark in the ignition system, it is possible to submit on an ignition coil at this time an independent food 12–16 In from a charger, the additional accumulator (even for a motorcycle) or the dry elements intended for a pocket flashlight and radio equipment. For connection of this or that source it is necessary to cut the switch which, besides, carries out "a secret" role at parking in a coil supply circuit.

If at you has arisen car problem with ice on glasses - remove its special scraper or any suitable a plastic piece, for example a hairbrush. What later to avoid such car problem for two-three kilometers before parking switch off interior heating that glasses have cooled down. Having put the car, strew snow the front and rear has flown down a layer 3–5 sm. In the morning displace snow a brush, and glasses pure enough.
If at you car problem with an interior heater arrival to a glass frost will sweat inside.Car problem dares simply - usual salt for food to wipe from within all glasses. They won't be frosted over, and it is possible to go easy enough.

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Car Problems: how to reduce fuel consumption?

Car Problems gives advice - how to solve a fuel economy problem in your car. To think of fuel economy it is necessary to begin even before purchase car. What to avoid unnecessary problems with fuel economy, it is necessary to think over in advance - for what problems you buy the car and to choose the model corresponding to your way of life.
It is said that "on the tank to the next supermarket to go inconveniently".
Necessary to consider that each 500 kg of weight of the car manage in nearby 700 liters of fuel (at norm of run of 20 thousand in km in a year). It means that if your car weighs 1000 kg, you will burn for a year about 1400 liters of fuel if it weighs 1500 kg - 2100 liters.

Problem of high fuel consumption in yours car can create:
- Wrong resettings of the engine, wheels (+ 10 %);
- An underpressure in tires (+ 3 % on 0,5 kg/sm2 of pressure decrease);
- Superfluous cargo in the car (+ 2 % on each 50 kg of cargo);
- The engaged air conditioner (+ 10 %);
- Open windows at speed 50 km/hour there is more.
Also problems with increased use of fuel on your car can arise because of not correct control mode by the car. Frequent using brakes, sharp strong pressing an accelerator pedal, long work of the engine idling at warming up or car parking inevitably create a problem high fuel consumption.
Besides many failures of your car create a problem of the over-expenditure of fuel.

The failures causing the over-expenditure of fuel at cars with injection of fuel.
- Engine power is lowered for any reason.
- The gage of oxygen or its chain is faulty.
- It is faulty any of temperature detectors or their chain
- The engine doesn't get warm to a working temperature.
- The ignition advance system is faulty.
- The flow sensor of air or its chain is faulty.
- The gage of position of a throttle valve or its chain is faulty
- An afterdribble of any spray jet (more often spray jets cold start-up if it is).
- The air filter is choked up.
- A weak spark.
- The forced aspiration system is faulty.
- Labels of a drive gear of a gas distribution are incorrectly established.
- The pressure monitoring system in inlet a collector is faulty
- Wrong pressure of gasoline.
- Valve clearances aren't adjusted.
- Bad free to slide (for example because of the lowered wheels).
- The hydraulic clutch (at cars with "automatic machine") is faulty.
- Automatic transmission misoperation.
- Nespraven the leading bridge.


The failures causing the over-expenditure of fuel at diesel cars.
- Engine power is lowered.
- Spray jets are faulty.
- A lack of air submitted to an intake manifold.
- A wrong advancing of injection.
- The engine doesn't get warm to a working temperature.
- Misoperation of systems of drop of toxicity.

Remember - in time service, repair and car resetting, observance of service regulations will relieve you of problems with over-expenditure fuel and economy of money.

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Car Problems: if the problem has happened in a way.

Car Problems tells about problems which can occur to your car in a way and modes of elimination of these problems.
Each driver at least once faced the problem which has arisen because of failure of the car in a way, is far from settlement and the service center. We will consider the most widespread emergencies and how it is possible to avoid the big problems connected with them.

Car Problems 1: Has wedged a gas pedal.

You need to stop, you clean a foot from a gas pedal, but it doesn't come back in normal position.
Look at road ahead. Put a shift lever in neutral position.
Switch off ignition (so that a wheel hasn't closed), press a brake.
Try to put as soon as possible the car out of the way.
After a stop find a cause of defect. The pedal could touch a rug, and you easily will solve this problem.
If the reason not in it, check up an accelerator drive gear. Some details can be clamped or have got stuck. A small amount of the oil which taken from a probe for check of level of oil in the engine and have been filled in in a cable of a drive gear of accelerator, will help to eliminate this problem of your car. If you can't find out or eliminate a problem (for example, it is caused by breakage or loss of a returnable spring or breakage of fastening of the engine), don't get the car. Tow off it on parking.

Car Problems 2: brakes Have refused.

You press a brake pedal, but the car doesn't reduce speed. How to solve this serious problem?
Some times quickly press a brake pedal
If it doesn't help, engage headlights and the alarm signaling.
Consistently pass to hill-climbing gears.
Use a parking brake. Thus keep it in not fixed
Position to have possibility to release it in case of the drift beginning.
If the distance available for a stop isn't enough:
- Submit a sound signal;
- try to reduce speed, nestling wheels on a curb;
- avoid a head-on collision.
Move down after the journey on a road shoulder is better.If ahead breakage, as extreme means it is possible to switch off ignition and to engage the first drive. It, probably, will damage a gear box, but will help to prevent car falling. If brakes have refused on abrupt descent, blank out speed, using snow shaft, protections from a bush and etc.

Car Problems 3: Loss of control.

Turning a steering wheel, you feel that the car doesn't react. Something has refused a steering. What to do?
Warn other participants of movement by inclusion of light of headlights, the alarm signaling, a sound signal. Slow down a pedal of a brake so that not to cause drift. After all to eliminate it to you it will not be possible because of loss of control.
Steering refusal is preceded often hard or, on the contrary, by easy rotation of a wheel. Having noticed it, at once stop and eliminate a cause of defect.

Car Problems 4: the tire Has burst.

The wheel starts to pull towards the burst tire. What to do?
Don't slow down.
More strong hold a steering wheel, keeping the car on a straight line.
Smoothly release a gas pedal.
Pass to a hill-climbing gear.
When speed will decrease, easily press a brake.
Stop the car out of a carriageway.
Don't change a wheel on a carriageway.


Car Problems 5: the cowl Has opened.

Visibility of road ahead is unexpectedly closed by the opened cowl. What to do?
Don't slow down sharply (can face with moving behind the car).
Engage the alarm signaling.
Выгляните through a door window. As a reference point use a road marking.
Look in a rear-view mirror, what distance to the car, moving behind.
Transfer a foot from a gas pedal on a brake pedal. Smoothly slowing down, move down from a carriageway.


Car Problems 6: the Fire under a cowl.

You have felt a smell of a smoke and have seen it or the tongues of flame which have appeared from under a cowl. What to do? Urgently move down on a road shoulder.
Switch off ignition.
Try to bring down a flame, using the fire extinguisher cylinder if it isn't present - the earth or a thick matter.
Hoisting a cowl, be careful. Take a rag to protect hands from a burn at bonnet latch opening. Reject a head aside.
Don't try to extinguish a flame, having increased speed. It only will worsen your position.

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Car Problems: problems from Ford Fiesta Poly-V-belt.

Car Problems tells about problems of your car of Ford Fiesta of release till 2000 with engine Zetec-SE which can arise because of failure of a drivebelt. Auxiliary units (the generator, the water pump etc.) the car of Ford Fiesta with engine Zetec-SE are resulted Poly-V-belt, in new engines OHC this problem carries out a belt 6K-Poly-V. Ford company applies basically Poly-V-belts which it is especially flexible move on radiuses of belt pulleys. The hydraulic device regulates a belt tension. Depending on a complete set of the car the air conditioner or the booster of a steering the drivebelt has other sizes, than in model with a basic set. Necessarily carry in the luggage compartment corresponding Poly-V-belt on replacement what not to have car problems.





Fig. 1. Car Problems: the Arrangement Poly-V-belt: 6K-Poly-V on pulleys of engine
Zetec-SE depending on car equipment:

1 – crankshaft pulley;
2 – pulley of the hydraulic device of a belt tension;
3 – pulley of the pump of the booster of a steering;
4 – guide roller;
5 – generator pulley;
6 – water pump pulley;
7 – an air conditioner pulley





Car problems your car of Ford can arise from a wrong tension a drive gear Poly-V-belt.Poly-V-belts should be tightened densely, but not so hardly. The deflection of a belt from 3 to 5 mm is normal by pressing the center of a branch of a belt between two pulleys. Hardly tightened belts create in due course car problems: destroy bearings of the generator, the water pump (depending on engine type) and the air conditioner compressor. Besides, hardly tightened belts are stretched and can tear further.
The weak tension also creates car problems: Poly-V-belts slip it is appreciable by creaking sounds. Most harmfully it affects the generator as thus it develops not enough charging current that leads to the big loading on the accumulator battery at trips on short distances and at start-up of the cold engine. Also it is damaged and Poly-V-belt, its lateral faces burn slightly, there is its premature deterioration. In extreme cases sliping Poly-V-belts can lead to an overheat of the engine and heavy damages of details and knots (to jamming of buckets, a burn-out of a layer pad of a head of cylinders). In spite of the fact that car Fiesta engine automatically regulates a tension Poly-V-belt, sometimes check its condition.

SEQUENCE OF WORKS
1. Check up a belt condition.
2. A hand some times turn a bent shaft. Only so you can reliably check up a condition Poly-V-belt on all its length. Often Poly-V-belts have one, but very deep crack. And if this crack, unfortunately, at visual inspection is on belt to a pulley, you it won't notice that eventually can lead to serious consequences, despite the carried out control.
3. If you have found out on Poly-V-belt following damages, at once replace it:
– Non-uniform wear tracks on belt lateral faces;
– Porous, shabby edges of a belt or a surface;
– Cracks.

PRACTICAL ADVICE
Installation Poly-V-belt.
Never put on a screw-driver a new belt pulleys. Otherwise the subsequent damages on the bottom party of a belt in places where you inserted a screw-driver will be programmed". After installation of the belt which was in the use the engine should work approximately 3 mines (if a belt new – 10 mines), then repeatedly check up a pretension. Before an engine cutoff increase rotary speed of a bent shaft a little. Approximately through 1000 km of run repeatedly check up a belt tension (the deflection should make 3–5 mm).

Installation Poly-V-belt
SEQUENCE OF WORKS
1. Turn away a fastening bolt on a tension buckle of the generator.
2. Turn away a bolt on a rotary bearing part.
3. Turn away the generator in a direction to the engine.
4. Replace old Poly-V-belt with a new belt.
5. Installation is spent to sequences, return to removal.

PRACTICAL ADVICE
If the belt has torn If during movement the indicating lamp of gymnastics of the accumulator battery of red color lights up, it specifies in breakage Poly-V-belt. Thus you will notice rigid blow on a wheel niche or a front wall in a motor compartment. In no event it is impossible to continue movement further as the water pump is put in action by a belt and coolant circulation stops, and the remained liquid in the cylinder block quickly will begin to boil, you risk to receive the hardest damages of the engine.Therefore at once replace the torn belt spare or tow off the car in the nearest auto repair shop.

From Serpentine Belt Diagram