Smoke From Under The Hood!!! - United Bimmer Community

**///Menace328i** · 06-07-2005, 02:02 PM

So I get in my car today and start driving to get some food... and I get to a stop sign 3 blocks away... and wifie goes "Look smoke!" and as soon as I saw that memories of my E30 came back, so I pull over and open the hood and see this little hose that goes across the radiator that has like a little stab wound spilling coolant... so now I got coolant on top of the front of my cover and it turned yellow but it looks like it comes off, so now I have to get that hose changed, hopefully that hose is the only one. I might check to see how much is going to run me to replace most of them... So now she's sleeping getting ready for surgery tomorrow

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**xsperf** · 06-07-2005, 02:06 PM

make sure that after you change the hose, you bleed yoru radiator(even thought judging by the type of guy you are, id guess that you already knew that)

**///Menace328i** · 06-07-2005, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by xsperf

make sure that after you change the hose, you bleed yoru radiator(even thought judging by the type of guy you are, id guess that you already knew that)

It's on the list

thanks for making sure tho... plus it's time for oil change too...i think I'll wait for the wires and plugs for another day cause that is going to cost me a little more...

**delmarco** · 06-07-2005, 03:50 PM

ALSO: Becareful with what coolant you use. Aftermarker store brands might actually ruin the hose all over again. Use the blue-green BMW brand coolant only!

**Rooz** · 06-07-2005, 05:17 PM

best of luck with the surgery...

**94bmw325i** · 06-07-2005, 08:46 PM

make sure u don't get ripped off for the surgery!

**Addicted?** · 06-07-2005, 08:49 PM

you plan on doing it yourself? if so and you have any questions let me know, i just changed some on the 318

David

**///Menace328i** · 06-08-2005, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by 95bmwpwer

you plan on doing it yourself? if so and you have any questions let me know, i just changed some on the 318

David

As a matter o' fact I do have a couple of questions, some one said careful not to get ripped off for the surgery

how much is that coolant, and can you tell me the part number or name of that little hose that goes accross the top of the radiator? and about how much it should run me? as far as replacing I got the experience of changing an entire cooling unit and hoses for an E30 (great little car, but a PITA), any input is always welcomed...

**bimmerdame** · 06-08-2005, 12:45 PM

someone's selling a bottle of coolant in craigslist for 8 bucks apiece... that's mucho money...

witeshark · 06-08-2005, 01:00 PM

I hope your repairs went well. I know the feeling -- my E30 is in getting cylinder head gasket!

**///Menace328i** · 06-09-2005, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by BiMMa_Mon

someone's selling a bottle of coolant in craigslist for 8 bucks apiece... that's mucho money...

^Dang that's cheap!^ I just came out of the surgery driveway

, and everything whent ok... 15 min. surgery... And I paid like $22 for BMW Coolant, i wish I coulda gotten that $8 one, but i needed it asap, so $15 hose, $5 oil filter (for upcoming oil change), and $22 coolant... She is now recovering, burped and filled up with blue 50/50 juice... Clear side markers were also added, and she is looking major hottness...

**zeaq328i** · 06-09-2005, 01:49 PM

Where do u learn all these stuff??I mean changing the hose,headlights.. etc ...

**///Menace328i** · 06-09-2005, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by zeaq328i

Where do u learn all these stuff??I mean changing the hose,headlights.. etc ...

Well I'm going to be honest with you my very first car was a 1978 Marquis... rust bucket, NO wait... Rust Boat

, it started to detiriorate and in hopes of one day restoring it and keeping it as a classic I started to read and fix thins myself that were a gonner, but she could not hang on for too long, I started liking working on cars and the rest is history, there is one sad ending to this tho... I really wanted to keep my E30 alive but she too was not cooperating and she had to go too... if I had more $ back then she proly woulda still be here, but this E36 is here to stay... so now I am my own mechanic and I love it!!! I love to mod, maintenance, and things like that... I have changed control arms, cooling systems, heater cores, headlights, brakes and rotors, intakes, you know the basic stuff, my next challange rebuild and engine... or do a swap for an M3... but we'll see... never the less I get in trouble with wifie cause she says I spend more times the 3twenty8i than with her lol... but she says that she's just joking... she goes "I rather have you in the garage with you head under her hood or at car shows than out drinking at a bar and driving" and I agree... So in other words nessecity... and I don't trust others with my cars...

**///Menace328i** · 06-09-2005, 02:20 PM

Plus some of these stuff are easy basic stuff...

**zeaq328i** · 06-09-2005, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by 3twenty8i

Well I'm going to be honest with you my very never the less I get in trouble with wifie cause she says I spend more times the 3twenty8i than with her lol... but she says that she's just joking... she goes "I rather have you in the garage with you head under her hood or at car shows than out drinking at a bar and driving" and I agree... So in other words nessecity... and I don't trust others with my cars...

LOL>>>

BTW,
I dunno how to do all these stuff..I have to sent it to the shop and being charge $$$ for it...Good for you....Even a tyre change i can't