Cleaning E36 ICV (Idle Control Valve) . . . DIY! http://www.bmwe36blog.com/2007/06/23/cleaning-e... Hi Guys,Car hesitation and RPM bouncing are the most common problems between the BMW E36 cars. It seems that many cars have the problem and the problem is very hard to fix. I recall that even my previous E30 used to have the problem, but some how, the problem was solved. Maybe with something that I did and didn t notice it fixed the problem.
Faulty temperature sensor in BMW E36 http://www.bmwe36blog.com/2007/07/04/faulty-tem... Hi Guys,If your car is showing wrong outside temperature ( -37C or -35F ) like mine, this means that you have a faulty outside temperature sensor (temp sensor) which seems to be a very common problem in the BMW E36 by the way. At first, I thought it s a hard problem to solve and decided to ignore it, but I found that replacing this sensor is straight forward if you know where it is located. I found some photos of it that you may find useful in locating and then replacing it.
Cleaning BMW E36 Ellipsoid headlights . . . DIY! http://www.bmwe36blog.com/2007/07/30/cleaning-b... In the last couple days, I noticed that my right headlight is getting very dirty and it even started screaming at me to clean it. Every time I see that light, I feel a little guilty for leaving it like this and try to pretend like I didn t see it. Yesterday, I decided to look up for some information on how to clean BMW E36 headlights and fortunately, I found this DIY (Do It Yourself!) on how this can be done. From the description of the process, it seems quite easy and I m intending to do it for my car very soon. But, I hope that my headlights can be cleaned in the same way. My car has a totally different headlights, and I m not sure if this procedure will work on it. But I don t have anything to lose, so I will try it.
How to keep your car cooling system in perfect shape . . . part3! http://www.bmwe36blog.com/2007/08/15/how-to-kee... I m sure that everyone of you has faced a failure in your cooling system one way or another. This happens all the time and especially in BMW cars. I recall that I faced this situation couple times with my previous (precious) BMW E30. Luckily I didn t face that situation in my E36 as I had to change my radiator couple months ago. I hope this will protect me from such failures for some time although the radiator is not the only thing that may fail . I want to keep your spirit high, so I m not going to continue talking about these possible failures.
Installing Silver Gauge Cluster Rings for your BMW . . . DIY! http://www.bmwe36blog.com/2007/08/07/installing... This is a DIY (do it yourself) post which will teach you how to install those cute silver gauge cluster rings on your BMW. I really love the way the gauges look after the installation. I also love this DIY as it s very simple and can be done by almost anyone who doesn t have any experience in cars.
How to keep your car cooling system in perfect shape . . . part1! http://www.bmwe36blog.com/2007/08/13/how-to-kee... I m sure that everyone of you has faced a failure in your cooling system one way or another. This happens all the time and especially in BMW cars. I recall that I faced this situation couple times with my previous (precious) BMW E30. Luckily I didn t face that situation in my E36 as I had to change my radiator couple months ago. I hope this will protect me from such failures for some time although the radiator is not the only thing that may fail. I want to keep your spirit high, so I m not going to continue talking about these possible failures.
How to keep your car cooling system in perfect shape . . . part2! http://www.bmwe36blog.com/2007/08/14/how-to-kee... I m sure that everyone of you has faced a failure in your cooling system one way or another. This happens all the time and especially in BMW cars. I recall that I faced this situation couple times with my previous (precious) BMW E30. Luckily I didn t face that situation in my E36 as I had to change my radiator couple months ago. I hope this will protect me from such failures for some time although the radiator is not the only thing that may fail ;-) . I want to keep your spirit high, so I m not going to continue talking about these possible failures.
Fixing your BMW OBC (On Board Computer) lights . . . DIY! http://www.bmwe36blog.com/2007/08/19/fixing-you... If you have a BMW with OBC (On Board Computer). It s most likely that you will face a problem in its back lights sooner or later. Luckily I didn t face this problem with my car yet, but my brothers car has this problem and his car s OBC looks really disgusting. The problem begins when one of the back lights of the OBC decides to die and your OBC which you love to play with from time to time starts to look like a guy with black eye. At that time, you know that you have to do something about it and I know. You will be thinking ... man, I shouldn t mess with this OBC because it looks really complicated and I may end up breaking something. Guess what? you are wrong! Fixing the OBC back lights is a very simple task and it s the subject of today s post.
Bentley BMW E36 Service Manual . . . A gold mine! http://www.bmwe36blog.com/2007/08/23/bentley-bm... To be honest with you guys, I've never been a fan of cars books or service manuals as I think they will not help you much to understand how your car works or even help you fix a problem inside it. I always thought that it is simpler to find what I'm looking for on the web (mainly forums) and so on. However, I think I've just changed my idea about these books or at least about a specific book that I heard a lot about. The book is the Bentley BMW E36 Service Manual. I've been told that this book is very good and it's a real gold mine for BMW E36 owners but I was suspecting that it's being over estimated until I ordered that book from Amazon and started reading it. Well, I didn't finish reading yet, but I decided to check how I can solve a problem that is happening to my car using this manual and see if it goes well.
BMW E36 Fog lights removal . . . DIY! http://www.bmwe36blog.com/2007/08/27/bmw-e36-fo... Today s post is about BMW E36 fog lights removal. I was thinking that this is a very hard task to do because I already tried it on my car and it was just hard. The problem is that the fog lights are in a very bad place that you can t easily remove or change as my car is maybe 10cm above the ground. This means that every time I needed to change a burned bulb or something, I had to dig deep until I reach it.It seems that this plan was not very good and that there s a much easier way to do it. So, if you either looking for changing your burned light or want to change/clean your fog lights, this post is for you. I hope you find it useful.
Installing lighted shift knob for your BMW . . . DIY! http://www.bmwe36blog.com/2007/09/04/installing... I always wanted to illuminate my BMW shift knob and I didn t realize that it s a straight forward job. I recall that I had to cut into my shift knob to do this to my BMW E30 before and the job was very hard to do and it didn t look like I was expecting. Of course, that s before I find out that there s an illuminated shift knob that is ready to be installed. So, by getting this illuminated shift knob, the task became very easy. Take a look at the DIY below. It s a straight forward task to do. I hope you like it
Footwell light for your BMW E36 . . . DIY! http://www.bmwe36blog.com/2007/09/23/footwell-l... I think everyone of you guys will love today s post as it will show you how easy it s to install foot well lights inside your BMW. I know that many of you will try to do it because it looks great on your car. If you re anxious to see the end result of this procedure, simply skip to the end of this post to see a photo of the car at night while the foot well lights are on. I hope you like this DIY and thanks for Jarozila who created the original write-up.
