Re: Haunted E34 ? New owner question

["Ken Cory" <kcory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been told that the E34 automatically opens (or is it closes?) the vents
leading to the outside world upon shutting down (don't know about upon
turning key on, haven't noticed that).  A design feature we hadn't even
thought of!
Ken Cory
1990 E34 535i
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Vellender,Patrick M.(NXI)" <Patrick.Vellender@domain.elided>
To: <bmw-digest@domain.elided>; <v1rotate@domain.elided>
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 6:46 AM
Subject: RE: Haunted E34 ? New owner question


> Dan,
>
> I too have an 89 535i and hear the second noise you describe when I
> turn my car off.  I've owned it for 6+ years and its always been there.
> I've been told that its the ABS pump reseting.  Don't know if this is true
> or not.
>
> Pat
>
> Dan wrote:
>
> >>Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 23:32:17 -0800
> >>From: "v1rotate" <v1rotate@domain.elided>
> >>Subject: Haunted E34 ? New owner question
>
> >>Weird noises are coming from my 89 535I. When I turn on the key
> but do not
> >>start it, I hear
> >>what sounds like a fan running under the black cover behind the
> front right
> >>shock tower,
> >>on the passenger side, opposite the fusebox. It is not the same
> fan as the
> >>heat/a/c.
>
> >>When I turn the key off, I hear an alternating sound like 2 relays
> trading
> >>back and forth, 1 second
> >>each, this goes on for 3~ 10 seconds or so, and the sound comes
> from maybe
> >>behind the stereo,
> >>center of the dash, under the upper vent.
>
> >>Are these events normal ?
> >>Dan
> >>86 535I
> >>87 K100RS
> >>89 535I
>
>
>
>

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