Re: How much oil?

["Ken Cory" <kcory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is too easy and too bizarre an answer, but have him make sure his fan
shroud is well attached to the radiator, and that the "clips" that hold the
radiator in place haven't broken.  On my E34 I heard a similar noise,
checked the attachment of the shroud to the radiator, never thought to check
the radiator mounts themselves, which had broken.  I let it go, took the car
up to speed, radiator shifted back directly into the fan blades=instant
destruction of both the radiator and the fan, and I got some nice dents in
my hood from flying pieces of fan blade.  Might be worth a look.
Ken Cory
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Choi" <choi.192@domain.elided>
To: <bmw-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 10:39 AM
Subject: How much oil?


> Hi,
>
> A friend of mine recently came back from an autocross with a strange
> story.  After a couple of runs, he found that his E36 M3 was making a
> pretty loud ticking sound.  Not just the sound of a hot engine, but
> something like a playing card getting hit with the fan.
>
> He talked to one of the people there and the guy suggested that he
> didn't have enough oil.  He had it in the striated area . . . and the
> guy said that it had to be just above the dot.  (Sorry for the weird
> descriptions).
>
> We have both heard warnings at some point against overfilling,
> particularly for driving events.
>
> How much oil should we have in the car?  Is it any different from the
> amount you want to have at any other time?
>
> Cheers,
> Sam
> 97 M3
>
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