Re: cold E-30

[JHahn22@xxxxxxx]

I just went down and started tinkering, and noticed that there is some sort 
of adjustment screw on the top of the t-stat housing.  What is this????  
Could this doohicky just need some adjustment?  Also,  when the engine was 
warm (as warm as it gets anyway) my radiator fan seems to spin freely, then 
bounce-back when when spun.  I can turn it past where it bounces fairly 
easily.  But I'm wondering if the fan being off balance would screw up the 
fan clutch.   
In a message dated 9/17/00 5:35:39 PM Central Daylight Time, 
owner-bmw-digest@domain.elided writes:

<< Hello Folks,
 My 89 325i seems to be running very chilly.  I just got the A/C working 
 again, (with R-134 conversion), and the engine coolant temp guage is barely 
 out of the Blue section.  It was running at a little under a 1/4 of the 
 guage, but now it seems to be dropping some.  The outside temp did drop 
about 
 20 degrees in the past couple days, but. . .
 How reliable are the temp guages on these cars?  Would a T-stat being stuck 
 open cause this perhaps?  
 Also, how quickly would a fan missing two blades start damaging other 
 components because of lack of balance?  THe missing blades are separated by 
 one intact blade, if that says how off balanced it is.  The fan originally 
 was an 11 blade fan I believe.  I have the replacement, just haven't had 
time 
 to put it on yet.
 Thanks,
 Jake
 Bryan TX
 89 325i
 87  Alfa Romeo spider >>

------------------------------