bolt-on-bandito
03-18-2007, 06:56 AM
i have an e-36 and the heat is very peculiar, it's a long story, but i am sure i am not the only beamer owner to deal with this. if you can help me fix this, AWESOME, otherwise i may have to go to stealership and bend over.
the car will slowly warm up, then exceed the half way mark on the temp guage, once it gets to about 3/4 or even a little more THEN it will drop down to the normal "half-half" of the heat range. until it does this there is 0 heat in the car. once this happens i smell a tiny bit of coolant, and then the heat comes out. the heat is only consistent at freeway speeds. if i am driving city, then the heat is intermittent/weak, and the temp guage will climb a little as i am sitting in traffic. it will always go back down once i start to drive.
thats the problem, here are some more details. the thermostat/water pump/radiator are all just 1 year old. not to say these parts couldn't be an issue, but they are all pretty new, so i don't think it could be. (unless they are cheap OEM eurotrash parts:mad:)
i have heard about people replacing/back flushing there heater cores, i think that would solve the heat issues, but what about the OVERHEATING issues? this was happening yesterday while i drove. about 38 degrees out side, driving at about 55 mph. ???
anyway any help would be great. please let me know.
the car will slowly warm up, then exceed the half way mark on the temp guage, once it gets to about 3/4 or even a little more THEN it will drop down to the normal "half-half" of the heat range. until it does this there is 0 heat in the car. once this happens i smell a tiny bit of coolant, and then the heat comes out. the heat is only consistent at freeway speeds. if i am driving city, then the heat is intermittent/weak, and the temp guage will climb a little as i am sitting in traffic. it will always go back down once i start to drive.
thats the problem, here are some more details. the thermostat/water pump/radiator are all just 1 year old. not to say these parts couldn't be an issue, but they are all pretty new, so i don't think it could be. (unless they are cheap OEM eurotrash parts:mad:)
i have heard about people replacing/back flushing there heater cores, i think that would solve the heat issues, but what about the OVERHEATING issues? this was happening yesterday while i drove. about 38 degrees out side, driving at about 55 mph. ???
anyway any help would be great. please let me know.
