It would be great if someone could advise the potential cause of the
below behavior.
The engine when still cold gives a nice acceleration feeling when
changing from 1st to 2nd gear at 1500rpm. The MPG indicator stays above 20.

I have what one technician called a "classic" head gasket leak.
It is on the exhaust side, around cylinders 4 and 5.  It gets hot around
there I guess.
It may be an oil leak there is very common on this model.

I have been looking at performance chips promising more horsepower and
better fuel economy. Prices range from $4 to over $400. Many are no-name
items sold on e-bay and some are well know names like Conforti and Dinan.
Does anyone have any first hand experience with these chips. ...

1999 E36 323i Sport Auto Touring (UK model).
I know it's supposedly filled with "Lifetime" fluid, but as filters are
available I think I'll change it while the trans is still sound.
According to TIS/ETK, the transmission is an A5S 310Z-OJ and the fluid is

Firstly, I'm own an 840 and really love the car.
However, it's not particularly economical on fuel.  Whilst I certainly
don't like paying the rather high fuel prices here in the UK, I'm
getting rather concerned about the effect my car (and every other car

I have a 90 325is.  It has 232,000 miles on it.
The starter went bad.  I replaced it.
Immediately after the fix, I noticed poor driveability, especially while the
engine was warming up.  It idles poorly and drinks a lot of gas.

Does any know how to change the center brake light ('Rear lamp/side
marker lamps')on a 2002 530I?

I've gotten 4 tickets in the last 6 months.  Luckily I'm in Missouri
where your lawyer buddy "fixes" them.  I've always thought radar
detectors were left over from the 70's and all the different bands and
instant on stuff cops use makes them ineffective.  But I'm getting

Well... my car was in a garage for a week while getting hail damage
repaired.  Now the remote is not working....
I can make all doors lock with key in the driver side door...
Any clues?

Hope someone can help!!!
I have a Z3 convertable and when the roof is closed and due to the car
flexing slighly under normal movement (as convertables do) the
mechanism which pulls the roof in to place has a worn bolt which causes

But I have to know.  Does my 2006 330i have an alarm?  I assumed it
didn't as no beeps or anything when locked with the remote, but
yesterday I locked it with the key and heard a double beep.  I didn't
really process it until just now and it could have just been another

seems there are two slots on top that fit on to
the bumper. thats not a problem
but on the bottom it just hangs there by the bumper.
is there another piece ?

Question on an E36 M3 shifter.  There's a spring-loaded catch that you
push in to shift to 5th gear.  This catch keeps the shifter centered in
the cage.
Problem - sometimes it sticks open, meaning that the shifter sits over

Stored a 325i over the winter, took care to run the engine and drive the car
every couple of weeks to keep the battery in good condition and ensure
brakes wouldn't seize.  Last week tried to bring car out of garage and found
the brakes seized (and had driven the car the week ...

Does anyone know if nokia 8800 or 8801 are bmw bluetooth compatible?
Does a snap-in exists for this phone?
thank-you!