Intercooler Pump Failures
10-28-2005, 12:42 PM
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New C32 owner here,
does that intercooler pump fail often ? any range of mileage for failure? how do you know it is going bad or went bad?
This issue caught my attention, sorry for thread hijack.
does that intercooler pump fail often ? any range of mileage for failure? how do you know it is going bad or went bad?
This issue caught my attention, sorry for thread hijack.
10-28-2005, 01:31 PM
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never had a failure (that I know of). I do notice lack of power sometimes when the car is in too high of a gear though
I was testing SMG's car for because some work was done to it and the car would cut power after a WOT run on the freeway and power would not return until the coolant temp fell back to with-in the safe zone. DME turns off the blower when the coolant is to warm so you have a low compression V6 motor trying to move the car!
Have had this issue on my E55 and SL55 as well. The pumps are terrible.
10-28-2005, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by psk145
never had a failure (that I know of). I do notice lack of power sometimes when the car is in too high of a gear though
i remember you from bimmerforums. i was a former e36m3 owner.
10-28-2005, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by CynCarvin32
The kind of power loss seen in a pump failure is total. The car will not accelerate more than a few mph each 5 seconds. It will likely be slower than a 60's bug!
I was testing SMG's car for because some work was done to it and the car would cut power after a WOT run on the freeway and power would not return until the coolant temp fell back to with-in the safe zone. DME turns off the blower when the coolant is to warm so you have a low compression V6 motor trying to move the car!
Have had this issue on my E55 and SL55 as well. The pumps are terrible.
I was testing SMG's car for because some work was done to it and the car would cut power after a WOT run on the freeway and power would not return until the coolant temp fell back to with-in the safe zone. DME turns off the blower when the coolant is to warm so you have a low compression V6 motor trying to move the car!
Have had this issue on my E55 and SL55 as well. The pumps are terrible.
thanks for the info.
10-28-2005, 02:06 PM
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eglee413: Do a search on both C32 and E55 forums. Pump failures have been happening fairly frequently.
If you have an OBDII scanner or laptop software, failure is fairly easy to diagnose by looking at air charge temperature.
If you have an OBDII scanner or laptop software, failure is fairly easy to diagnose by looking at air charge temperature.
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10-28-2005, 02:06 PM
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i remember you from bimmerforums. i was a former e36m3 owner.
yeah, I had a E36 332 with RMS stage 2 SC on there. Just tentatively sold it today, supposed to get a money order as a deposit soon.
good info on this thread. Thankfully mine hasnt failed on me yet, but I dont press my car too hard.
10-28-2005, 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Vadim @ evosport
eglee413: Do a search on both C32 and E55 forums. Pump failures have been happening fairly frequently.
If you have an OBDII scanner or laptop software, failure is fairly easy to diagnose by looking at air charge temperature.
If you have an OBDII scanner or laptop software, failure is fairly easy to diagnose by looking at air charge temperature.
doing it as we speak vadim. wow. didn't know there was gonna be that much info on it. trying to take it all in.
thanks
10-28-2005, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by psk145
yeah, I had a E36 332 with RMS stage 2 SC on there. Just tentatively sold it today, supposed to get a money order as a deposit soon.
good info on this thread. Thankfully mine hasnt failed on me yet, but I dont press my car too hard.
good info on this thread. Thankfully mine hasnt failed on me yet, but I dont press my car too hard.
congrats on the sale, now you got more mod money !!!
