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Intermittent Heater Fan
ProTip: Your car is known as an "E36" body style. If you're Googling problems and you want to get to high-quality answers from people who own the same car and have probably dealt with your same problem, search for your symptom using the term "E36".
The classic symptom of a blower resistor failure is that the fan works on the highest speed, but not on some or all lower speeds. This is because the blower resistor is bypassed on the highest speed. You say your fan is intermittent on the highest speed, so it's unlikely to be the blower resistor.
If you have a "display" on your climate control (versus three large rotary knobs and no display), then your car also has something called a "Final Stage Unit" which is an electronic part that the system uses to change the motor speed. You may not even have a blower resistor in this case.
It is possible that the motor itself is bad, but generally these motors fail by becoming noisy, or they sieze up, or die altogether. They don't typically start and stop randomly. However, you can test this by connecting a test light or voltmeter to the motor when the problem is occurring. If there's 12vdc there but the motor isn't running, then your motor is bad. If there is no power there when there should be (i.e. fan is turned on), then the problem is elsewhere.
Or you can take a gamble and replace the final stage unit. Google "E36 Final Stage Unit" and you will find step by step procedures.
5/4/2017 1:06:19 PM •
1996 BMW 318
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Answered
on May 04, 2017
How to open hood BMW 328i 1997 cable snapped
Maybe you could check with three panel beaters on if the hood can be bent back or maybe they can spot weld onto the hood and pull it out. Like get three quotes and if you are paying for it like not insurance job or not let the panel beaters know when asking for a quote..
I changed the crankshaft of my m43 with a crankshaft bearing some gears or drives, thereafter my piston height exceeds the engine block by almost a millimeter. What are the potential dangers?
the problem possibly is that the crankshaft you used may be a longer stroke that the one you removed ( you state that you change the crankshaft of the m43 with another crankshaft)
Assuming that the engine is not a diesel engine
problems that you will have besides the extra height, is an over the top compression pressure which will require top octane fuel or special fuel
one way to lower the compression pressure is to fit pistons with a hollow in the crown ( low compression pistons)
go to a speed shop and you may be able to get an over thick head gasket to stop the piston from hitting the head and to lower the compression pressure as well
look around and talk with speed shops and engine reconditioning engineering shops as there are different sized pistons that have the gudgeon pin set closer to the crown which will make the crown flush with the block
I think that you will have to research the bore and stroke of your engine and the engine that the crank came out of to see if there is a difference and work on that angle if such a difference exists
of course if it is a diesel, it is probably right it you use the correct head gasket as diesel engines have very little clearance between the head and the piston crown
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