The car has been used to commute this week by the other half and after being stuck in some traffic 1st gear and reverse become really hard to engage. This has only happend to me once before after some very spirited driving, chasing Steve1 at the Cotswold meet. Any ideas?
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Clutch? Sitting at the lights in gear holding back 325bhp ... that would not help if the other half has that habit ... Gearbox is always a little tight until warm ... but mine is great once run for about 10 mins ... sometimes when cold second then first helps rather than pure force ...Need help setting up a CMMS/EAMS system?
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My E36 M3 is like this when hot, solution (hopefully, having it done next week) is to have a braided clutch hose fitted, got the part from BMW (£60 ish)...not sure if they do similar for the Z3M, as not heard of the problem before.
Aparently the standard rubber hose gets too hot and warps, the fluid doesn't go where it should, thus shifting not gr8.-------------------------
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For future reference you can get the required braided hose from http://www.hampshirehose.co.uk/. They had made a run of them for a stealer who was charging £60 per hose! Buy direct and get it for £30.
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I've got the problem as well :-(
Hello to everybody,
I own a S54 Z3 and sitting into traffic I have huge problem to engage the first. How did you fix it please? I tried to found a braided clutch line but I do not know which one I have to replace. On realoem there are more than three clutch lines!
Please help me!
Thanks and regards
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I bought a stainless braided clutch hose from Earles £16...www.earls.co.uk............even tho i do not have a problem as new clutch,gearbox overhauled new bushes etc,storm gear knob....as i have mentioned before when i first bought my car my gearchanges wer terrible seemed like i was driving a shagged out ole tractor...! now silky smooth and no problems...having looked at my old packaging from earls my trace number was 099686 not sure if this helps....Mel
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Originally posted by kwoffa View PostI bought a stainless braided clutch hose from Earles £16...www.earls.co.uk............even tho i do not have a problem as new clutch,gearbox overhauled new bushes etc,storm gear knob....as i have mentioned before when i first bought my car my gearchanges wer terrible seemed like i was driving a shagged out ole tractor...! now silky smooth and no problems...having looked at my old packaging from earls my trace number was 099686 not sure if this helps....Mel
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Originally posted by KIDDLE View PostClutch? Sitting at the lights in gear holding back 325bhp ...
I used to have this problem when driving in slow traffic in hot weather. I always assumed that the clutch (and fluid) got hot because I was doing a lot of gear changes and never driving fast enough to create air flow to cool it off.
Paul
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Originally posted by pdwarren View PostMaybe this is a stupid question, but why does the engine's power, or sitting at lights with the clutch fully down cause a problem? Why would sitting in neutral be any better?
I used to have this problem when driving in slow traffic in hot weather. I always assumed that the clutch (and fluid) got hot because I was doing a lot of gear changes and never driving fast enough to create air flow to cool it off.
Paul
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Can you have a look on this please?
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho...94&postcount=1
Diagnosis 1 is my problem!!!
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Any of their listed causes are possible. The alleged usual cause on the MC is that the clutch line expands, stopping the clutch from moving far enough to disengage. This is much the same as (D) - air in the line stopping the clutch from disengaging.
The braided clutch hose should stop the clutch line expanding. The other theory is that replacing the clutch host will also be the first time that the clutch has been bled properly in a long time, so although it appears to fix the problem, the original cause was in fact air in the line.
Paul
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