|
Home
E12
E24
E28
E30
E34
E36
Z3
E39
E46
X5/E53
ALL
Ron Stygar
Carl Buckland
Dale Beuning
Forums
Help
From digest.v6.n154 Sat Feb 1 12:52:23 1997
From: "Gary" <barrowg_at_toj.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 21:28:36 -0500
Subject: E36 transmssion problem
On a number of occassions I posted info about a problem I had that was
apparently transmission related.I got no response so let me share the
solution. When my 93 320iC (European- similar to 325iC) is put in Drive"D"
it sometimes did not change out of first gear (five speed automatic
transmission). There were no other symtoms of transmission problems.
Everywhere I took the car including the dealer wanted to put the
transmission. I was convinced it was electrical as the car only has 30k.
When I shifted to forth"4" it works fine. I decided to take on the task of
trouble shooting my self. It turned out that the first place I looked I
found the problem. It was the gear shift sensor (automatic range switch)
located in the center panel.This switch apparently tells the computer which
gear the car is in. I removed it and found it to be badly corroded.(this
corrosion sent the wrong signal to the computer fooling the computer in
beleiving it was in first gear. ) I cleaned and replaced it and have had no
problems since. What appeared to be a potential major headache turned out
to be a no cost solution.
Unofficial Homepages:
[Home]
[E12]
[E24]
[E28]
[E30]
[E34]
[E36]
[Z3]
[E39]
[E46]
[X5/E53]
[ALL]
[ Help ]
|