Got my new 328 e36 last week need so advise Please
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doodlebug said:
9one1 said:
Is it normal for the gear lever to get hot on long trips?
and what is the average fuel consumption on a 328
and what is the average fuel consumption on a 328
How hot? My gear lever gets up to around 35°C to 40°C.
Fuel consumption is between 31 to 33 mpg with a mixture of spirited and grandad style driving.
24 about town (and with a heavy right foot) and about 30/34 on the motorway.
10 if you track it
You shouldn't get any discernable heat through the gearlever - I didn't on Monday and I was going round and round and round and round all day at the Colerne Trackday.
Although it did get a bit tappety at the end - but it's fine now
By the way BMW gurus - whats the butterfly valve for on the 328 left exhaust tip - is it a Aston Martin stylee noise loudness thingy?
Edited add: Answered my own question with a bit of googling - apparently activated by a vacuum hose, it opens at about 2000-2500rpm and makes the exhaust go from one exhaust pipe to two pipes - thus making it less restrictive.
By all accounts this can be held open by taking the hose off and wedgeing the vacuum open with a golf tee - thus making the exhaust louder at the cost of a bit of torque.
I have absolutely no idea why you would want to do that though...
Edited by neil_cardiff on Thursday 7th December 08:50
StuB said:
neil_cardiff said:
By the way BMW gurus - whats the butterfly valve for on the 328 left exhaust tip - is it a Aston Martin stylee noise loudness thingy?
It's for better emissions control when cold.
Ta
So how does it work - does it stay open when cold or something? It was closed when hot and idleing on Monday...
Edited by neil_cardiff on Thursday 7th December 10:06
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