Re: New M5 Owner (archive)

Steve Haygood has a good reputation. I spoke with him regarding my S38 rebuild and he was very helpful. If you want to stay in town, try Phil Bowman (Bowman Motor Works, Peachtree Industrial I think), who rebuilt the S38 that was featured in the "Bimmer" article.

Other than that, here are a few comments:

1. To test the fan clutch, get the car hot, maybe drive it around so that hot air can get to the fan clutch. Then roll up a newspaper and stick it into the fan. The fan may stop, but will continue to beat against the newspaper roll. If it just stops and stays, the clutch is shot probably, but

2. It is possible the radiator is blocked enough that the clutch front is not getting enough hot air to bring it up to temperature. Steve Haygood suggested this as a cause elsewhere. Examine the radiator. It is easy to remove and replace. Clean it out with compressed air.

Neil Deshpande
http://www.neilwerke.com
1992 M5, Decatur, GA

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I picked up my E28 M5 on Friday and couldn't be more thrilled. The car I bought is absolutely perfect, but it does run a little hot at low speeds. At one point I got stuck in bumper to bumper traffic and the needle climbed a little beyond the 3/4 mark. It was still a couple mm from the red zone, but was a little scary. The previous owner warned me of this and said I might want to install a thermostat that would kick the fan on at a lower temperature or else install a switch that would allow me to manually kick the fan on.

Is this a common problem? I didn't see any posts in the archive, so it doesn't seem so. Which of the above fixes would be best? Any other suggestions?

Anyone know a good ///Mechanic in the NW Atlanta area?

Thanks.

Sean
'88 M5
'76 2002

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