HELP EMERGENCY 335 Overheating stuck at gf's house

RRGOO7 · 06-26-2007, 05:22 PM

About a mile away from my gf;s house and the yellow thermostat apperars.....i keep driving slowly thinking ill make it there and check it.....about 3 seconds later it turns read so i pull over and pop the hood and shut down the car to let it cool down. 5 minutes later i start it up and barely make it to her house (thermostat still apperaring red) ..........

Before i left to her house i had my front wheel off because i was changing a foglight bulb. I dont think this had anything to do with it.....

help?

TTG · 06-26-2007, 05:25 PM

Ok it is not an EMERGENCY for god sake..... Just call BMW and have them tow it to dealer..... I am guessing it is just a sensor...... but you never know.

TiAg335i · 06-26-2007, 05:38 PM

I would call it an emergency.

I've never EVER heard of a new, stock, consumer sold production car overheating (except of course for the 335)

RRGOO7 · 06-26-2007, 05:42 PM

the only temp was only at 210.....I could hear the fans running big time....wonder what the hell it is.....ughh I'm gonna have them tow it in the morning

John 070 · 06-26-2007, 05:48 PM

Good luck, let us know what happened. I thought the overheating was a myth. If it is coolant temp, don't chance it, just tow it.

Man, I may be Nissan brainwashed by all this G this and G that and king is dead stuff, because let's face it, a Nissan product wouldn't have any of this **** going on. I guess it's all about the way it drives that keeps us loyal and happy with our nearly 50k purchases.

Bimmer335i07 · 06-26-2007, 05:54 PM

First year cars are bound to have problems.

You are right. Even if my car dies out on me, I wouldn't trade it in for anything. I just love the way Bimmers drive. This is my first Bimmer and I will stay loyal no matter what. lol!

TiAg335i · 06-26-2007, 05:55 PM

For a car to leave a factory and overheat is no excuse, 210 is not even close to overheating tho. You may have other problems.

rebirth24 · 06-26-2007, 06:57 PM

In MIA you can never be too careful ...

DFW_M · 06-26-2007, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by TiAg335i

For a car to leave a factory and overheat is no excuse, 210 is not even close to overheating tho. You may have other problems.

+1

DFW_M · 06-26-2007, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by RRGOO7

the only temp was only at 210.....I could hear the fans running big time....wonder what the hell it is.....ughh I'm gonna have them tow it in the morning

The fans are running big time in the summer anywhere...
Must be the sensor malfunction of the temp reading was normal.
Just have them check it
In the worst case, trade it for G37

Bubbles · 06-26-2007, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by John 070

Good luck, let us know what happened. I thought the overheating was a myth. If it is coolant temp, don't chance it, just tow it.

Man, I may be Nissan brainwashed by all this G this and G that and king is dead stuff, because let's face it, a Nissan product wouldn't have any of this **** going on. I guess it's all about the way it drives that keeps us loyal and happy with our nearly 50k purchases.

I'll tell you one thing, the infiniti cabin gets hot immediately from the heat soaking in from the engine bay, maybe our BMW's would run cooler if they used this method of cooling

ejazbmw · 06-26-2007, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by dr325i

The fans are running big time in the summer anywhere...
Must be the sensor malfunction of the temp reading was normal.
Just have them check it
In the worst case, trade it for G37

+1 on the g37 i cant wait to test drive it...i wanna compare to see whats its got on the 335....

NaViT · 06-26-2007, 07:23 PM

how many miles on the car already?

hwrdcur · 06-26-2007, 07:27 PM

Don't trip, its warrantied, its all good!

RRGOO7 · 06-26-2007, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by NaViT

how many miles on the car already?

4700.....isn't the engine temp and oil temp completely different?

EmPower · 06-26-2007, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by RRGOO7

4700.....isn't the engine temp and oil temp completely different?

One nifty trick I learnt in the past... when the engine starts overheating turn your heater onto full blast and leave it on.... that will cool the engine down to driveable range.

RRGOO7 · 06-26-2007, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by EmPower

One nifty trick I learnt in the past... when the engine starts overheating turn your heater onto full blast and leave it on.... that will cool the engine down to driveable range.

really? never knew that before very neat trick

montreal_bimmer · 06-26-2007, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by EmPower

One nifty trick I learnt in the past... when the engine starts overheating turn your heater onto full blast and leave it on.... that will cool the engine down to driveable range.

tried it once... engine overheats too fast on a hot day, only thing it'll do is prolong the engine overheating by 30 seconds or so...

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