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Thread: Where in gods name is the Unloader Relay

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    Where in gods name is the Unloader Relay

    1/1995 M3, EWS II, ODB I.

    The bentley manual says it should be on the drivers side underneath a speaker grille.

    I've checked every last square inch of that area, there is no Unloader Relay. The manual says they're should be 3 relays, two wiper relays and one unloader, but there is only one back there, I dont know its purpose ( the number of wires is different from the unloader relay ).

    Has anyone found this ?

    Thanks!
    Charlie

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    What in His name IS the unloader relay?
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    Gac's the name. Seriously.

    I drive a Metallic Fern Green 1998 BMW M3 Convertible with a hard top. I just rolled over 67k, and I rate the current appearance of the car as 7.8/10, pending repair of some trim pieces. I rate the drive condition as a 7.1/10 until I figure out why my clutch gets into a "slippy mood" evey few months. It is bone-dry stock, except for a modern head unit and slotted/dimpled rotors and ceramic pads. I like it this way. It is awesome.

    That is all. Carry on.

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    all these modules should be located right behind the glove box on left hand vehicles.

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    Sorry GacAttack I didn't think about that line offending people. The Unloader kills power to the electrical system when the car is in start position ( cranking ). For my needs, I need to jump some wires to bypass the EWS.

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    Quote Originally Posted by qbert65536 View Post
    Sorry GacAttack I didn't think about that line offending people. The Unloader kills power to the electrical system when the car is in start position ( cranking ). For my needs, I need to jump some wires to bypass the EWS.
    Lol. THanks for the apology, but I wasn't offended. Looking back at my post, I see how I could be interpreted as me being a smartass-- which is usually a correct interpretation of many of my posts.

    Thanks for the info on the unloader. Like posted before, that's in the group of relays behind the glovebox.
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    Gac's the name. Seriously.

    I drive a Metallic Fern Green 1998 BMW M3 Convertible with a hard top. I just rolled over 67k, and I rate the current appearance of the car as 7.8/10, pending repair of some trim pieces. I rate the drive condition as a 7.1/10 until I figure out why my clutch gets into a "slippy mood" evey few months. It is bone-dry stock, except for a modern head unit and slotted/dimpled rotors and ceramic pads. I like it this way. It is awesome.

    That is all. Carry on.

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    What wire did you jump if you don’t mind me asking got my car cranking finally over 3 months but I think the unloaded relay I jumped is wrong I did my wire jump under the hood in the e box

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