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| 1991 - 1999 (E36) (1991 - 1999) The first modern 3 Series, the E36, was the model that paved the way for the 3 Series to be named "Car of the Year" every year since the model was driving off showroom floors. Radically redesigned in 1992, the E36 was not the same 3 Series as the E21 and E30. Larger, less boxy in design, and equipped with a dual overhead cam engine, multilink rear suspension, and a more finished interior, the E36 balances sport with luxury. |
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10-13-2009, 02:14 AM
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Learned about the faulty cooling fan the hard way......
So i was driving to the flyers game on thursday night when i saw a puff of steam coming from my grills. I quickly looked down at the temp gauge and saw the needle gradually moving up. i pulled over on the side of RT 76 opened the hood and a huge cloud of hot coolant steam came out of my engine compartment and a trail of coolant on the highway led to where my car sat. Apparently the fan clutch went bad and the fan wasnt really moving any air. I was in stop and go traffic so i wasnt moving fast enough to cool the car without a fan. My expansion tank basically exploded from the higher pressure in the system and blew coolant everywhere. I called a tow truck and he put my car on the flatbed......$180 bill....then to top everything off the tow truck driver used my towhook in the front to strap the car down for the ride back home. he tightened the cable in the front so much that it completely depressed my front suspension and wouldnt let the suspension soften the ride. he must have hit some big bumps or something because the tightness of the cable in the front cause my shock towers to hit the underside of my hood and put huge outdents in my hood.......all could have been avoided if i would have listened to everyone at first and done the fan delete or put an electric fan in
 
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10-13-2009, 08:22 AM
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OMG damage from flatbed towing?! Amazing. My old iX got towed a few times, I was always happy that it had to be flatbed, I've always been much more nervous watching the E36 on the hook. That driver is a complete idiot! What's the process for the claim I wonder, that's not a cheap fix. That is a huge, huge issue, if he's actually deformed the shock towers that much, how on earth do you fix that?! The geometry of the entire front of the car could be off... it's not like the shock towers went up and nothing else came down, I'd expect that various different places all around the front clip bent in different amounts to result in what you see. A measurement nightmare for the guy on the frame rack. Yout can't "pull" a bent shock tower back down, either, that's probably a cut out and replace, not to mention the hood... Could be looking at a write off here man.
Feeling so bad for you on this man. Hope it turns out WAY better than my fears. Don't blame yourself for not doing the mod earlier, the fault is the idiot tow truck driver not you... a tow is not supposed to mean vehicular destruction, it's supposed to be a rescue. That said, can I point the guys in the FDM thread and elsewhere that I've been arguing with, over to this post? 
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10-15-2009, 01:17 AM
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the car actually seems fine other than the dents. all the gaps are still good and it drives the way it always has. the body shop that towed it is giving me a hard time about the whole thing but all in all the car was perfect when it went on the truck and had damage when it came off. so whatever the driver of the truck did screwed my car up.
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10-15-2009, 01:23 AM
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when i got my car towed.. i had to sign a waiver, waiving damages that might occur while he was pulling it off the tree stump i landed on..
But in your case, you were just getting a tow. If you didn't sign anything like i did... Then they owe you!!...right?
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