2 "classic" 135i issues in 24hrs.

[RPM90]

Originally Posted by Misterted

I have never had either of those issues.

And once again the world is rebalanced.

[Clap135]

I had this radio thing happen to me twice now. 1st time i turned the car on and the rear speakers were all staticy, the 2nd time 9/11/09 i turned the radio on and had nothing, so im thinking my it had something to do with 9/11 and silence ect ect, tried putting in a cd, wouldnt even go into cd mode. Got to work locked the car, came out, radio was fine. 09 135 here

[RPM90]

Originally Posted by tm30

The radio issue is not limited to the 135. I've had it happen twice on my 128 prem hifi.

Yes, I've read that in these threads, that's why I called it "classic".

I have the base audio system not the hi-fi, so it seems not to be an audio system based problem, seems more generalized since either system and either car have had this issue.

I haven't had this pop up again since that day.
Also, I didn't have a long crank yesterday morning, but I did today, and I started it cold in the afternoon with ambient temps in the mid 70's.
Car is running great otherwise.

I'm going to try a bottle of "heet" and a bottle of injector/combustion chamber cleaner (I prefer Techron), just to see if maybe I've accumulated some moisture in the tank due to the big temps drops and high humidity we've experienced this week. It can't hurt. I'm under a 1/4 tank right now, so I'll get a fresh tank of fuel and some heet and cleaner. I'll post if anything changes after a 1/4-1/2 tank of that.
Anyone else try some Heet and/or FI/comb chamber cleaner?

[RPM90]

Originally Posted by imported_mega

more and more it sounds like vapor lock issues

Yeah, it sounds similar to vapor lock, but, that doesn't typically happen in a cold engine, and not generally in modern fuel injected engines. It typically happens in a hot engine with carbs.

I don't think it's vapor lock.

[SG Spiff]

Apparently I spoke too soon in my post. My HPFP just started acting up again and when I started my car today to take it to the dealer, the stereo wouldn't work. RPM90, you have my attention.

[RPM90]

Originally Posted by SG Spiff

Apparently I spoke too soon in my post. My HPFP just started acting up again and when I started my car today to take it to the dealer, the stereo wouldn't work. RPM90, you have my attention.

Hmmm....things that make you go hmmm.....
Odd, I know. About the only thing related with these two very different systems is that they are controlled by that little "black box" of electrical mystery filled with lots of 1's and 0's, that may forget which they are at times.

Well, interestingly I have not had any ore long cranks since the last tank of gas ran out and I filled up again with different brand fuel.

And, I haven't experienced a stereo issue since that one time either.
Doesn't mean one, the other, or both won't come back, but for now they are gone.