My new Z4 3.0si sport
- Thread starter ChillZ4
- Start date
Hey, join the club - I just picked up my new Z yesterday!
Had a 200 mile motorway journey straight after and I'd say the steering was on the heavy side as opposed to twitchy. Did get the occasional tramline when in the inside-lane though which gives a bit of a fright.
And there are loads of hums, buzzes and clonks from under the bonnet when I turn the car off. Various pumps, cooling systems going off / on I assume.
Had a 200 mile motorway journey straight after and I'd say the steering was on the heavy side as opposed to twitchy. Did get the occasional tramline when in the inside-lane though which gives a bit of a fright.
And there are loads of hums, buzzes and clonks from under the bonnet when I turn the car off. Various pumps, cooling systems going off / on I assume.
Twitchy as opposed to what? You'll get used to it-the steering is VERY responsive and the wide, low-profile tires tend to follow any groove in the road (exacerbated by runflat tire's very stiff sidewalls-you can lessen the effect with non-runflats as some on here have done. I just got used to it and know which roads tend to give me problems).
Is the rattle just at turning off the ignition? Some have reported a loose heat shield.
Is the rattle just at turning off the ignition? Some have reported a loose heat shield.
Ah, sounds more like what my service adviser called "gear rattle". Says his E46 M does it too. Especially if it's parked on an incline, in neutral, clutch engaged. He said there are two counter-rotating shafts in close proximity. Depressing the clutch moves the shafts away from each other, so no rattle!
Yep, my 2004 60k miles 3.0i rattles when you turn it off a bit... just the release bearing for the clutch rattling as it slows right down/stops, and the gearbox input shaft doing the same 'un-smoothly'
Clutching it loads up the release bearing and removes direct input to the gearbox input shaft.
Not sure about the twitchyness, are you driving in the lorry dips in lane 1 much? They can pull normal cars around a fair bit, the Z4 on RFT's even more...
Dave
Clutching it loads up the release bearing and removes direct input to the gearbox input shaft.
Not sure about the twitchyness, are you driving in the lorry dips in lane 1 much? They can pull normal cars around a fair bit, the Z4 on RFT's even more...
Dave
ChillZ4 said:
Have the rattle when I turn my car off, mine is do to the fan
