The BMW UUC Digest Volume 3 : Issue 437 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: [Oil floods] Looking for a good oil absorbent Re: [Oil floods] Looking for a good oil absorbent <OT> but BMW built: Mini cooper Fuel pump(s)? Re: <OT> but BMW built: Mini cooper Fuel pump(s)? Re: <OT> but BMW built: Mini cooper Fuel pump(s)? Mini cooper Fuel pump(s)?
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:41:54 -0400 From: Stephan Goldstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: [Oil floods] Looking for a good oil absorbent Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> So, what are folks' favorite absorbents for cleaning up oil spills? I used up the last of my "Avenger Sorb" last night in the aftermath of the Great April Fools' Day Oil Flood. The 1-800 number on the container no longer goes to Bioremediation Products Inc in Cincinnati, the manufacturer's name on the label, and I've been unable to find any contact info for them. Thanks Steve ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 09:01:39 -0500 From: "Bill Proud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "UUC Digest" <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: Re: [Oil floods] Looking for a good oil absorbent Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cat Litter ...........any cheap brand so long as the mice are dead . Available in every supermarket . Beepee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephan Goldstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 8:41 AM Subject: [UUC] [Oil floods] Looking for a good oil absorbent > So, what are folks' favorite absorbents for cleaning up oil spills? > > I used up the last of my "Avenger Sorb" last night in the aftermath > of the Great April Fools' Day Oil Flood. The 1-800 number on the > container no longer goes to Bioremediation Products Inc in Cincinnati, the > manufacturer's name on the label, and I've been unable to find > any contact info for them. > > Thanks > > Steve > Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com > > > __________________________________________________________________________ > In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. > > UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate > Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! > 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 18:44:55 -0500 From: "Alex Cagann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: <OT> but BMW built: Mini cooper Fuel pump(s)? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have an 04 S that won't start. Had it brought in under warranty, they said squirrels had eaten through a fuel pump electrical line. Price was $1,200 to fix. Frayed wires...well, I can fix. I get it back home, no evidence of rodents, the fuel lines and wires are all behind corrugated plastic tubing. I hear a fuel pumping buzzing like crazy, but it is in the engine compartment, or just below it. If this car has a pump in the tank, then there is a secondary one I am hearing. If I can see no damage, and everything is covered in this piping, how did a squirrel or chipmunk or what have you get to this 'mysterious' area? I don't see it. The tank will not accept gas, but the dash reads ZERO gasoline. Could the tank be filled with air so as not to let it down the chute? Perhaps the tank is full (although it was near empty when I sent it up to the dealership) and the rodents ate through the sending wires for the whole outfit. BUT, I don't see it. Any ideas? Alex ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 20:25:47 -0400 From: "Ben Keyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Alex Cagann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: Re: <OT> but BMW built: Mini cooper Fuel pump(s)? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> go back to dealership & demand to see the damage which the rodents caused before you authorize any work on the car. when they show you (if it's there at all) then you tell then you refuse the work & you'll do it yourself (assuming it's as simple as wires chewed which can be spliced back together). if they prove that it was rodents, see if BMW makes "marten-proof wiring" which they used to for E28 (unlikely) and post pics of the damage to Mini forums. if they prove to be crooks, out them everywhere you can & get it into the local media. I can see "The Investigators" or the "Action Team" or whatever your local news' attack team is called loving this - probably get the story all put together complete with incredulous quotes from the dealer just in time for May sweeps. Ben On 4/2/07, Alex Cagann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an 04 S that won't start. Had it brought in under warranty, they said > squirrels had eaten through a fuel pump electrical line. Price was $1,200 to > fix. Frayed wires...well, I can fix. I get it back home, no evidence of > rodents, the fuel lines and wires are all behind corrugated plastic tubing. > I hear a fuel pumping buzzing like crazy, but it is in the engine > compartment, or just below it. If this car has a pump in the tank, then > there is a secondary one I am hearing. If I can see no damage, and > everything is covered in this piping, how did a squirrel or chipmunk or what > have you get to this 'mysterious' area? I don't see it. The tank will not > accept gas, but the dash reads ZERO gasoline. Could the tank be filled with > air so as not to let it down the chute? Perhaps the tank is full (although > it was near empty when I sent it up to the dealership) and the rodents ate > through the sending wires for the whole outfit. BUT, I don't see it. Any > ideas? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 21:17:08 -0500 From: Jenny Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ben Keyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alex Cagann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: BMW List <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: Re: <OT> but BMW built: Mini cooper Fuel pump(s)? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I tend to agree with Ben, but I'd also like to mention that in my 25 years of Pro BMW tech'ing, I have seen numerous cases of rodent damage... Frequently, you can even tell what sort of rodent based on teeth marks and scatological evidence. If only fuel pump wires are at fault, ya, you can probably fix them with splicing, but I'd bet the dealer is estimating based on replacing the entire sub-harness. Jenny Morgan On Apr 2, 2007, at 7:25 PM, Ben Keyes wrote: > go back to dealership & demand to see the damage which the > rodents caused before you authorize any work on the car. when > they show you (if it's there at all) then you tell then you refuse the > work & you'll do it yourself (assuming it's as simple as wires > chewed which can be spliced back together). > > if they prove that it was rodents, see if BMW makes "marten-proof > wiring" > which they used to for E28 (unlikely) and post pics of the damage > to Mini > forums. > > if they prove to be crooks, out them everywhere you can & get it > into the local > media. I can see "The Investigators" or the "Action Team" or > whatever your > local news' attack team is called loving this - probably get the > story all put > together complete with incredulous quotes from the dealer just in time > for May sweeps. > > > > Ben > > > On 4/2/07, Alex Cagann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have an 04 S that won't start. Had it brought in under warranty, >> they said >> squirrels had eaten through a fuel pump electrical line. Price was >> $1,200 to >> fix. Frayed wires...well, I can fix. I get it back home, no >> evidence of >> rodents, the fuel lines and wires are all behind corrugated >> plastic tubing. >> I hear a fuel pumping buzzing like crazy, but it is in the engine >> compartment, or just below it. If this car has a pump in the tank, >> then >> there is a secondary one I am hearing. If I can see no damage, and >> everything is covered in this piping, how did a squirrel or >> chipmunk or what >> have you get to this 'mysterious' area? I don't see it. The tank >> will not >> accept gas, but the dash reads ZERO gasoline. Could the tank be >> filled with >> air so as not to let it down the chute? Perhaps the tank is full >> (although >> it was near empty when I sent it up to the dealership) and the >> rodents ate >> through the sending wires for the whole outfit. BUT, I don't see >> it. Any >> ideas? > Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/ > bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ____ > In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the > BMW CCA. > > UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate > Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! > 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 08:53:25 -0400 From: "Fuerst, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "BMW List" <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: Mini cooper Fuel pump(s)? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> No fuel pump access under the back seat or trunk? 1st ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(6 messages) **********
