What's that? You wanna chit chat? Welcome to the whore thread!

[Mike.]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Thank you sir !

Where I was ? Please read post "21943" it explains where I was => http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthr...6#post20046246

hahah okay that explains it all

[RJ_]

Inside of a BMW N54 electric water pump.

[PoorLurker]

Originally Posted by bimmette

Wow, this was a good read

http://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1268147

Whoa - interesting


Guy needs to learn when to walk away from the keyboard or at least learn to type out a response, let it sit there for 10 minutes, and reread it with a different frame of mind.

Most people have no real concept of how much cars cost. Therefore, I think they are valid questions to see how much cars cost.

[ASBSECU E93]

Originally Posted by PoorLurker

Whoa - interesting


Guy needs to learn when to walk away from the keyboard or at least learn to type out a response, let it sit there for 10 minutes, and reread it with a different frame of mind.

Most people have no real concept of how much cars cost. Therefore, I think they are valid questions to see how much cars cost.

It's a shiny new toy - people often have a genuine curious interest in getting a closer look.

I've always taken this as a sign others share an appreciation for cars that I own.

The words 'how much' are often said without a second thought.

[bimmette]

Originally Posted by jtodd_fl

Heh. Much win. I had a lengthy reply, then deleted. Also, thread's closed. Hope dude is getting help.

Edit: Someone asked, in is mods/build thread, "How much? LOL!" Someone needs to comment in there that this s a racer boy, poser car for the plebes and a financial advisor should never drive one? Better yet, just as "Do you live in your parents basement, because this is sort of a poor person's car." Hahah. /troll

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[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by bimmette

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Good morning sweetie

[EALm4]

holy shit what an adventure. Spent 3 hours in line at the vet to get up to date on a rabies shot so we can go to the dog park. I feel a nap brewing

[bimmette]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Good morning sweetie

Morning!
Oh man, I think I actually slept 8 hours straight which I never do.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by bimmette

Morning!
Oh man, I think I actually slept 8 hours straight which I never do.

Almost evening here Tara it's 6-PM over here
8 Hours is for me the amount of sleep for 2 days during week days , too busy in the madhouse ..
Need 8 hours as well , it's good for a hormone boost production .

EDIT : Check this out => post 27 http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthr...1269569&page=2

[08njSTEP]

Originally Posted by RJ_

Inside of a BMW N54 electric water pump.

Now that IS interesting. Did you notice any wear on the magnets? Any blackened circuits? Anything show heat swelling?

[Aatish]

That's a pretty big capacitor

[Verbiage]

That's what she said.

[RJ_]

Originally Posted by 08njSTEP

Now that IS interesting. Did you notice any wear on the magnets? Any blackened circuits? Anything show heat swelling?

I didn't notice much physical wear whatsoever, which was surprising. The entire motor and control electronics side was really clean, no corrosion or intrusion of coolant.

There's obviously cracking in the plastic sheath over the rotor permanent magnet, which was extremely strong, and there was a plastic collar on the rotor shaft behind the impeller that was broken and crumbled, but that may have been from me disassembling it.

The three leads to the motor windings were broken, but that could have just been from me taking the halves apart.

The control electronics were very delicate looking, with 3 different places where tiny little solder leads jumped between the different boards. Seemed like possible weak points. But I didn't observe any noticeable burned out sections, then again I'm no EE. It did have this awesome clear gel conformal coating over it that would stick to your finger and then flow back into its original spot. Also, the inductor/capacitor pair was kinda cool in how it was assembled into that plastic tray, staked in place with rtv, then dropped into the assembly as one piece. I didn't have a small enough torx bit to remove it.

The motor didn't function at all when removed, and after looking at it it seems like an electrical failure, not a mechanical one.

[08njSTEP]

Yeah I see that crack now. I used to do a lot of aquarium stuff and whenever a pump stopped working I would take it apart to see why. Very common to see rotor magnet cover damaged. Usually bad enough to contact magnets.

[RJ_]

Originally Posted by 08njSTEP

Yeah I see that crack now. I used to do a lot of aquarium stuff and whenever a pump stopped working I would take it apart to see why. Very common to see rotor magnet cover damaged. Usually bad enough to contact magnets.

That's interesting. This one seems pretty well protected, since there was that plastic insert between the magnet and windings too. Hard to tell but there was another bearing at the bottom, so it was aligned well.

The magnetic attraction sucked the shaft into place and it rode smoothly in the tail bearing.

Lol paging jtodd

[08njSTEP]

Most pumps I've seen had magnets incapsulated within the housing, so they weren't visible. A plastic button on top and bottom would hold rotor shaft in place.

[smoosh]

These west coast girls are fun :

[08njSTEP]

I could never understand how the rotor magnet spinning is cooling water could become damaged. But it was always damaged if pump failed. These were up to 500gal/hr and this pump is probably 5gal/min or more.

[08njSTEP]

The biggest pump I've used was 1/2hp and ran 25gal/min at 30ft head. A monster. Hasn't failed yet(although the volute was leaking)and will be interested to see when it does. Ran constantly for over 3 years so far.

[ASBSECU E93]

@Lups

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by ASBSECU E93

@Lups

Don't think this is possible in Finland for the moment .
Same thing here in Belgium...This week we saw only rain , and not kinda normal rain....Floods of it .
The amount of one month of rain => In one single hour !
Streets were changed in rivers , and I saw fish on the roads , no joke .
Took my Mini and it drove through the whole shit !

[Mike.]

just went car shopping..

fuck my life

f22s, f30s, f32s oh myyyyy