The BMW UUC Digest Volume 3 : Issue 366 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: E30 1987 325 weirdness-no start Re: E30 1987 325 weirdness-no start PROBLEM SOLVED Re: E30 1987 325 weirdness-no start PROBLEM SOLVED
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:42:22 -0600 From: "Tom Dotzler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: E30 1987 325 weirdness-no start Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Had a similar problem years back in an e28 5er. The cold start injector failed and remained in the "on" mode. It was flooding the car and you could smell it. I couldn't get at it very well so for a test I unhooked and plugged the fuel line going to the injector. Car started and ran fine. Being I live in the south, I never bothered to hook it back up. Looked like I would have to pull the intake manifold. Maybe one of these days. Car still runs and starts OK after like 150k mi. since the disconnect. If you think you have a problem getting fire, though be sure to check connections to sensors. Especially the crank sensor(s). Tom ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 13:42:05 -0800 From: bbbeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: E30 1987 325 weirdness-no start PROBLEM SOLVED Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> TOM WINS it was a bad connection broken wire near the crank sensor. Thanks again for all the help! On another On 14-Jan-07, at 8:42 AM, Tom Dotzler wrote: > Had a similar problem years back in an e28 5er. The cold start > injector failed and remained in the "on" mode. It was flooding the > car and you could smell it. I couldn't get at it very well so for a > test I unhooked and plugged the fuel line going to the injector. Car > started and ran fine. Being I live in the south, I never bothered to > hook it back up. Looked like I would have to pull the intake manifold. > Maybe one of these days. Car still runs and starts OK after like > 150k mi. since the disconnect. If you think you have a problem getting > fire, though be sure to check connections to sensors. Especially the > crank sensor(s). > Tom > Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/ > [email protected] > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ____ > 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: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 18:12:30 -0800 From: bbbeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: E30 1987 325 weirdness-no start PROBLEM SOLVED Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> oh sorry. Well Tom said it last, and i actually listened. i think holding the main relay open for a second made the car think it was already running? it is the sensor down low on passengers side around the middle of the block. Or that wire anyway. it runs across the front of the engine and into a harness? I thiink the sensor is OK just the wire is kerflunken. It looks like a previous hacker forgot to run it properly, cut it, spliced it. I havent actually had a real close look yet. Just wiggled the wire and it started consistenly 5 times, the no start, wiggled wire again and it starts again, so the actual details are still unknown. I am not touching anything down there until it is cleaned up and in the air. thanks all On 14-Jan-07, at 3:27 PM, Brian Ruiz wrote: > DOH! I said it first! :-P > > Oh, wait, I said the CAM sensor... > > I thought EFI cars don't start at all if the crank sensor is bad... > but since it was probably intermittent...I didn't think of that. > > Happy to see you found the problem. :) > > Brian > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: bbbeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 1:42:05 PM > Subject: Re: [UUC] E30 1987 325 weirdness-no start PROBLEM SOLVED > > TOM WINS > it was a bad connection broken wire near the crank sensor. > Thanks again for all the help! > > On another > On 14-Jan-07, at 8:42 AM, Tom Dotzler wrote: > >> Had a similar problem years back in an e28 5er. The cold start >> injector failed and remained in the "on" mode. It was flooding the >> car and you could smell it. I couldn't get at it very well so for a >> test I unhooked and plugged the fuel line going to the injector. Car >> started and ran fine. Being I live in the south, I never bothered to >> hook it back up. Looked like I would have to pull the intake >> manifold. >> Maybe one of these days. Car still runs and starts OK after like >> 150k mi. since the disconnect. If you think you have a problem >> getting >> fire, though be sure to check connections to sensors. Especially the >> crank sensor(s). >> Tom >> Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/ >> [email protected] >> >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> _ >> ____ >> 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 > > Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/ > [email protected] > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ____ > 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 > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. > Try the free Yahoo! 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