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still looking for the gremlin have changed just about everything serviceable including ecu afm icv plug leads for new set this is crazy

dont know where else or what else to do but i'm still welcoming recommendations

Yes they are Brian have replaced both still looking for the problem throw some suggestions to me guys I will check anything and everything this is driving me mental my only step next would be a m50 conversion but my thinking is if it runs great for 15min why not always this is what I'm trying to fin...

Ok scrap what I said "fixed" the running problems was not the thermostat at all it would seem the gremlins have returned if they ever went away at All at the moment I'm clutching at straws please any help or advice further to what has been said would be greatly appreciated cheers

FYI thanks guys for all the input just thought i would share this. After months of my free time poured into fault finding i discovered the fault of the bad running was caused by a 71c thermostat being fitted to the car which resulted in the car running too cool 1/4 on the temp gauge so the primitive...

Dark grey Brian

Need help guys 86 325i convertible drives perfectly for 15 min then looses all power I have changed tps temp sensor two bel housing sensors ecu and air flow meter with proven working ones I've even put new fuel pump in and relay fuel and main and it's still looses power.is it time for a exorcism ?

fuel filter fuel pump all new circa 6mths old i have been reading up on tps's and ive got a feeling it might be at fault mine is round plug 6 pin one
ive noticed a steel retainer on the new ones advertised for sale the one on the car dosnt seem to have one.
would this be an important thing?

ok have changed the injectors with good proven ones from a e36 325 and i have also changed the two crank angle sensors on the belhousing with new ones i thought i had a win with this as the car was "going like a rocket" until the same thing happened it bogged down and didn't correct itself until i t...

Yep I have 2 sensors in the gearbox bel housing I know one is a cps but what is the other ?

Brian no lambada sensor I've got a feeling it might be a bad fuel injector Does this sound feesable I took it for a test drive today and it did the same thing but without turning the engine off I continued to drive it 1st and 2nd gear it was bogging down and only allowed me to tickle the acelarator ...

Thanks I will go through it all and check
Do you think the coolant temp sensor might be a bit faulty?

Didn't really make any sense to me sorry anything more tangible to my problem please

Hi guys need some help recently my 325 starts and runs ok for a few km then seems to splutter under acceleration just like disconnecting the afm but when I pull over turn the engine off I can immediately start it and it's fine for a km or so I only have the basic tools so I'm looking for some possib...

just had a masive leak out from the steering rack,drivers side,i can replace the rack but ive seen a fellow in the states selling 2 plugs that deletes the power steering,seems like a straight forward thing to do is this a cheeper and better option or is it better to replace the rack.

my 325 has the braket in place looks like a straight forward fit but as with most conversions i will reserve judgement untill its done

excelent love driving the car in auto form but i really miss my old 325 sport in manual i sold it 3 years ago and have regreted it since,looking forward to doing this conversion but i will have to wait till our summer comes in the weather is a bit unpredictable here at the moment and the donner car ...

thanks mr lee crawled under the donner car and you are right it is a 240 box i just asumed because it was a 6 cyl it was a 260,never mind.and yes i will be holding onto it as long as posible or untill the wife starts to tell me how untidy things are getting but if any zoner needs anything drop me a ...

that sounds verry straightforward,i havent been under the auto 325 for some time are all the mountings there for the conection of the gear shifter or will i have to frag it from the donner car

hi all i want to convert my 325i convertible from automatic transmision to manual cause the auto is starting to play up and lets face it 2.5 engins are more fun in manual,anyway ive got my hands on a 320i convertible that i picked up for a song cause it was hit in the rear it has a lot of good parts...

thanks andrew thats what i thought just needed to confirm cheers

hi all what is the biggest size tyre i can put on a 15x7 bbs rim to fill the gaurds on my 88 convertible atm its got 205/50/15's and they look small on the profile.

guys im pleased and relieved to say that after almost a month of fault chasing the fault was with the air flow meter got a replacement from my friendly bmw wrecker who after hearing my saga offered to loan me 2 to trial {thanks marcus} fitted it and the car is now running excelent whew what a relief...

ok im getting nowhere fast so ive decided to go back to basics 1st job air flow meter cause engine sounds like its choking i replaced it with the one of my 325 cab and there is no diference so then i decided to take them all off started the car and problem has gone engine reves freely right through ...

e301988325i wrote:It's the flow characteristics of the injectors that need checking, did you?

im not sure what ypu mean by this how do i test this

ok took the fuel rail out today and cleaned the injectors new o rings new fuel lines refit everthing reconected the battery after all the effort its still doing the same thing ive got to tell you all this one is really trying my patience any one out there with some more insight

hey brian just a thought would a blocked fuel injector cause these problems if so is there a procedure for removing the fuel rail,reason i ask is because even when i rev the car it tends to splutter a bit.any thoughts

no brian i dosnt but the idle when engine is warm hunts a bit between 500 and 1000rpm ive got a feeling the idle control valve might be the culprit im going to get a replacement on monday and fit and try i replaced the rubber boot that goes from the afm to the throtle body with a spare i had seems t...

brian i have checked for leaks with the carby cleaner wafted around all the inlet areas plugs are new as i just replaced them old ones were not sooty but were black and ive got to call a mechanic mate of mine in to do a compresion test and check the timeing as i dont have the corect equiptment to do...

anyone got any sugestions

ok update ive refited the tapet cover and new crakecase vent tube after all that ive done it still is doing exactly the same thing that is it starts fine and revs fine but cuts out when slow reved between 700 and 1000 rpm i disconected the oxygen sensor as per brians request still the same anyone ou...

too right mate yes i will be replacing the gasket and ive got a full 2 sets of new torx head engine bolts so i better do it have got a brand new head i was going to put it on my convertible but now im thinking ill do a m50 conversion to my convertible but one thing at a time ill get this one sorted ...

no the breather pipe was ok if you looked at it but it is hard and brittle and did split when i took it off so im hopping that this is the problem ill have to wait untill i get the new one i will keep you all informed when i get it all together cheers

yes brian i thought that was the case with the bolts because all my other cars have had the torx head bolts spot of luck i thought that the broken bits didnt cause any damage as far as the breather im praying that this might be the cause of the problem wishfull thinking and im trying to kepp the gla...

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