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thanks harry i understand now.

@ Brian:

Ok, thanks

i had a prob recently of no spark into the distributor from the coil.voltage at the coil being fine.Also fuel pump would not work.Ended up being the crank position sensor that had failed.but i hear this is very rare. is this the plug underneath the air intake from the throttle? yes.sometimes moistu...

The battery can read 12v but have no amps behind it, that is the reason one load tests a battery, a multimeter will only give you an indication of what voltage it is carrying, not its capacity (amps=POWER!!) The only case in which a battery would read 12V but have no current flow would be if there ...

The battery can read 12v but have no amps behind it, that is the reason one load tests a battery, a multimeter will only give you an indication of what voltage it is carrying, not its capacity (amps=POWER!!) The only case in which a battery would read 12V but have no current flow would be if there ...

Arjun75 wrote:i had a prob recently of no spark into the distributor from the coil.voltage at the coil being fine.Also fuel pump would not work.Ended up being the crank position sensor that had failed.but i hear this is very rare.

is this the plug underneath the air intake from the throttle?

so now you have to find where the break is!. Assuming there is a break, i would get a reading of 0V at the coil and not 3V surely? I very much doubt that you have 3 volts there. That's why I wrote "Put the meter back in the cupboard, and use a 12 volt 5W or 21W bulb for your testing." Meters give m...

Arjun75 wrote:is the king lead from the coil into the distributor getting a spark?

No.

Brianmoooore wrote:so now you have to find where the break is!.

Assuming there is a break, i would get a reading of 0V at the coil and not 3V surely?

i checked the resistance of the coil, and it was fine, however i checked the voltage between live and earth and was only getting 3v, any ideas?

next chance ill get a look is sunday but thanks for the quick replies so far!

I have a late 91 318i M40 that won't start. The car had been lying for around 6-8 weeks. It had a fuel leak from underneath the inlet manifold from one of the short rubber hoses which connects to the injectors. I replaced this hose and refitted everything as it was, including all plugs and hoses. I ...

Thank you sir! If thats the case then, what kit and make would be recommended for a 318?

Im positive theres other articles about this on here, but when i searched, i couldn't find any, and i wasn't trawling through hundreds of pages. Anyway, to the point. I have a 318i convertible and was considering buying a H&R Cup Kit for it, however, on the place where i was going to buy it, the ite...

cheers mang! was thinkin about lowering it and gettin bigger wheels for it, can't decide between alpinas or bbs's though.... god knows!

Been meaning to put these up for aaaaaaaaaages, enjoy.... http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s60/El_Fishe/DSCF0035.jpg http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s60/El_Fishe/DSCF0034.jpg http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s60/El_Fishe/DSCF0033.jpg http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s60/El_Fishe/DSCF0032.jp...

did it on my 318i cabrio... Pulled the electric plug out of the ICV let the car run for a short while and plugged it back in. That worked for a while, and then i realised there was a small break in the plastic connector on the engine end of the throttle cable which let it become more loose than norm...

jewels wrote:

i wish my engine stuck through my bonnet!!

nickso wrote:
El_Fishe wrote:
johnna wrote:LOL!

Wasn't this in Neon Blue special edition cars?
God im glad the interior in mine doesnt look like that!
me too...looks like something out of a chavalier

or the 60s!!

Gah not to an original! does that make mine one of about 199 now?

johnna wrote:LOL!

Wasn't this in Neon Blue special edition cars?

God im glad the interior in mine doesnt look like that!

never really taken a proper look at the z8, but doesnt anyone else think the newer maserati looks a bit like it?

Fixed it... Pulled out the plug from what i think was the icv at the base of the windscreen and then started the car, idled and drove like a dream, parked up again, put the plug back in, it died first time. So once again i pulled the plug started the car, turned it off, put the plug back in, started...

yeh 318i m40, i think, if ive got my years right anyway lol, designer one?? lol

Cheers for the feedback guys!

Na no plans just now, just lookin at getting it running properly and hoping to pick up a (cheap) e30 hardtop that i can muck about with. want to keep the cabrio totally standard cause i just think it looks better. If anyones selling a cheap one send it this way!

pics are up in the gallery

it looks like... a smart car

Well not really...lol

Mine has low rough tickover too. Is yours like mine El-Fishe, runs beautifully, goes well, just doesn't like idleing? Mine seems worse if under load too - by which I mean heater fan, headlights, heated window etc. Exactly the same, if i switch everything off, lights, stereo, etc etc it idles low, b...

Na not me mate, got a neon blue 318i cabrio down inverkeithing way. where abouts are u?

Just so i make sure im muckin about with the right part, is the tps idle switch right at the base of the windscreen in the middle? with a hose or two running out of the bottom of it?

alrite lads, know its a bit of a while after the last post but im down in the dunfermline/rosyth/inverkeithing sort of area, need to meet up!

Na think i should be alright just now, thanks much for the offer tho, had the afm off, cleaned everything and its still running shitty, next thing it would seem would be the idle control valve??? any ideas??

Where abouts are you??

cheers mate, ill give it a bash in a couple of days, its really pissing me off so i might just give it a bash with a hammer or something, maybe knock some of the shit of it, one more question though, is there a way to get into the afm without removing it or will i have to take it off and dismantle i...

Hi guys, this may or may not have been addressed before but, i've got a really really niggly problem with the motor, It's begun to idle really low, talking around 5 or 6 hundred revs. It occasionally cuts out too when coming up to junctions and lights with the clutch down etc. Sometimes its fine but...

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