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if its a charging problem! altenator belt, are you getting a similar problem with anything else thats applying load to the circuit? ie headlamps.

i was getting a random banging noise from mine about two years ago which turned out to be the exhaust, theres not much scope for play with the back box an a couple of what looked to be fine but turned out to be doggy exhaust rubbers upset its carma, an drove me round the bend....

solex are the devils work!

as brian suggested try the throttle position sensor first, then have a stab at the fuel pump relay if you think that it might be causing a problem, their quite easy to test if you have access to a pocket multi meter. do you know when the fuel filter was last changed? and check, if you have access to...

it may not be to late mate, youve got nothing to loose any way!, quickest way, go to your local motor factors get a syringe, or at a farmers co-op? thier cheaper there, syringe out the nasty stuff an dispose,then top up the fluid, raise the front of the car an turn the steering side to side several ...

is the car driven hard or hardish from cold?, i tell you why im asking, because the car has a 2 stage throttle, the first stage is operated manually ie- your right foot, the second stage is vaccum operated, which makes me think that possibly you have a vaccum leak?, check all the little vac pipes ro...

i know where your coming from mate, it happend with the toad alarm on my mates GTI an left him stranded in town at 11pm at night!, he was'nt best pleased to put it mildly!. whitch craft mate... all hail the electrical gods...

hello mate,i dont know how much help i'l be, but i'l give it a go until some one with electrical know how gets back to you, its usually the thicker the wire the less ressistance,but dont be temted to put anything to skinny in place as the resistance will be to high an it may melt. ie-headlamp bulb (...

hello mate,has the car ever done this before in the cold? an do you buy your fuel at the same place every time? basically do you use super market petrol?

hello mate,do you know when the fluid was last changed as it has a shelf life and will cause symptoms like a noisey pump if not changed at service intervals.check its colour,if its gone brownish its well past its sell buy date...

hello mate,with your car being a 318 and not an I, i presume its a carb model with a mechanicaly driven pump off the cam?. does the car hunt or miss at all on restart?

hello mate,is it disc or drumb on the back of your car?

hello mate, the clocks in your dash are powered by an idependant battery on what they call an si board,it maybe that the battery is failing,try to beg borrow or steal (not litrally) a set of clocks to try prior to buying a new one as they were 90quid without fitting the last time i priced one.. hope...

Hello mate,if you suspect maybe a high tension break down, pop the bonnet at night, my mates mazda 626 looked like the preverbial black pool alluminations when his king lead went..

hello mate, cant you just take the back seat out and then the top of the tank and syphon it out, thats what i did on mine...

Hello mate,it sounds like the enriching devise is failing.(choke in old money),again as daimlerman suggests blue temp sensor.. as for the low idle when the AC is on, that sounds like a charging problem. have you checked the belts?

hello brian, i dont think im getting a whirring sound from my icv on start up,just alot of clicking from my main relay, but then ive been unacompanied whilst trying to rectify these problems and cant get near the unit and apply the ignition, but i am getting a buzzing sound from the icv once the eng...

hello mate,i swapped my ECU in another one of my vain attempts to cure my starting problems, as long as you match the codes off the unit and the precise fuel injection system ie- motronic - early motronic etc.. its probably worth a stab if you can pick one up cheap enough?, it seemed to have no adve...

hello mate, if you say the car is down on power, have you had a compression check done on the cylinders?, obviously with so much going on you sound as though your at your wits end, but its better to start at the begging than pouring money at various areas. if you can make sure the lump is ok its wor...

hello mate, thats what i thought, im no mechanic, but im sure i was told some where in the past that on activating my ignition i should here the pump run briefly prior to start up.. thanks for the tip...

have you checked the reference lable on the pillar beside the drivers door? this as on mine states the tyre sizes an profile difference, also the bar pressure to be run. what ever you decide make sure you run the same pair of tyres on each axle.

hello mate, it should state on the side of the drivers door what size tyres you can run on your model, mine states between 195 an 205 but cant remmember if it mentioned a profile difference..

hello mate, your right!, you can test the thermostat quite easily in a pan of boiling water, you will see the valve open, could save you a tenner!, you can also refit the housing oring too, if your carefull, if you say your water system has a slight leak, then that could cause over heating,even if y...

hello mate, do you mean the engine over runs when you turn the ignition off? steve....

ok m8,it seems to me as if its an excess of fuel judging by the plumes of smoke, the car then plays hunt the cylinder for a while as its trying to clear, its frightening on my cardi wallet watching over Ã‚£5 a gallon disappear into the air without a turn of the wheel. ps as a new member im gratefull...

problem is m8, if it does,nt fire straight away, it seems as though 40 gallons of shells finest have found there way into my engine bay, chokeing my car half to death.

HI, if your determined to do it yourself, you can get mop an polish kits from various outlets, but they do vary in price!, ive done quite a bit of polishing an busters motor cycle accessories are about the cheapest on kits. go down the grades with some wet and dry paper first and get yourself some c...

HI SEB, does yours fire up straight away when the crank is swinging?, as mine takes a few stabs at the key, ocasionally it will fire straight away!, do you think i may be looking in the wrong direction? and that the crank sensor might be at fault?, but woud'nt that have a knock on affect to the igni...

HI, had a simillar problem with my e30, which turned out to be a tiny split in the fuel pipe running to the spray rail, the smell as you said was worse on start up, as when it was warm the fuel from the leak evaporated quicker..

HI, i own a 1988 325i touring, which!, for some unkwown reason, its fuel injection system wont prime the the engine via to start up, i have tried various angles to rectify this problem to no avail - eg.. testing relays, swapping relays, jumping the sockets the relays house, testing the fuel pump, sw...

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