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- Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:00 pm
- Forum: E30 Technical Help
- Topic: 318i very strange missfire
- Replies: 18
- Views: 515
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fuel economy is terrible lately, all plugs are fouled the same and performance is very much decreased.
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:05 pm
- Forum: E30 Technical Help
- Topic: 318i very strange missfire
- Replies: 18
- Views: 515
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ok so what do i check on the sensor. oh and yeh i taped up the split in the hose and it made no differece hehe.
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:45 am
- Forum: E30 Technical Help
- Topic: 318i very strange missfire
- Replies: 18
- Views: 515
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just been out again and it seems the longer i drive the worse it gets, swapped my plugs back but that didnt seem to help either. its running so rich its fouling the plugs in minutes, what causes over fuelling?
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:54 am
- Forum: E30 Technical Help
- Topic: 318i very strange missfire
- Replies: 18
- Views: 515
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hmmm got e thinking about the air intake hose it is actually split right by the jubilee clip on the afm, could this be the problem i wonder, i have replaced afm so i`m pretty sure its not that, but as someone mentioned earlier in thread about plugs i did buy bosch super 4`s could these be a bad choi...
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:10 am
- Forum: E30 Technical Help
- Topic: 318i very strange missfire
- Replies: 18
- Views: 515
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oxygen sensor /intake air temp sensor where o i find these.
- Tue Jan 27, 2009 1:34 pm
- Forum: E30 Technical Help
- Topic: 318i very strange missfire
- Replies: 18
- Views: 515
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have now replaced afm and still the same dodgy running.
- Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:20 pm
- Forum: E30 Technical Help
- Topic: 318i very strange missfire
- Replies: 18
- Views: 515
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ths is really baffling me now put new plugs in sunday missfired all wy home, been to work and back today and didnt do it once. any ideas why it would be intermittent.
- Mon Jan 26, 2009 12:55 pm
- Forum: E30 Technical Help
- Topic: 318i very strange missfire
- Replies: 18
- Views: 515
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so what could cause over fuelling, i have already replaced ecu but other than than i have no clue what could be causing it.
- Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:01 am
- Forum: E30 Technical Help
- Topic: 318i very strange missfire
- Replies: 18
- Views: 515
318i very strange missfire
ok so as you can guess my 318i is missfiring , but here is the strange thing its overfuelling and blacking the plugs so i clean them and it settles again but today i went and bought 4 new plugs and it has started missfiring worse than ever, does anyone have any idea why it would be worse with new pl...
- Sat Jan 24, 2009 3:10 am
- Forum: E30 Technical Help
- Topic: Over reving Idle
- Replies: 5
- Views: 239
Re: Over reving Idle
mine was doing very similar turned out mine as the hose from the icv to the airbox was split, soon as i changed it no more over revving, not saying it is but worth a look took me a month to figure this out.
- Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:47 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Price for new engine
- Replies: 28
- Views: 943
Re: Engine
have replied to your pm sati, will talk to a mate tomorrow about how much to pick car up.
- Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:39 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Price for new engine
- Replies: 28
- Views: 943
Re: Engine
it did seem a bit expensive to me but i desperately need my car back.
- Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:24 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Price for new engine
- Replies: 28
- Views: 943
Re: Engine
i`m not thinkin in terms of performance just getting it moving again, and surely a 2.5 is an even thirstier beast.
- Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:10 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Price for new engine
- Replies: 28
- Views: 943
Re: Engine
mine is a 318i not is i made mistake when registering lol, as for this engine i dunno mileage yet, i have been offered a engine from a 320i how much work would be involved in dropping this in place of my 1.8i?
- Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:47 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Price for new engine
- Replies: 28
- Views: 943
Price for new engine
i`ve been quoted £190 for a new 1.8i engine is this a good price, i have no idea wether or not it is.
- Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:32 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: My garage...
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1952
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hmmm, my engine just died, mines a 318i, how easy would it be to transplant your motor into it? am having trouble findind as a replacement 1.8i engine.
- Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:14 am
- Forum: E30 Technical Help
- Topic: broken timing belt could be ok?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 408
Re: New belt
i have a 318i timing belt chewed about 8 teeth couple months ago, ew beltand timed up and its fine lol guess i was just lucky.
- Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:43 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Help needed, I'm losing out to a Subaru!
- Replies: 75
- Views: 2680
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2 votes from me mate way better than the scoob.
- Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:52 pm
- Forum: Members' E30s
- Topic: My first E30
- Replies: 7
- Views: 440
Re: My first E30
it is very tidy few little bits of surface rust nothing major. doesnt seem to like being in drive when stopped at lights though starts to bounce a bit lol.
- Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:47 pm
- Forum: Members' E30s
- Topic: My first E30
- Replies: 7
- Views: 440
My first E30
this is my 318i auto bought it a week ago for the grand sum of £450 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y22/joboots/media.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y22/joboots/media2.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y22/joboots/media3.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y22/joboots/media4.jpg These are...
