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My mrs wants rid of it so we can have more old cars!

thermal time switch? Which ones that? Doesn't exist on anything made in 1990, so don't worry about that one. Sounds more like it fouls a plug or two, or runs extremely rich at first start up. Leaking injector? oil or water into cylinder? Plugs/ dis. cap/ rotor? Clean out the plug recesses and take ...

sounds like a plan i'll give it a go thanks

thermal time switch? Which ones that?

My mates theory was the AFM was full of crap and when you left it sat the crap settled on the switch, but was brushed to the side once the car ran?!

Can you take the AFM apart without wrecking it?

It runs like a bag of crap for the first 30 seconds when you start it in the morning (bad idle, misfire type symptons when you rev it) and by the time you've got off the drive its fine....until the next morning :cry: Its a 1990 316i i'm pulling my hair out trying to work out what it is! I've put a n...

remember to fold them forwards or they wont clear the screen

Hi guys,
Has anybody had an airflow meter go wrong? If so what are the symptoms.
I think i may have a problem with mine.

I've been having cold running problems with my 1990 316i When you start it in the morning it runs rough and when you lightly touch the throttle it tries to cut out. Once its warmed up a bit, drive a minute up the road, its fine. I've changed the blue temp sensor which made no difference, and i clean...

Ok will do...i did have a quick look at that and it seemed ok but i will double check it.

Hi guys, When i start my 316i in the morning or from cold it idles badly and the rev counter needle jumps up n down. Sometimes when you pull away it stutters aswell. Within 30 seconds the problem goes away. Any ideas? Im told it could be the temperature sensor, can you test for this? Thanks Do you ...

It does sound like that blue temp sensor...i'll give it a try.
Thanks

It was the HT leads making mine do it

Hi guys,
When i start my 316i in the morning or from cold it idles badly and the rev counter needle jumps up n down. Sometimes when you pull away it stutters aswell.
Within 30 seconds the problem goes away.
Any ideas? Im told it could be the temperature sensor, can you test for this?
Thanks

Paint normally cracks because the paint hasnt gone off under the new paint thats been put on top if that makes any sense?! So when the paint underneath does dry it pulls the top coat apart and cracks it. Nothing to do but strip it off and start again.....you can flat the cracks and paint over again ...

Also rubber fetish clothing cleaner, from ann summers or any adult shop...its the same stuff

Just use paint thinners mate

I bought a ford Consul a few years back with no log book. I sent off for one and the DVLA said the reg. no. was on a Lambretta?!!! In a panic i searched the car for clues and found a soggy old tax disc under the seat, i dried this out and got the reg. from the disc. It turned out the muppet who made...

You should be ok with unleaded.
I had an opel manta that i had to use super unleaded in or it ran on and ran like a bag of crap!
If you still stuck u can get octane booster

How did you manage that?
The cap for my 316i cost me Ãƒ”šÃ‚£60!! I hate halfords they know they can charge what they like when yoiur stuck in the evening!!

Sounds like a lose conection...have you checked the wiring to the sender?

The distributor cap and rotor are new...however theold ones had bmwbosch 1990 stamped on them

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So i suspect the leads are origanal, may be worth changing!!

Heres a good one for you... Ive got a 1990 316i that will be fine usually, but when driving along with my foot slightly on the throttle (usually about 2000 revs) sometimes the car starts bucking with increasing violence until i change gear (up or down) or put my foot down on the throttle. And ideas?...

1st pic for me!
Customizing cars in not about fitting airfix kits in my book!

Ive got one!
I thought the fuel consumption was good...i'm getting 30-35 to the galon out of mine....thats about 10 more than the Manta I had before!

If you take it to a radiator specialist they should be able to repair it.
I had a hole in a rad in a dodge dart i had (lead lamp unclipped itself from the bonnet with the engine running, wrapped itself around the fan and smacked the rad

) I got it repaired for about Ãƒ”šÃ‚£20!

I disagree...I had nothing but trouble with Adrian flux! Avoid like the plague...if you so much as ask them to answer the phone they charge you Ãƒ”šÃ‚£50! I had a 3.7ltr dodge dart insured with them, which i sold, when i asked to change the policy for a different car, a 1.7 ltr ford Consul they put ...

Thanks for that now i know!

whats an on board computer do then...i know im being thick, but im curious!

Are you guys on about the clock????
coz the front comes off to remove it

do you mean the digi clock next to the radio?

the thing i love with those Lexus style lights is alot of them fill up with water!

I had a mk1 Escort a few years ago that a was desperate for a jackup kit for....i never got one

It did have wolfrace slots on it though!

Jacking up cars how 70's

Dont forget the furry dash and the brakelight under the axle!

Damn thats bad!
My girlfriend put her stiletto through the floor of a ford consul i had!

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Air flow meter problem?!

Still running like plop when cold...help!

Re: Bad idle when cold...help!

Bad idle when cold...help!

Kangeroo hop!