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318i cab help!

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:34 am
by rishi
hi everyone the cab we just bought drove really nice but as my dad always dous he wanted it serviced and timing belt changed, so he had it done and it drove like shit, no power n misfiring, then the garage said change the lamda sencor and ht leads, did that but still no joy. then we had to change the air flow meter, better now but still not right, wen we bought the car u couldn't tell the engine was running now its quite loud and its hunting for revs, any ideas??? the afm was seccond hand btw

Re: 318i cab help!

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:36 am
by cliffybabe
did he time up the engine correctly when changing the timing belt???

Re: 318i cab help!

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:41 am
by rishi
think so beacuse i asked and he said "ye i'm not blind" lol

Re: 318i cab help!

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:43 am
by cliffybabe
:lol: just it seems strange if everything was cool till it was done, id be double checking :?

Re: 318i cab help!

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:44 am
by rishi
thats what i thought, now my dads givin me evils because i told him to buy it lol, anything i can do to sort it?

Re: 318i cab help!

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:46 am
by cliffybabe
check the timing :lol:

Re: 318i cab help!

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:51 am
by rishi
lol just with a timing light/gun???

Re: 318i cab help!

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:53 am
by cliffybabe
id be checking the timing marks etc, did u dad mark it up?? check his markings.