Misfing badly BMW 318i

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sati
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Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:57 pm

i went to start my car after its been sitting for around 6months and it was misfiring really badly , it starts up fine but as soon as you touch the gas it revs up but misfires all the way up to 7,000 rpm , there spark there fuel and compression , can the timing be out? as i changed the colling fan as it was a pain to remove! , can this have messed you the timming?

ill post up a video clip if it helps
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Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:14 pm

is there a spark to every plug?
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Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:23 pm

check that the nuts on the coil are tight
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Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:09 pm

Examine the inside of the distributor cap and the rotor arm.
Did you remove the air filter and AFM to give space to change the fan?
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Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:04 pm

tryed all didnt make a diffence , turn out to be a bad lead , had a small hole so it wasent getting a powerful spark. now it runs sweet.
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Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:29 pm

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