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318 is not starting plz help
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 12:09 pm
by e30_sam
my car has stopped starting it was running fine till i stopped and now wont start i have cheeked for spark and fuel its gettin both havent had the car long so dont know wot i am lookin for could really do with some help
Re: 318 is not starting plz help
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:01 pm
by Ranchero
So what happened exactly? You park the car after driving around with no problems then next time you try and start it...nothing?
Try and describe the symptoms a bit better. There are some very knowledgeable people here but you're going to have to give some more details if you want some help. Good luck.
Re: 318 is not starting plz help
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:50 pm
by 320ise
i had one that would not start in it was the fuel pump relay but as you say its getting fuel it may not be that, is it attempting to start or not at all?
Re: 318 is not starting plz help
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:44 am
by e30_sam
well it could be the relay as what ever fuel is left in the filter may be the fuel i think is getting to it it is basicaly that i drove it fine stoped it would start the burble and die the my mate pushed me bumper to bumper to try and bump start it but nothing then we cleaned the crank sensor but nothing then we tried it again and it started i got it home and when i tried to start it in the mornin i wouldn't start think we moved some wires when we pushed it
its like when it starts the pump works but it wont prime up when trying to start it
Re: 318 is not starting plz help
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:06 pm
by rix313
Punctuation is your friend. I ran out of breath reading that

Re: 318 is not starting plz help
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 7:02 pm
by e30_sam
ha sorry
Re: 318 is not starting plz help
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 6:13 pm
by e30_sam
hi guys got it started but it wont idle now any clue wot this could be thanks
Re: 318 is not starting plz help
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:07 pm
by stuartgallafant
sounds to me like it could be a throttle position switch fault or maybe an air-mass meter fault.
If you hold the throttle open gently whilst starting it, will it start and then run? If so, check if it dies when the throttle is shut off