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Beano69
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Post Sun Sep 09, 2012 6:33 pm

Has any one dun this, I have but can't get her to go,,
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Post Sun Sep 09, 2012 6:49 pm

Plenty have "dun this". You'll have to provide a bit more info., if you want someone to work out why it doesn't "go"!
Anything work with the ignition switch?
Spark at the plugs?
Fuel pump activity when cranking?
Does it crank?
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Post Sun Sep 09, 2012 6:54 pm

I turns over but no fuel our spark.. Can get fuel if bridge relay.. But still no fuel..
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Post Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:00 pm

Quite often turns out to be the crank position sensor - either finished off during the swap, or the lead plugged in to the wrong socket, if the engine loom has been unnecessarily removed from the engine.
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Post Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:07 pm

Can't get power to the coil it self.
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Post Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:40 pm

If there's no power to the coil OR the fuel pump, then the problem is most likely the CPS, as Brian says.

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... ion_Sensor

Also, what age is this 325i unit?
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Post Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:41 pm

Beano69 wrote:Can't get power to the coil it self.
How have you checked this?
Fuel pump doesn't run unless the engine is rotating, and the ECU knows it's rotating.