325i Sport will not start

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popsc
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Post Sat Oct 03, 2015 9:12 am

87 325i sport - sat for several years - cranks well but won't start - fuel geting through and there is a spark but it won't fire. Any ideas?
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Post Sat Oct 03, 2015 12:10 pm

So it has fuel and spark, no mention of air?

MAF could be seized shut?
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Post Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:37 am

Old fuel?
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Brianmoooore
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Post Sun Oct 04, 2015 10:10 am

Fuel getting through to where? Fuel rail, or actually being injected?
I'd be wary of trying to start an engine with a cambelt that's been stood for years!
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