help needed e36 igntion barrel change

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irish320i
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Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:40 pm

whats involved in changing one of theese its a 1998 318is and it stuck running on a friend of mines any info on what involved in changing it would be great a how much a barrel would be from bmw
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Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:15 pm

Strangely enough...

Mine suffers from this same problem. However, mine doesnt get stuck with the engine on, its when i get in & want to start it, DOH!

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Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:40 pm

If I recall correctly, they're about ┚¬40 from your local friendly BMW dealer, the thing is you have to supply the last 7 digits of your chassis no and they order it in. (I think)

The same happened mine, got home took the key out and the engine stayed running. I had to deliberately stall it to shut it off. The last time my E36 was in for a service, the mechanic recorded the chassis no 'cause he'd be fitting a new one at the next service. Very common thing on the E36.

There are more details about it on www.e36coupe.com. there used to be a sticky on the subject.
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