m50 misfire can any1 help.

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jonnyboy
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Sat Sep 24, 2011 10:36 pm

hi, ive got a e36 2.5 m50 engine it was fine i give it new plugs and filters, oil etc. but the day after it ticks over fine but seem to be holding back and have a missfire when on load.ive Had a look over everything seems ok ive have a look at the coils and number 2 was down so bought a new 1 then number 6 went down so i put number 6 into 1 and 1 into 6 it ran fine for 5 mins then missfire come back, so i unpluged the coil one by one and it showed number 3 was down and number 1 and 6 was fine.
Has anyone had this before any common thing i should b looking for thanks guys
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emdog16
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Sun Sep 25, 2011 2:46 am

bad coil... had the same problem on 2 of my m50's. one of which already had a few replacement coils!
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jonnyboy
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Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:51 pm

ive been offered a set of coils out of a p reg 328i will these fit my m50 325i.cheers
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jonnyboy
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Sun Sep 25, 2011 9:27 pm

when i pulled the coil packs out the first time 3 of the plugs was covered in oil could this have something to do with it and does any1 know why it would be covered in oil. cheers
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Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:08 am

does any1 know why it would be covered in oil / The valve cover gasket has failed.
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