Author Topic: please help (Read 4869 times)

Matt-B · « **on:** April 24, 2009, 02:45:54 PM »

I was out and about the other day on a date and the car took a poo like 6 times. Its just randomly died. No noises. Just quit. Id let it sit fr like 2-3 minutes and it started back up. Or I can crank and crank and crank and CRANK and it starts.

Ill also come back from driving it around the blok or whatever and it wont restart?

New Fuel Pump/o2

new FPR

Alternator rebuilt/new regulator

what the hell is wrong with my car. I got a month to the XXX picnic and i cant have it die again. Its my go to work car. Anyone local that helps me fix it or discovers the problem will be reimbursed with $$$.

please help.

Sophia69IS · « **Reply #1 on:** April 24, 2009, 02:59:23 PM »

Is there any chance your accelerator cable is messed up? Because I know my car did this and I notice my cable was actually broken, so it wasn't getting the right fuel at all.
Also the problem with cranking is present when the cable is broken. =P

Too bad I don't live in Washington anymore. haha.

Good luck.

Matt-B · « **Reply #2 on:** April 24, 2009, 03:11:22 PM »

well i drove it for like 15min last night.

got in driveway. trt to restart and it burped and bounced and died.

its weird. i thought it was it getting to hot

beta14ok · « **Reply #3 on:** April 24, 2009, 03:26:40 PM »

Check all of you hoses.....could be one or more of those black tubes under the intake is cracked or broken.

RED IS 91 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 24, 2009, 07:36:58 PM »

Have you checked your codes ?

Matt-B · « **Reply #5 on:** April 25, 2009, 01:36:09 AM »

no, code reader is 130$

i should get 1 though

ill check hoses

BraveUlysses · « **Reply #6 on:** April 25, 2009, 09:55:35 AM »

Or you could do the stomp test to get your codes.

AcSchnitzer318is · « **Reply #7 on:** April 27, 2009, 12:03:32 AM »

+1 on stomp test...

Sophia69IS · « **Reply #8 on:** April 29, 2009, 09:37:03 AM »

Usually local automotive places will read your codes for free. Have you tried that?

1991 E30 M42 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 29, 2009, 10:22:22 AM »

not the bmw obd 1 systems, stomp test it

Sophia69IS · « **Reply #10 on:** April 29, 2009, 11:14:52 AM »

oh. Ya that makes sense. What is a stomp test?

BraveUlysses · « **Reply #11 on:** April 29, 2009, 01:52:38 PM »

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=bmw+stomp+test

Matt-B · « **Reply #12 on:** May 07, 2009, 02:26:29 PM »

so i replaced check engine light bulb hahaha

stomp tested and get 1 4 4 4

i know that means nothing bt something is wrong.

wil a code reader help at all?