Help!! 1985 Bmw 325e

[ALI BABA]

i was on 17th ave driving and my car shut off i towed it to my mechanics but he does not know the problem it seem to be running very very rich (lots of gas smelling smoke) it seems to run fine with out the airfilter unless u press the gas all the way and it will choke and turn off. i changed the sparkplugs, distributer cap air throttle piece. i dont know what to do can anyone help? thnx

[Weapon_R]

Which "mechanic" did you take it to?

[AllGoNoShow]

Flooding out or rich may be a stuck injector or cold start injector leaking, take it out of the "shop" and to a bmw dealership, they may charge more but they can specifically test the fuel system for things like that, the injectors often leak, especially the cold start, and if its stuck then it will cause it to run very rich and yah, possibly die out.

[ALI BABA]

what would BMW charge for a test like this?

[tapout]

take it to auto value they can test & help ya

[ALI BABA]

The problem has not yet been fixed but for my guess and the way the car sounds (running rich) it seems to be the mass airflow sensor would anyone agree or am i mistaken?

[DEVES]

I have been having the same problem with my M10 E30/ yes that would be the problem with it. The mass air sends info to your computer and if thats info is wrong it really screws it up.

I cant even start my car at all right now. I cant even find a MAF sensor right now for less than 300$ used.

Good luck

[T-Dubbs]

take it to alpine autowerks, they know their shit
thats the only shop i took my e30 to:thumbsup:

[ALI BABA]

Manchester wants 200 bux for that sensor USED:banghead:

[Raz]

ebay? ebay.de?

[pressure_ratio]

Yup it's the afm
Go to pick n pull,you might get lucky and find one there.One off of a 528I should be the same too(much more common out there)
Not to badmouth the shop you have it at but this is a very easy problem to diagnose.There is only 6 wires I believe on the maf,really easy to test.Don't rule out a wire being broken on the harness,right on the connector.Test the meter before you shell out any money for one,they don't usually die all of the sudden,usually die slowly.

[ALI BABA]

Originally posted by pressure_ratio
Yup it's the afm
Go to pick n pull,you might get lucky and find one there.One off of a 528I should be the same too(much more common out there)
Not to badmouth the shop you have it at but this is a very easy problem to diagnose.There is only 6 wires I believe on the maf,really easy to test.Don't rule out a wire being broken on the harness,right on the connector.Test the meter before you shell out any money for one,they don't usually die all of the sudden,usually die slowly.

how would i come about testing this? ASAP information would be greatly appreciated.

[HillBilly]

Originally posted by RedDevil
take it to alpine autowerks, they know their shit




:werd:

They are really good and cheap too!

[ALI BABA]

Originally posted by Stealth R/T




:werd:

They are really good and cheap too!

where is this place?

[T-Dubbs]

Originally posted by ALI BABA


where is this place?
next door to tunerworks