Help! E36 being more annoying than a high maintenance high school girlfriend
hey guys im stumped, need some help.
My '94 320i died on me while on the road, i was driving for a half hour, and went to the automatic car wash and it was ok for 20 min. after coming to a stop, i accelerated to 3000 rpm and the car stuttered and then died. i tried to turn it on but it only cranked, it wouldnt fire up.
- First thing that came to my mind was the DME got wet, so i popped the cover open and it was bone dry, there was even some dust on it. Checked the relay and still no go.
- Second thing that came to my mind was the fuel supply. So i changed the relay. still no go, then I changed the fuel pump, still no go.
- Third i thought it might be spark, so i grabbed some quick start and sprayed it into the intake, and the car ALMOST starts up, it'll ignite for maye a second and then die.
Where should i go from here guys? Im taking the bus for now and im getting tired of the loud kids that take my route...
Help.
Re: Help! E36 being more annoying than a high maintenance high school girlfriend
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Originally posted by eg_eric
hey guys im stumped, need some help.
My '94 320i died on me while on the road, i was driving for a half hour, and went to the automatic car wash and it was ok for 20 min. after coming to a stop, i accelerated to 3000 rpm and the car stuttered and then died. i tried to turn it on but it only cranked, it wouldnt fire up.
- First thing that came to my mind was the DME got wet, so i popped the cover open and it was bone dry, there was even some dust on it. Checked the relay and still no go.
- Second thing that came to my mind was the fuel supply. So i changed the relay. still no go, then I changed the fuel pump, still no go.
- Third i thought it might be spark, so i grabbed some quick start and sprayed it into the intake, and the car ALMOST starts up, it'll ignite for maye a second and then die.
Where should i go from here guys? Im taking the bus for now and im getting tired of the loud kids that take my route...
Help.
Eric, here are my replies to an older thread someone else posted awhile ago....
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Originally posted by cocoabrova
Could also be your fuel pump relay, or the actual fuel pump. Or does it happen after you wash your car? OBD0 E36's are notorious for the DME's grounding out from accumulated water sitting underneath them (after going thru a touchless-type carwash or heavy rainfall)
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Originally posted by cocoabrova
Well first off, stop using the touchless car washes if you can and just use the self-serve car washes, as the amount of water and water pressure is about half of what it would be going thru the touchless wash . Just by doing this, you will have eliminated your problem, but just as a precautionary measure, read over THIS page to gain some insight as to what exactly happens. Then I would search the net for some kind of fix to cure this i.e. building some sort of platform for the DME to avoid sitting in the pooled-up water.....
Good luck:thumbsup:
The same exact sypmtoms happened to me right after washing my car, except it only took my car 10mins. to die Couldn't figure it out for the life of me, so I just stopped using the touchless car washes and !Voila! car's been running great ever since. The DME is obviously dry now, but you probably fouled your sparkplugs from all the cranking over. Change out your plugs and you should be good, but there is the possibilty that your DME fried, but get your plugs changed first and go from there. Call me if you want me to bring you in some.......