rough start up, low rev.

[ben312]

tell me why it ran fine today. strong for about 3 miles. i take it around the block 5 or so times then about a 2 miles to my friends house. he gets in and i start to back out and when i go to shift back into first it cuts out! anyone have any idea what the hell is wrong?!

[MattsBMWs]

Sounds to me like a bad cam sensor or temp sensor. You also could just have some corrosion on the respective connections. Have you established a good clean ground from the batt to the frame and checked the other ground points? Have you cleaned out your ICV recently?

[ben312]

yes i have good ground and they are in the right spots and hooked up. but more WTF moments today, noticed the coolent was low so i started to pour more in and noticed it was pouring out under the car. no hoses are leaking. kinda looks like a crack in the water pump but its hard to tell.

[ben312]

talked to the shop today. guy kinda talked to me like i was dumb and said the car wasn't worth even bringing in. said i should go buy a better bmw, at this i lol'd. but still the car isn't running right and im starting to need it.

[ben312]

could the light inside the glove box be at all the problem? the hookup goes into the harness and I had it unplugged because I couldn't get the light off and it was draining the battery. but yesterday when i hooked it up the car seemed fine, no shaky idel, no getting stuck on 3k. I didn't want to play with it to much becasue the waterpump is leaking, but i pulled it forward in the driveway and it seemed good with power as well.