My 1990 325is has been having issues when I first start it for the last two weeks or so. When I go out to start the car, it stumbles and idles pretty poorly, almost like its running on only a few cylinders. I rev up the motor a few times... a little white smoke out the tailpipe (smells like gas) and afterwards runs fine. I live in sunny California, and the car is always garaged.
Today, I went around the block after having just started it, and I noticed it was still running pretty crappy (although it was running). Specifically, I noticed that when giving it 0-50% throttle, it would run fine, but the more I eased down on the throttle, the worse it seemed to run, stuttering and bogging down. Easing up on the throttle a bit and it started running smoother and quicker again.
Driving home today, I couldn't seem get it to move without stalling for quite a while. When I did get it to run, it displayed the same odd "high throttle - low power" issue. I limped it home pretty carefully and am now considering my options.
I checked the spark plugs, which all seem fine. I replaced the fuel filter within the last 2 years, and threw in some fuel injector cleaner in the tank about a week back when the cold start issues started arising.
I'm (still) a starving student over here, and while I do need my car for transportation, I am hesitant to take it to a shop and drop a few hundred dollars... so any thoughts or suggestions anyone here has would be extremely helpful. My shop is closed for the weekend anyway.
I havn't posted here in years, since it went under new management, but... I'm pretty sure the knowledge base around here is still pretty great.
Today, I went around the block after having just started it, and I noticed it was still running pretty crappy (although it was running). Specifically, I noticed that when giving it 0-50% throttle, it would run fine, but the more I eased down on the throttle, the worse it seemed to run, stuttering and bogging down. Easing up on the throttle a bit and it started running smoother and quicker again.
Driving home today, I couldn't seem get it to move without stalling for quite a while. When I did get it to run, it displayed the same odd "high throttle - low power" issue. I limped it home pretty carefully and am now considering my options.
I checked the spark plugs, which all seem fine. I replaced the fuel filter within the last 2 years, and threw in some fuel injector cleaner in the tank about a week back when the cold start issues started arising.
I'm (still) a starving student over here, and while I do need my car for transportation, I am hesitant to take it to a shop and drop a few hundred dollars... so any thoughts or suggestions anyone here has would be extremely helpful. My shop is closed for the weekend anyway.
I havn't posted here in years, since it went under new management, but... I'm pretty sure the knowledge base around here is still pretty great.
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