Hello! I’m a longtime e30 owner but a brand new e30 m42 owner. I have a 1991 318i convertible and it’s not starting after being garaged for a couple weeks. Shortly after getting it I started having dead battery issues in the morning, the battery was pretty old so I swapped a new one and everything seemed fine while I was daily driving it for a bit.
I parked it in my garage and didn’t disconnect the battery as I would if I was leaving it for a long time but when I went back to it today it acted as if the battery was completely dead. Turned the key to nothing on the dash. Weird. I threw my charger on it figuring it that would work but the charger acted like the battery was full and would really charge. The volts said somewhere around 14 so I think the batter is still full.
While on the charger I got the dash lights to turn on but when I turned the key nothing happened, not even really a click. And the second the charger is removed it goes back to dead or the faintest dash lights you could imagine.
I’m thinking maybe grounding straps but I figured I make sure someone on here wasn’t like “oh that’s the classic blah blah blah that happens to m42s” before I started buying parts.
Thanks and happy to be a part of the m42 club - this car has way more pep than my old m20 even if it doesn’t ultimately have as much power. I’m excited to get it back on the road!
I parked it in my garage and didn’t disconnect the battery as I would if I was leaving it for a long time but when I went back to it today it acted as if the battery was completely dead. Turned the key to nothing on the dash. Weird. I threw my charger on it figuring it that would work but the charger acted like the battery was full and would really charge. The volts said somewhere around 14 so I think the batter is still full.
While on the charger I got the dash lights to turn on but when I turned the key nothing happened, not even really a click. And the second the charger is removed it goes back to dead or the faintest dash lights you could imagine.
I’m thinking maybe grounding straps but I figured I make sure someone on here wasn’t like “oh that’s the classic blah blah blah that happens to m42s” before I started buying parts.
Thanks and happy to be a part of the m42 club - this car has way more pep than my old m20 even if it doesn’t ultimately have as much power. I’m excited to get it back on the road!
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