Guy is selling an E30 ~2 hours away from me. I called him today, and will be going to see the car this weekend.
The car has an electrical gremlin...yay. Other than this it looks good, with a fair price.
These are the details he gave me. ('84 318i w/ m10.)
-Car died.
-Taken to a shop, new alternator.
-Car dies again
-Taken to the shop again. New alternator x2, new battery. The car was also left idling for ~7hours, no issues.
-Drives the car around, makes a few stops.
-Gets on the highway and the car dies. Lights fade at first.
-Gives up on car, it sits for the winter, he posts it for sale. (has 2 other cars, doesn't need this one).
Doesn't remember if the bat. light came on or not. Doesn't sound very mechanically inclined.
This sounds dumb to ask, but could there be any causes other than a bad charging system?
I'm assuming there is a bad/intermittently bad ground somewhere...or idk I'm not too good with electronics yet.
I'll be bringing;
DMM
Tools
Spare charged battery (wonder how many batteries I'd have to bring to make a 2 hour drive @ 100kph w/o an alternator)
At least one spare ground wire.
Anyone wana give some advice on my vaguely described problem:D?
Off to read the etm.
The car has an electrical gremlin...yay. Other than this it looks good, with a fair price.
These are the details he gave me. ('84 318i w/ m10.)
-Car died.
-Taken to a shop, new alternator.
-Car dies again
-Taken to the shop again. New alternator x2, new battery. The car was also left idling for ~7hours, no issues.
-Drives the car around, makes a few stops.
-Gets on the highway and the car dies. Lights fade at first.
-Gives up on car, it sits for the winter, he posts it for sale. (has 2 other cars, doesn't need this one).
Doesn't remember if the bat. light came on or not. Doesn't sound very mechanically inclined.
This sounds dumb to ask, but could there be any causes other than a bad charging system?
I'm assuming there is a bad/intermittently bad ground somewhere...or idk I'm not too good with electronics yet.
I'll be bringing;
DMM
Tools
Spare charged battery (wonder how many batteries I'd have to bring to make a 2 hour drive @ 100kph w/o an alternator)
At least one spare ground wire.
Anyone wana give some advice on my vaguely described problem:D?
Off to read the etm.
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