So I had a problem with the car idling a bit ago and found the AFM elbow had a tear so I decided to do a little tune up while I waited. I replaced the fuel lines, elbow and spark plugs along with the coolant bleeder screw (mine was stripped) and the water temp sender. Yesterday when I fired her up the idle was really low and if I raised the revs up and let it fall it would stall, so I assumed vacuum leak. Well after I did this a couple times the idle and car started behaving normally. I'm guessing it was just the air in the new fuel lines getting out of the system? But then I noticed this clicking noise and I can't figure out what it could be.
Please ignore the coolant leaking out, when I was taking the old bleeder screw out I apparently damaged the threads :roll: so gonna have to get a new thermostat housing. But anyway, I just can't figure out what could be causing this clicking noise. Any ideas? It wasn't doing this at all when I parked the car..
Car is an 1986 325es
**UPDATE**
I started the car to demonstrate the clicking to a friend and it just started up perfectly and ran with no clicking.
I wanted to double check the torque on sparkplugs so I disconnected the battery and then checked each one. Plugged em all back in, reconnected the battery aaaaaand nothing. It doesn't start or ignite at all. I took the plugs out checked the electrode gap, they are all perfect, put em back in yattayatta nothing. Checked for fuel flow, yup perfectly normal. But I cannot get it to start at all.
Quick update, car sat all night and this morning I tried it again and it started up. Is it possible that a sensor or something is being shorted out by the coolant thats spilling from the bleeder valve? I should have that taken care of early this week but I'm going to check the grounds and sensors as suggested
***UPADATE****
Ok well now this getting ridiculous. I cleaned off the CPS (it had gotten rather wet from the coolant leak at the bleeder valve) and started the car up and it ran FINE. Good throttle response and idle.
Now I go back out there and try it again and nope, won't start at all. It started up barely and then stalled out. And then I tried again the engine tries now, and the tach moves but it just wont get going. I'm losing it
Please ignore the coolant leaking out, when I was taking the old bleeder screw out I apparently damaged the threads :roll: so gonna have to get a new thermostat housing. But anyway, I just can't figure out what could be causing this clicking noise. Any ideas? It wasn't doing this at all when I parked the car..
Car is an 1986 325es
**UPDATE**
I started the car to demonstrate the clicking to a friend and it just started up perfectly and ran with no clicking.
I wanted to double check the torque on sparkplugs so I disconnected the battery and then checked each one. Plugged em all back in, reconnected the battery aaaaaand nothing. It doesn't start or ignite at all. I took the plugs out checked the electrode gap, they are all perfect, put em back in yattayatta nothing. Checked for fuel flow, yup perfectly normal. But I cannot get it to start at all.
Quick update, car sat all night and this morning I tried it again and it started up. Is it possible that a sensor or something is being shorted out by the coolant thats spilling from the bleeder valve? I should have that taken care of early this week but I'm going to check the grounds and sensors as suggested
***UPADATE****
Ok well now this getting ridiculous. I cleaned off the CPS (it had gotten rather wet from the coolant leak at the bleeder valve) and started the car up and it ran FINE. Good throttle response and idle.
Now I go back out there and try it again and nope, won't start at all. It started up barely and then stalled out. And then I tried again the engine tries now, and the tach moves but it just wont get going. I'm losing it
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