my car is acting like shit and im tired of bumming rides around town. so it'd be cool if you guys can help me out. i'll try to be as descriptive as possible, the car is a 84 318i..
9 months ago, afm went out. i replaced it with another from a salvage yard and everything was perfect since.
now recently, i got the same symptoms from the first time it went out. but before i became certain that it was the afm, i removed the end from the intake box to see if the flange would open when i started it. while doing so, my friend (whose house the car was at) said that it wasnt opening. he would push the flange open, which then, the car would idle fine.
later that day, we attempted to get it into his driveway. when i tried to start it, a couple of the times the engine sounded like it was partially running or running on three cylinders etc. not before long, the afm was dead and so was the battery. the next day, i hit up the salvage yard and got the best looking afm i could find and charged my battery.
now it starts up, but only if i give it a good amount of gas. but now, it sounds like a cammed v8 or something i could only picture coming from something badass, not my sad little four banger! and in all truth, i did not run it like that no more than 10 seconds.
i ended up towing it back home since i was smart enough to not drive it like that also. i havent started it since, but i'd like to really soon. so if somebody can school me on this one, it'd be much appreciated.
thanks,
matt
9 months ago, afm went out. i replaced it with another from a salvage yard and everything was perfect since.
now recently, i got the same symptoms from the first time it went out. but before i became certain that it was the afm, i removed the end from the intake box to see if the flange would open when i started it. while doing so, my friend (whose house the car was at) said that it wasnt opening. he would push the flange open, which then, the car would idle fine.
later that day, we attempted to get it into his driveway. when i tried to start it, a couple of the times the engine sounded like it was partially running or running on three cylinders etc. not before long, the afm was dead and so was the battery. the next day, i hit up the salvage yard and got the best looking afm i could find and charged my battery.
now it starts up, but only if i give it a good amount of gas. but now, it sounds like a cammed v8 or something i could only picture coming from something badass, not my sad little four banger! and in all truth, i did not run it like that no more than 10 seconds.
i ended up towing it back home since i was smart enough to not drive it like that also. i havent started it since, but i'd like to really soon. so if somebody can school me on this one, it'd be much appreciated.
thanks,
matt
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