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    #1

    help with an new air intake?

    Im a bit of a newbie at working on my own car so bear with me... I just installed a JC chip for my 87 325i Cabrio, took it for a test drive and it ran fine for several miles. When i got back home i swapped out the stock air box for the filter kit from Turner Motorsports. got the car about 3 blocks down the road and it started cutting out so limped back home where the car finally died, and now will not run unless the throttle is most of the way down. It smells like it is flooded (can that happen with fuel injection?) and runs roughly at lower RPM's.

    Ive checked all the connections etc and even put an extra gallon of gas in it but the symptoms have not changed. I have not tried the old air box again and was hoping to avoid doing the work twice. so if any body has any ideas i'd greatly appreciate them :)


    Thanks

    Damian
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    #2
    Did you reconnect everything?

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      #3
      What was involved in this kit from TMS?

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        #4
        Did you plug the AFM back in?
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          #5
          if you unplug the afm it should be rough at high rpms not low rpms
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            #6
            Originally posted by NC325iC
            if you unplug the afm it should be rough at high rpms not low rpms
            Oh no, it'll be fucked up all over the place. I pulled that one once.

            Jordan is right, check the AFM.

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              #7
              Originally posted by Mystikal
              Originally posted by NC325iC
              if you unplug the afm it should be rough at high rpms not low rpms
              Oh no, it'll be fucked up all over the place. I pulled that one once.

              Jordan is right, check the AFM.
              Yep, go crank your car up, unplug the AFM and blip the throttle once or twice. Weird shit will happen.

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                #8
                yup, check the afm plug.

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                  #9
                  doh!

                  well i figured it out.. the flap inside the afm was stuck open.... so i wiggled it about 20 times and works smooth as ever now, runs great, building a cold air box this weekend so i wont have LESS hp from the stop light

                  thanks for the replies

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                    #10
                    Re: doh!

                    Originally posted by diablo98110
                    well i figured it out.. the flap inside the afm was stuck open.... so i wiggled it about 20 times and works smooth as ever now, runs great, building a cold air box this weekend so i wont have LESS hp from the stop light

                    thanks for the replies
                    At least you know that your losing HP right now :-)

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