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  • mrgraphics
    Wrencher
    • Dec 2011
    • 221

    #16
    Since the two sensors are the same, I thought I'd first swap them just to see if one was bad. I also swapped the connectors. Now it won't start at all. I returned everything to the original position, and it still won't start.

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    • delatlanta1281
      Dart Master
      • Mar 2006
      • 10317

      #17
      You may have damaged senor connectors that were on their way out...
      Yours truly,
      Rich
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      Originally posted by Rigmaster
      you kids get off my lawn.....

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      • mrgraphics
        Wrencher
        • Dec 2011
        • 221

        #18
        Maybe. One plug just slipped right out of the socket. There is a 1988 528E at the pic n pull. Will that car have the sensors? Seems like it would based on:

        from 9/85 12 14 1 710 668
        find these on
        325e
        528e

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        • BoxDriver86
          E30 Modder
          • Jul 2009
          • 912

          #19
          They should be the same sensors, but they aren't that expensive to replace. The rear diff (it it's a 3.25 LSD) out of that 5er would be a nice upgrade for you as well.

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          • mrgraphics
            Wrencher
            • Dec 2011
            • 221

            #20
            I found 2 sensors off an 87 325. Installed them and the car fired right up. I didn't even have to crank it. Normally it would start after 2-3 seconds. This time it was immediate! I drove it around and around, well past the time it would die. Kept going.

            Unfortunately I had a fuel leak in my fuel pressure regulator. Started a little fire. No damage, but I need to get a new hood liner.

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            • delatlanta1281
              Dart Master
              • Mar 2006
              • 10317

              #21
              There you go. CPS's are a huge culprit alot of the time. If the wire splits off from the sensor, just get a new one, BC the old one is done.
              Yours truly,
              Rich
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              Originally posted by Rigmaster
              you kids get off my lawn.....

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