Car Dying on Right Turns

[etxxz]

that could be a possibility, but idk maybe the gas tanks are different we have a pump on either side of the tank maybe its better in the end...e36's have two pumps the same exact way early e30s do.

[Jean]

My question is this, is it easy to swap from a two pump setup to 1 pump on the early e30s ?

[Jscotty]

Haynes??? hehehe that's funny

Get a Bently! Bible for the E30!

RODD

I bought the haynes manual and this thing is a piece of JUNK. That book has more "general overviews" than anything else. It has not been useful for fixing anything though.. so I leave it on the bathroom and read it for entertainment when I am taking a dump.

[etxxz]

welll internet doenst have one for free but i'll have to buy one 'cause a hardcopy is 30000x better

[iNetMANN]

Haynes??? hehehe that's funny

Get a Bently! Bible for the E30!

RODD

[etxxz]

After watching the video on that last left sweeper is that where the car stalled? If it was your original post says it happens when you turn right

Also, when the car stalls does the tach go to "0"? If it does it's probably not your fuel pump but most likely your DME. If it was your fuel pump you wouldn't have a power loss at the tach and it would still be showing your rolling RPMs. But if it's the DME is shutting off you won't register anything at the tach.

Another possibility I've experienced,:puppy:

RODD

no no the track ends after the turn i 3rd gear drift... engine boggs right before i enter the stretch before this turn (exiting the long right turn) but no electric problems the engine just chokes for a few secs

i just downloaded the haynes for our cars woa i love the internet...if anyone wants it pm me w/ ur e-mail.

also found out that my super fancy sports package 325is has two pump$$ sob :finger:

[iNetMANN]

After watching the video on that last left sweeper is that where the car stalled? If it was your original post says it happens when you turn right

Also, when the car stalls does the tach go to "0"? If it does it's probably not your fuel pump but most likely your DME. If it was your fuel pump you wouldn't have a power loss at the tach and it would still be showing your rolling RPMs. But if it's the DME is shutting off you won't register anything at the tach.

Another possibility I've experienced,:puppy:

RODD

[etxxz]

^^ that stinks...specially having to tow it home. i'm doing all the suspension and bushings so i'll take advantage a do my pump.

i took a look today and saw that i have two caps under the rear seat, one being almost rectangular and the other circular. Under the rectangular there's lines and a plug so i'm guessing that's a pump...BUT under the circular one (driver's side), there's a plug and a shape just like the other side but no lines...so is a 1988 325is (9/87) a two pumper?

my aap doesnt have a haynes for this car so is there a pdf version?

[iNetMANN]

It's one or more of your fuel pumps (if your a 2 pumper).

My car did the exact same thing, with the exact same noise toward the end of last years autocross season. At the very last event of the season (Octocross) I made my very 1st run of the event and crossed the finish line and the car died. Couldn't here the pump anymore and lost all the rest of my runs for the rest of the day.

When I removed the pump and disected it, OMG it was toast, bits and pieces all over inside. Don't let this happen to you because it will.

RODD

PS: No FPR on E30's by default...

[etxxz]

^^ like i said it was my 5MP photo cam squashed between the headrest and the seat :mrgreen: gangsta venezuelan rig ftw

[golde30]

bad camera position, too low. nice lil drift though.

[etxxz]

well...its not the relay, there is no water in the tank because then the car would bog from time to time and not just only on right turns. i'm gonna have to get a new fuel pump and i'll report what happens...if you notice during the begining of the video that whiny noise is my fuel pump...that's how loud it is

[Jscotty]

I dare say that there is water in the fuel. This sounds silly and perhaps this is a long shot. The water could be sitting in a little "pocket" at the bottom of the tank and when the car shifts around while turning, it causes the pocket of water to get under the send unit.

[Dave]

I learned that lesson the expensive way . . .

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showpost.php?p=472880&postcount=7

[155///MPH]

I bet good money that it is the fuel pump. I was starving at over 3/4 of a tank last year before I replaced ALL of the fuel pumps and the fuel filter (87' model). This has been a problem for almost all of the Spec E30 racers. We consider them wear items.

Replace the fuel pump/pumps depending on your year and your problem will be fixed.

JP
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