PNW Chit Chat thread

[bmwm42]

toes are you sure you have compression. no being a dick but your known for destroying shit. you either a fucked up your timing you have a fucked ecu thats really it if you have fuel and have air and spark there isnt much left.

[5Toes]

haha I know. No I am sure because I put a gauge on it and checked all four. the ignition coil mounting bracket, the one corner of coil #1 I didnt have bolted down but now it is. the bracket is tweaked a bit because I used a grinder on it to make the new bosch coils fit better.

all 4 coils/wires give a orange spark with a hint of blue... I have checked the order a zillion times. Im 100% confident the ignition system is hooked up properly.

ECU is good, how else would I have spark + fuel...

also I checked engine ground g103, which is bolted to the edge of the battery tray. its on there tight and I havent touched it at all. the engine ground strap looks solid and not even that cracked. I made sure everything is tight.

I have 12.2volts at battery and 12.1 at the ignition coils with ignition on, good sign.

[RainRider]

I'd go back to stock injectors. I don't know... have no real argument for that.

[bmwm42]

I bet you have those fuckers in the wrong order

[5Toes]

maybe I need to take a video of me doing the continuity tests and shit, but I have checked them many times and Im be highly suprised if they are somehow mixed up. Im thinking the orange spark is the problem. maybe just shitty half-way fouled plugs. im buying new ngk plugs and wires next week so guess the car is gonna sit till then.

[george graves]

Remember that e30 you used homedepo lamp cord on to extend the injectors?

[bmwm42]

Remember that e30 you used homedepo lamp cord on to extend the injectors?

lol hoes has fuckups for days

[5Toes]

oh well, I learn from my mistakes. I pulled the fuel pump fuse and plugs and evacuated the engine of all gas. took a quick comp. reading - tested good. threw new plugs in and gave it a try.

its close to starting but not yet... sigh. I also checked my ignition system yet again and its all in order. new plugs def. helped.

[DER E30]

Orange spark? That doesn't sound right...

Well if it has compression and fuel, are you sure you don't have the ign trigger wheel backwards or something dumb?

[5Toes]

the spark is hard to see now that its sunny out. battery is on charger, it was getting low from cranking.

Im busy DJing and smoking while it charges haha

[5Toes]

okay everybody call me a dumbass. put the coils back to the order they were in before and it fired up first turn of the key... this car hates me.

[e30austin]

okay everybody call me a dumbass. put the coils back to the order they were in before and it fired up first turn of the key... this car hates me.

I told you to put them back at least 20 times. You didn't want to listen...

Living up to your "for3ver n00b" title, for sure.

[5Toes]

fwiw I shut the car off and pinned out the DME yet again, even counted twice which pin # I was probing exactly.

still have 1+3 and 4+2 mixed up according to these pinouts. would appreciate it if somebody else with m42 could run those tests real quick. you should have continuity between pin #25 on DME harness connector and pin 1 of your ignition coil for cylinder #1 as seen in the diagram below. either car runs good so something here is very fishy.

on my car, pin 24 of the DME seems to cylinder 1

[bmwm42]

I bet you have those fuckers in the wrong order

hoes you are a fucktard lol

[5Toes]

phil it would be cool if you can report your findings about my post above.