Well hello there, after a bit of a search, I bought myself a problem, under the form of a 1987 325e.
The car was parked for around 5 years according to his father, while his kid who owned the car said 10... (but whatever). Car wasn't starting, but can't be that bad, right? Paid $1500 for a 2 door coupe with stick shift. Could be worse, but I could've waited longer until I found a working i, oh well. Car is fairly clean, bit rotted in the trunk behind the rear left wheel, but overall, the car is in better shape than my '05 Corolla...
Today, I decided to give the car a go. New fuel, octane booster (just in case), checked the oil, added coolant even tho I knew it would piss most of it on the ground (rad hose rubbed and was leaking). The car would start, work for 5 seconds and then shut down. Every time. It had one of those 80s/90s anti-theft wired to the lights and the fact that it shut down within the same interval every time made me suspect the stupid box. So I've done the obvious thing, which is follow the wires from the silly box, find where it's opening the factory circuit, rip it out, join back the two wires together and that should be it. Well, not this time.
Still the same problem. I've noticed this relay holder taped without a relay in it, but since I haven't bought a Bentley manual yet, I still don't know what it is. Oh, and there's also that big white connector that was zip-tied under the dash, from what I've seen so far, it's for the abs module?
Just like I don't know where that blue yellow wire connector goes. I saw three potential spots under the tach, but not knowing where it goes doesn't help much.
Thank you for your potential help and patience.
The car was parked for around 5 years according to his father, while his kid who owned the car said 10... (but whatever). Car wasn't starting, but can't be that bad, right? Paid $1500 for a 2 door coupe with stick shift. Could be worse, but I could've waited longer until I found a working i, oh well. Car is fairly clean, bit rotted in the trunk behind the rear left wheel, but overall, the car is in better shape than my '05 Corolla...
Today, I decided to give the car a go. New fuel, octane booster (just in case), checked the oil, added coolant even tho I knew it would piss most of it on the ground (rad hose rubbed and was leaking). The car would start, work for 5 seconds and then shut down. Every time. It had one of those 80s/90s anti-theft wired to the lights and the fact that it shut down within the same interval every time made me suspect the stupid box. So I've done the obvious thing, which is follow the wires from the silly box, find where it's opening the factory circuit, rip it out, join back the two wires together and that should be it. Well, not this time.
Still the same problem. I've noticed this relay holder taped without a relay in it, but since I haven't bought a Bentley manual yet, I still don't know what it is. Oh, and there's also that big white connector that was zip-tied under the dash, from what I've seen so far, it's for the abs module?
Just like I don't know where that blue yellow wire connector goes. I saw three potential spots under the tach, but not knowing where it goes doesn't help much.
Thank you for your potential help and patience.
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