| g323 |
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Saturday, May 26th 10:55pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 166
California
323i 1982 |
I have a new cap and rotor in from bav auto, but the car is only reving to 5000, then it kills, has anyone else experienced similar problems? whats the deal 
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| bmw_m_320i |
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Sunday, May 27th 2:11am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 772
Helena, Montana
none right now :( |
You didnt get one of those rev limiting rotor buttons did you? |
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| Greg323i |
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Sunday, May 27th 3:14am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 356
Melbourne, Australia
1982 Hennaröt 323i |
I was running too rich and it caused this problem. I leaned it out and now I rev to over 6000rpm, I just feel nervous about doing it.  |
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| Madhatter |
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Sunday, May 27th 4:27am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 196
Australia - QLD
E21, E24, E30 |
wrong rotor button perhaps, check the resistance values across the contact points of both of them. There are different buttons out there which have different resistance values it seems, there was a thread before on jeroens forum. If you use the wrong button, people have reported it wont rev out just like you describe. |
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| Boost_me |
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Sunday, May 27th 1:11pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 252
Victoria, Australia
1981 BMW 323i |
I must admit I seem to hit a wall at about 5500..... |
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| g323 |
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Monday, May 28th 10:58pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 168
California
323i 1982 |
No rev limiter no
Im thinking i have greg323i's problem of too rich. I had the car tuned a while back but since then ive replaced so much stuff on the ignition/fuel/vacuum system that i might be too rich. what do yall think?
how to i lean her up, and by how much? |
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| pjs323i |
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Tuesday, May 29th 4:24am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 51
Canberra, Australia
'81 323i |
there should be a screw on your throttle body...i think thats it. |
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| Madhatter |
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Tuesday, May 29th 8:18am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 198
Australia - QLD
E21, E24, E30 |
that screw controls idle, its simply to move the position of the butterfly. Mixture control is set at the distributor and you will need a exhaust gas probe to give you co and nox readings when you make any adjustments. |
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| Boost_me |
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Tuesday, May 29th 8:38am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 254
Victoria, Australia
1981 BMW 323i |
awww now that doesn't sound very DIY......... |
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| Madhatter |
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Tuesday, May 29th 11:46am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 200
Australia - QLD
E21, E24, E30 |
You could screw about with the mixture screw on the distributor and improve things, but if you want to do it properly and actually know what you are doing, you need to monitor exhaust gas. If you want to do it all properly you need pressure gauges to monitor vacuum and fuel pressure when altering things. |
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| g323 |
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Tuesday, Jun 12th 10:23pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 175
California
323i 1982 |
i think its definatly a fuel issue, car is starting to smell like gas way to often, and when i have a full tank i can rev much higher,,,,, i will change the oring on the intank sender first! |
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| jrcook320 |
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Friday, Jun 15th 11:55pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 1
Van Wert, OH
'81 320i |
If the car revs higher with a full tank then I would suspect that your intank pump is going out or maybe a fuel line leak to the main fuel pump.
I suppose your main pump could also be the culprit if it's ailing. Is it noisy? That's usually a sign that it's on its way out.
When my old pump went bad the motor would miss above 5500 rpm because the pump couldn't flow enough fuel to feed it. |
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| jrcook320 |
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Friday, Jun 15th 11:57pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 1
Van Wert, OH
'81 320i |
| Madhatter wrote: | | You could screw about with the mixture screw on the distributor and improve things, but if you want to do it properly and actually know what you are doing, you need to monitor exhaust gas. If you want to do it all properly you need pressure gauges to monitor vacuum and fuel pressure when altering things. |
I tuned my car by ear and feel. It's not difficult to get an excellent running car without any tools other than an allen wrench. |
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| yabby323 |
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Saturday, Jun 30th 6:36am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 5
Adelaide, Australia
bmw 323i |
my first one only went to 4500, i wrote it off before i had a chance to fix it, but very knowy friend of mine said most likely fuel pump issue. |
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| DHoang |
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Sunday, Jul 15th 12:08am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 342
Texas USA
323i, e39 528i, Maserati Spider, Tundra LTD V8 p/up |
YOu might want to double check the wire that goes to the coil from the distributor. IT could be loose. |
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