It's like the Same but Different: My 528e build
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^Thanks Dan.
So I had the car driving for about a month but then 2 weeks ago it stopped running. Ramsey and I thought it maybe had a bad ignition cap as his 528e had similar symptons. Car ran rough/slight miss on start up but then after idling for a bit it would run fine. So we tried switching the cap and rotor two sundays ago with brand new parts and it didn't change the performance. Car started but ran rough but after a minute I was able to take it up and down the block. After a few more minutes it ran worse than before.
Matt and I went to the shop today to drop off some things and I just wanted to swap the cap again to see if it made a difference. It did not so my thinking is that the fuel pump died. I've been basing all my time off the old adage "Your fuel problems are likely in your ignition" but the car would "miss" slightly during shifts and I had a fuel pump die while shifting in my E36. At some point I'll order a fuel pressure gauge to get a proper diagnosis.
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She lives again. Gotta beat the 375mi/3 week running streak of last year lol. Turns out my interesting running issues were a bad battery. Ben replaced the battery, fuel pump and trans mounts for me on Tuesday and the car fired up once it got fuel. Running nice and smooth now that it had some fresh gas and seafoam cycled through.
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New record! 1 month and 1 day until I was stranded yesterday. Car had been running poorly on and off for a variety of reasons but quit yesterday after I got off the highway. The fuel rail is wet and I'm guessing the temp sensor is out too. Besides the motor this car really needs a suspension refresh. As always I'll work on it whenever I have time but this is at the bottom of the projects list now again
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Congrats on the new record
I have a new blue two pin temp sensor if thats what your eta needs
yup! I'll buy it whenever I see you next.
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Well I haven't touched this car in almost a year...
Recently parting out a E28 made me realize I forgot how much more enjoyable they are to work on for me. Not that the e34's are horrible but it gave me the motivation to get working on this again.
MEPEH injectors seems to be going through some changes. I know some of you guys have gotten rebuilt injectors from there but they currently just have rebuild kits listed. Given everything else in the fuel system is new and roughly 240k on the motor it's time to refresh the injector set if they all pass a resistance test.
Granted the parts will be here this week, I won't actually have the time for about a month to touch the car between moving out of my apartment and a canoe trip to the boundary waters.
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Is there any desire/intention to do an " i " conversion?
Nothing wrong with keeping it an eta, mostly curious for reasons of fuel injectors
If these injectors aren't rebuildable or easily sourcable then I'll have to see. I have a super eta motor lined up which has all the b25 parts that make it way easier to maintain. I'll just have to determine if the body is worth the time as I still have little money invested in this car but it still has plenty of needs.
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Don't let me derail you or anything
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I love the M30b34!
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Well I haven't touched this car in almost a year...
Recently parting out a E28 made me realize I forgot how much more enjoyable they are to work on for me. Not that the e34's are horrible but it gave me the motivation to get working on this again.
MEPEH injectors seems to be going through some changes. I know some of you guys have gotten rebuilt injectors from there but they currently just have rebuild kits listed. Given everything else in the fuel system is new and roughly 240k on the motor it's time to refresh the injector set if they all pass a resistance test.
Granted the parts will be here this week, I won't actually have the time for about a month to touch the car between moving out of my apartment and a canoe trip to the boundary waters.
I was going to use MEPEH about a month ago & emailed him some questions.
He said he is slammed and barely has time for the injector rebuilding that he does (on the side perhaps?)
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I was going to use MEPEH about a month ago & emailed him some questions.
He said he is slammed and barely has time for the injector rebuilding that he does (on the side perhaps?)
I read a DIY on just replacing the filters and o-rints with the kit, seams easy enough. My dad might still have a small ultrasonic cleaner I could use too.
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a canoe trip to the boundary waters.
awesome! multi-day trip with camping?
Dan
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awesome! multi-day trip with camping?
Yup. Dropping in Sunday the 2nd and plan is to be out on the morning of Friday the 7th. Pretty excited as it's been 7 years since I've been up there.
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Hows this beaut doing?
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🥳SOLD BMW E24 633CSI - BMW M30B32 🧪SOLD HCH ES9 - 1.3 LDA
👽BMW E30 325IC - Toyota 1JZ-GTE ⏰ HONDA EF9 CIVIC SI - JDM B18C5
☠️BMW E36 318i - Ford 5.0 FE302 🚴♂️ GT-Labomba - 26x2.75 Freeride
🤹♀️SOLD BMW E36/7 Z3 - BMW M54B25 🧓SOLD BMW E10 2002 - BMW M10M05 -
Hows this beaut doing?
Tis sitting in my storage unit
I wanted to get this running for my wedding as I'd love to take photos with it even in its mismatched state. I feel like its a sign especially since I've been seeing e28's often lately. I have the MPEH kit for rebuilding the injectors, just need to go to the storage unit and pull them. -
Tis sitting in my storage unit
I wanted to get this running for my wedding as I'd love to take photos with it even in its mismatched state. I feel like its a sign especially since I've been seeing e28's often lately. I have the MPEH kit for rebuilding the injectors, just need to go to the storage unit and pull them. DO EITIITTTTTTTT!!!
https://www.instagram.com/_jdesigner_/ http://nevertoolow.tumblr.com/
🥳SOLD BMW E24 633CSI - BMW M30B32 🧪SOLD HCH ES9 - 1.3 LDA
👽BMW E30 325IC - Toyota 1JZ-GTE ⏰ HONDA EF9 CIVIC SI - JDM B18C5
☠️BMW E36 318i - Ford 5.0 FE302 🚴♂️ GT-Labomba - 26x2.75 Freeride
🤹♀️SOLD BMW E36/7 Z3 - BMW M54B25 🧓SOLD BMW E10 2002 - BMW M10M05
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