Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2000 22:22:25 +1000 From: "Andrew Cameron" <actechxnopsamhenet.com.au> Subject: Re: 87 900i Starting Problem
my 89 900 does a similar trick. generally if it doesn't start on the first crank i have to hold my foot flat and keep cranking. after several weeks of this it stopped altogether in the middle of a roundabout. the AA man couldn't get it going so it was towed to my mechanic. it had spark and fuel on the side of the road. turned out to be the plugs ! new plugs, started first try. it has done 207,000 kms. when it started up one of the tappets was sticking. the mechanic ran a can of flush through the oil and then changed the oil and the noise stopped. now we can hear a bottom end noise. bugger ! anyone now where to get a reasonably priced rebuild in Queensland Australia ? "joe" <joenopsamnet.com> wrote in message news:dfd84.410$ER1.8867nopsamoon.stlnet.com... > I had an 85 spg that did the same fucking thing. I've heard numerous > explanations as to why it does it eg. maybe fuel pressure regulator, maybe > mass air fflow sensor out of adjustment, maybe something in the cold start > system. What I used to do was if it didn't start within a few seconds > (always put your foot down a little when starting to minimize idle fuel > circuit flow), if that failed I would try holding it to the floor after > waiting a few seconds, If that didn't work I knew it was <snip>
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