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Car Forum / BMW Cars / February 2006electrical problem...
I've got an 85 325e that has been having some electrical problems lately, every once in a while when i try start the engine, it dies instantly after turning over but will start again without problem if i try a second time. Usually after it dies, my radio looses it's preset station memory. What is going on?? the second problem happens sometimes when i start the engine, it with idle fine for a few seconds then the RPM's will creep slowly down to 0 and it will die, or the engine will idle very irradicaly and will not settle down unless i begin to drive above idle speed. if anyone could help me out with these problems it would be greatly appreciated! >I've got an 85 325e that has been having some electrical problems >lately, every once in a while when i try start the engine, it dies [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >if anyone could help me out with these problems it would be greatly >appreciated! First thing I'd suggest is checking the battery. Pull it and take it to a shop and have it tested. After that, there's a ton of things to check... assuming that the battery checks out fine, what else could be the problem?? thanks for the help!! >assuming that the battery checks out fine, what else could be the >problem?? > >thanks for the help!! Could be a bad ground, bad connection to the positive side of the battery, loose connection at the fuse box, etc. First and foremost is checking the battery. I've seen batteries that are marginal work one time and fail the next only to work again 5 minutes later. My battery was just replaced and one of the things it was doing was that the radio would sometimes turn off and back on when I turned on the headlights. Battery tested good but right on the edge of marginal. That battery is now on a lawn mower that can be pull started if it fails. My car needs to be reliable and sitting with a dead battery doesn't meet that need... > I've got an 85 325e that has been having some electrical problems > lately, every once in a while when i try start the engine, it dies > instantly after turning over but will start again without problem if i > try a second time. Usually after it dies, my radio looses it's preset > station memory. What is going on?? That sounds like the battery is being disconnected totally. Possibly the fuseable link in the main battery cable?  Signature*No husband has ever been shot while doing the dishes * Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. thanks for the advice! I'll see if i can solve the problem. Could be connector problems (intermittent signals) - try spraying some DeoxIT on the battery and other connections. You can get it at Fry's, RadioShack and others. Don't use anything else - this stuff is amazing. (http://store.caig.com/s.nl/sc.15/category.295/.f) Mike > I've got an 85 325e that has been having some electrical problems > lately, every once in a while when i try start the engine, it dies [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > if anyone could help me out with these problems it would be greatly > appreciated! |
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