I have a 90 325is. It has 232,000 miles on it.
The starter went bad. I replaced it.
Immediately after the fix, I noticed poor driveability, especially while the
engine was warming up. It idles poorly and drinks a lot of gas.
When my starter failed there was an electrical surge. My power window
"circuit breaker" popped out- evidence of too many amps I guess.
What I do know for sure, is that I have an air leak around my injectors. I
can hear it. And when I spray throttle body cleaner around the injector the
engine revs up.
I have read in the Bentley manual that O-rings on injectors often go bad on
high mileage vehicles and cause an air leak. But it is curious that this
happened when my starter went bad.
Could an electrical surge cause my injector o-rings to melt???????
If I am going to replace the o-rings, should I just go ahead and replace the
injectors. Maybe they were electrically compromised when my starter shorted
out.
I am a real novice and want to fix my car as easlily as possible.
All responses are appreciated.
- Ben
Kevin - 04 Jun 2006 22:35 GMT
> I have a 90 325is. It has 232,000 miles on it.
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> - Ben
Well, you should never replace anything just because maybe it might be bad.
You should diagnose the problem and only replace the parts that are
malfunctioning. If you do not have the knowledge or tools to properly
diagnose the problem then you should let a qualified technician do it. It
will cost you much less in the long run to pay for a correct repair than to
just keep changing parts on a hunch.
However, to answer your original question, the starter going bad could not
do any damage to your injectors. Maybe jump starting the car and
accidentally hooking the jumper cables up in reverse polarity could do some
harm, but I assume you did not do that, right? What did you mean by "there
was an electrical surge"?

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