Hi everyone
Lets start with the car details.
E46 318i touring steptronic. 2002 model and only has 144k on the clock. Got the car secondhand from a family memeber. The car did stand alot and was only start once a day for a few minutes to preserve the battery. Car was also only servised by BMW.
I got the car about 3 years back and it went beautifully. I did have to change the battery and the water bottle cracked and had to be changed aswell. 4 months ago i had to change the coild. found that one was faulty and changed all 4 just in case.
A month or two back my wife started to notice that the idling was getting low. From my guess around 600 to 700RPM. I might add that the car only did like 8km a day to her work and back home. And seeing as i do about 50km to work and back i decided to use it more. Thought it might need a bit more of a run.
The low idling didnt go away so a new problem started. When i come home from work it sometimes cuts out on me for like a second then starts up again when driving, only showing me the battery light. It sometimes does this for 4 times then its smooth sailing from there. The low idling when im at a stop still there though. And sometimes when i pull away from a stop it stolls. No problem starting at all. Start first time.
So before i send the car in to have it put on a the dianostics and all i would like some advice on what it might be.
Any advice would be nice.
Thanks
Z
Lets start with the car details.
E46 318i touring steptronic. 2002 model and only has 144k on the clock. Got the car secondhand from a family memeber. The car did stand alot and was only start once a day for a few minutes to preserve the battery. Car was also only servised by BMW.
I got the car about 3 years back and it went beautifully. I did have to change the battery and the water bottle cracked and had to be changed aswell. 4 months ago i had to change the coild. found that one was faulty and changed all 4 just in case.
A month or two back my wife started to notice that the idling was getting low. From my guess around 600 to 700RPM. I might add that the car only did like 8km a day to her work and back home. And seeing as i do about 50km to work and back i decided to use it more. Thought it might need a bit more of a run.
The low idling didnt go away so a new problem started. When i come home from work it sometimes cuts out on me for like a second then starts up again when driving, only showing me the battery light. It sometimes does this for 4 times then its smooth sailing from there. The low idling when im at a stop still there though. And sometimes when i pull away from a stop it stolls. No problem starting at all. Start first time.
So before i send the car in to have it put on a the dianostics and all i would like some advice on what it might be.
Any advice would be nice.
Thanks
Z
