Not starting

[DonovanPorter]

crazy though and very strange

 

[clutchplate]

well, there is another way ... but its a more medieval kind of method..
remove the fuel pump fuse, then crank the motor while spraying nitrous in the intake.

be carefull. it works, and sometimes might backfire

 

[DonovanPorter]

sounds harsh but if it works so be it

 

[Bmw- WP]

Hi I had the same problem with my ex E46 318i after I washed the car myself.
I washed the car the Sunday and it would not start and the next morning, the same thing. Eventually the battery went flat from all the swinging.
Then we tow started it and it fired up, then drove the car for a while, switched off and it started fine.

 

[DonovanPorter]

we live , we learn.

 

[Jandre]

Hi I had the same problem with my ex E46 318i after I washed the car myself.
I washed the car the Sunday and it would not start and the next morning, the same thing. Eventually the battery went flat from all the swinging.
Then we tow started it and it fired up, then drove the car for a while, switched off and it started fine.

Where have you been all this time Bmw-WP? Poor Donovan was stressing and you had the cure all along.
Haha, lol, just kidding boet.

 

[DonovanPorter]

swak hey but a leason learned i will never forget...

 

[Hellas]

swak hey but a leason learned i will never forget...

There's no substitute for experience and some hard work. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach him to fish and he sits next to the river drinking beer all day...

 

[Bmw- WP]

Donavan, your car isn't by any chance a pre facelift 318i hey?

 

[DonovanPorter]

Donavan, your car isn't by any chance a pre facelift 318i hey?

it is yes.

There's no substitute for experience and some hard work. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach him to fish and he sits next to the river drinking beer all day...

good one that :thumbsup:

 

[Bmw- WP]

Donavan, your car isn't by any chance a pre facelift 318i hey?

it is yes.

Ok, that makes sense. I had the same model.