relay

[Ansuya]

hi guys

does anyone know the approximate price of a relay?? i think its a fuel relay.


Tx

 

[zaleonardz]

Thats like asking how long is a piece of string.

Your going to have to give us a bit more information then that

 

[fastguy]

Hi,

Whats the symptoms of the car

 

[Ansuya]

Hi,

Whats the symptoms of the car

hello

lol

its not starting and a mechanic came to see it and he said it was the relay. and he said something about glow plugs.

 

[fastguy]

Hi,

Ok bit better

Ok most prob fuel pump relay,

PS what car do you have?

Hi,

Whats the symptoms of the car

hello

lol

its not starting and a mechanic came to see it and he said it was the relay. and he said something about glow plugs.

 

[Ansuya]

BMW E46 320D 2002.

 

[zaleonardz]

Well glow plugs and fuel pump relay will be unrelated, and it is not automatically a relay.

Your best bet is to put a computer on the car, and let it give you some warnings, and then look at that.

By the way, if the glowplugs went (or 1 or 2 of them) the car should be hard to start, but it will start.

However, hear my warnings now, those diesels are funny, the timing of the high pressure diesel pump is critical, injectors are expensive, and if you let somebody work on that car that does not know what he is doing, your going to be in for a lot of headaches and plenty $$$.

Do not skimp on this one, take/tow it to a decent diesel center, or somebody with a rep such as RGM, Zeemax, SAC, but dont let a backyard guy try and muddle this one, you will be sorry.

 

[fastguy]

I agree with you zaleonardz, this can be a very big pain in the @#s if the wrong guys fiddles in the bonnet.

Well glow plugs and fuel pump relay will be unrelated, and it is not automatically a relay.

Your best bet is to put a computer on the car, and let it give you some warnings, and then look at that.

By the way, if the glowplugs went (or 1 or 2 of them) the car should be hard to start, but it will start.

However, hear my warnings now, those diesels are funny, the timing of the high pressure diesel pump is critical, injectors are expensive, and if you let somebody work on that car that does not know what he is doing, your going to be in for a lot of headaches and plenty $$$.

Do not skimp on this one, take/tow it to a decent diesel center, or somebody with a rep such as RGM, Zeemax, SAC, but dont let a backyard guy try and muddle this one, you will be sorry.

 

[zaleonardz]

Well many guys can do many things under the bonnet of a BMW, I encourage it, as there are many things that you can fix by yourself without having too much knowledge with just a bit of reading and having a basic clue.

However, the diesel system on your 320 is not one of those things... give it to a pro to do