E36 engine problem

[ishah3]

i there everyone i have a problem with my 1995 328i engine, the car is missin alot, the other day water started to leak when i was in a traffic jam, so i stoped filled the radiator took the air out and it was fine but now its misin, ive just gave it a service changed the oil, air filtter and the plugs but its still the same, i think it may bo loseing water.
dose anyone no what the problem could be.

any help is much appreciated

regards habs
ishah3@hotmail.com

[mlp]

did you look at the coils? I needed to replace mine at 130,000 miles.

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

First step is to read the codes....

http://www.pelicanparts.com/bmw/techarticles/Mult-Code_Reading/Mult-Code_Reading.htm

[patrickbmwm3]

It could be your head gasket. The fact that you are losing coolant and it is missing leads me to believe you are burning water. Not sure, but maybe.

[Wayne 962]

Where is the coolant leaking out of?

-Wayne

[ishah3]

thanx for that replys i thaught i loosing water, so i topped up the coolent and drove the car for a week, and it stayed at the same level nothing was lost, so i still got some (Holts) wondarweld flushed the system out put that in incase it was the head gasket, but no result the car is still missing, the next thing im going to try is the coils or the plugs leads.
what do you think??
Regards habs

[patrickbmwm3]

Do what Jared suggested, turn the ignition on and step on the gas 5 times, then stop. The check engine light will flash on, then off, then flash a 4 digit code. It will pause between flashes. Count the number of flashes between pauses. Once you have a code, say 1444, tell us.

If you don't own a Bentley Manual, buy one from Pelican. It has the procedure and fault codes

[Wayne 962]

Also pull the plugs, and see if there are any differences between them...

-Wayne

[ishah3]

hi there,

ive just replaced the old plugs with new NKG Plugs but the problem is still there.

there is some wiring that comes off the air fillter pipe that was taped up ive squezzed the tape and it seems a little better but not fixed the problem yet

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

Can you explain this hose a bit more?

[ishah3]

ive tried turning on the ignition on and then stepping on the gas 5 times, then stopping. checked if the engine light flashes on, then off but nothing happend i think it mite be the laster obd computer

[ishah3]

hi there,
i mean there is a box where the air filter go's attached to the box is a pipe on the side of the pipe there is a plug with some wires, the wires comming out. I hope you can understand what i mean. or is there anyway i can send you a picture of what i mean?

[ishah3]

hi there,
dose any body no if the BMW Service Manual, by Bentley Publishing, 3 Series (1992-98) covers any the on the covertible top (ie how to re-engage the hood motors and how to re-synchronize the motors) also is it a good easy to understannd manual to buy

[ishah3]

hi there everyone ive just been and had dignostic test done on the engine cost £25.00 which wasnt that bad.
they found two engine faults, crankshaft sensor and air mass meter fault, do you think thats whats causing the misin??
Regards Habs

[patrickbmwm3]

There is a good probability that the crankshaft position sensor is your culprit. Alot of times the end of the sensor, just gets really dirty and needs to be cleaned.

I also would remove the tape on the wires as it sounds like you may have a bad connection. See if the wires have been spliced, if so, re-do the connection.

Good luck

[mankiks323i00]

the crankshaft sensor is a part that does fail and will cause those symtoms as does the air mass sensor will cause different things to happen crankshaft sensors are around i think 80 to 100 us dollars mass air sensors are expensive several hundred dollars

[ishah3]

thank you guys ive just re done the connections on the air mass meter hopefully that should have resolved the problem if not the next thing will be cleaning the crankshaft sensors i'll let you no how i got on see you soon

Regards habs

[ishah3]

Hi there everyone dose anybody no how difficult or easy it's to clean or re-it the crankshaft sensor??

Regards Habs

[ishah3]

hello everone ive got good news, my cars back to running sweat again i did nothing i started the car the other day and it was fine. Do you no why??

Regards Habs

[jonmatar]

bad gas?