Re: 528e - Won't start, won't run

["Al Floer" <cybercord@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This sounds like my post for the same problem.  I had a Fuel Regulator
problem.  The black smoke is from excess gas not oil.  Did the tack act like
it was bouncing all over at idle or running?

Good Luck

Al Floer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stas Lotyczewski" <slotyczewski@domain.elided>
To: <bmw-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 8:41 AM
Subject: 528e - Won't start, won't run


> I'm hoping someone can offer some diagnostic insights
> pertaining to my son's 1986 528e.  A couple nights ago,
> at a stop light, the engine shuddered and quit a few
> moments later.  He had it towed to a nearby friend's
> house, and the next morning we (a) replaced the fuel
> filter, (b) cleaned up all six oil-fouled plugs, and
> (c) duct-taped a cracked vacuum hose we discovered,
> but to no avail.  When it would start, after much
> cranking, the exhaust was quite dark, and it would
> run only with much throttle feathering.  The fuel pump
> appears to be working (I can feel a vibration when I touch
> it as the car is cranking).  After a minute, it stalled
> and wouldn't even "catch".  The car was towed to a nearby
> garage (but about an hour away from home, yuck), where it
> presently sits.  If these symptoms sound familiar to anyone,
> I'd appreciate hearing about some possibile causes.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Stas Lotyczewski
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