RE: E36 Cold Drivability Problem

[wsiemens@xxxxxxxxxxx (Wendall Siemens)]

Time to compare symptoms:
I have a 92 325i (no surprise) which might have the same problem. When I
first start driving and the car is cold, it seems to run fine up until my
temperature gets near the end of the blue. At this point the car feels like
it has lost power (?) almost as if the engine doesn't want to go and you
have to feed more gas to get the same result (flat spot?). I'm generally
running around 2700 rpm when I feel this the most. By the time the
temperature gets to the end of the blue (5 or 6 blocks) it is gone and the
car accelerates normally. You can actually feel the car accelerate with out
changing the gas pedal position.

My question is: Is this the same ignition coil problem? And if it is, is
there any way for a DIYer to find which coil is causing the problem?

Wendall

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-bmw@domain.elided [mailto:owner-bmw@domain.elided]On Behalf Of
Henry Caldwell
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 7:52 AM
To: bmw-digest@domain.elided
Subject: E36 Cold Drivability Problem


I had the same problem with my '92 325i at 48,000 miles. It was the #1
ignition coil. These coils were known to be a problem in the early E36
models.
Henry
'92 325i

> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 08:47:11 -0400
> From: Roy Dormany <dormany@domain.elided>
> Subject: E36 Cold driveability problems
>
> When the engine is not fully warm, I have a really flat spot on low rpm
> power. It's fine at higher rpm and when it's warmed up, but the flat spot
> has been getting worse and is at the point where it is almost a
> hesitation.
> Anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Roy
> 92 325i
>
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