Re: sputtering '92 325i

[Henri Baccouche <henrib@xxxxxxxxx>]

How many miles on these E36 cars ..........before the coil failures  ?

Thanks,
Henri


Greg Steinke wrote:

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> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 13:55:23 -0500
> From: alex.fadeev@domain.elided
> Subject: Re: sputtering '92 325i
>
> >"Douglas M. Max" <DMax@domain.elided>
> >> I'm getting a sputter; not quite backfiring, when under acceleration.
> >> I'd thought I was losing mileage too, but evidently not.
> >>
> >> When the revs get up to 3K or so it "lights" on all burners. Could
> >> this be a coil problem?
>
> >Unlikely.
> >You would get a check engine light with an appropriate code if it were the
> >coils.
>
> FWIW, when my e36 had a coil problem I did not get a check engine light. The
> light works on startup, but did not come on in this case. But replacing the
> coils made it run perfectly well. So, on my car, a coil problem may not
> light the check engine. I don't mean to be a jerk about this Alex, just want
> to help Douglas get his car going.
>
> >Take a close look at the idle control valve.
> >As a '92, I do not believe your car has VANOS (would have been my other
> >guess).
>
> Alex is correct, the 92 e36 i6 engine does not have VANOS, at least the USA
> versions.
>
> Greg
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