gacrock

Yea i will when i get to welly. i know john , hes good, i bought a g-box 4 my old e30 from him. My local mechanic put his diag computer (snap-on) on it - no faults - thought it would show up fault if cam sens no good ., also i know a guy working for bmw he said they had done diag on it a few months back , came up ok , so he thinks its compression in middle of bore??? i changed fuel filter last week, seems a bit better missis recons..? as i said first thing in morn starts first click ??? strange....

i have just had a scan done it came up with no codes ... how ever the cam sensor was reading -3.6 ... which the mechanic was not sure about . does any one know what the diag readings should be ??? thanks

i have recently found out , it has been to a reputable bmw specialist dealership garage for this prob, it was also serviced ,wof etc... from them . they couldnt find prob with there diagnostic ... + haven't exactly got a couple of grand just lying round to chuck at it hoping that will do it - unless your offering a loan, ha . any way thanks for your feed back

could a blocked catalytic convertor have any thing to do with it, it smells of sulfur when idling , or blocked fuel filter .????

cam sensor seams to be all good ...

oh -ok cam sensor thanks

cheers ,i think there are two temp sensors, one 4 wire on block, one on radiator!!! will check this w/e.

thanx for reply. apparently its been scanned , and came up all good ... i found out through bmw dealer they presumed compression prob and it needed more investigation , this was after i bought it.. buyer beware eh... but i think it could still be a temp sensor or somthing because it starts cold straight away!!

hey ,hi to all.... this is all new to me being my first forum .. any way long story short got lumbered with a 323i, e36, jap import, 210000ks ,97' auto, starts cold straight away, drives excellent , seems to have plenty power, stop for a short time or up to a few hours and wont start straight off - takes 2-3 good cranks sometimes easier than others . now ive read a bit about bmw having a probs with the nikalsil blocks , of which i think this is , so would it be low compression causing the warm start prob ???? doesnt seem to blow any smoke when driving, a little on start sometimes !!! . but a mate in the know said the bore can be worn in the the centre of the stroke/bore!!! or am i on the wrong track and is it a sensor saying engine still cold or something like that .... well thanks for listening hope some one out there can shed a little light on it . cheers PS(when i say 'got lumbered'im not saying i dont like bmw's - im just saying i may have bought a dud one, i bought this to replace the e30 we sold.)