Docile 64 Report post Posted August 5, 2012 (edited) e38 m60 it started telling me something was wrong 4 days ago only got around to it today. have not driven her since then Car died on idle at a intersection. took a good 15 secs cranking to start it. it started and i went straight home. on the way home nothing out of the ordinary. car reved up high easily but idle a bit jerky. tried starting the car today and it keeps on turnning but does not catch up until battery was about to run out of juice so i hooked up jump leads to the engine to a running car still wont catch just keeps turning. hooked up my home carsoft diagnositc and inpa kit both says no errors logged. any help and advice would be appreciated Edited August 5, 2012 by Docile Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yng_750 247 Report post Posted August 5, 2012 more than likely the crank position or cam position sensor my e38 740il did the same thing the lead for the front crank sensor runs under the top plastic cover, so you can unplug it and test the resistance easy enough not sure what the resistance should be but i found it on google easily when i tested mine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Docile 64 Report post Posted August 5, 2012 found this re: crank and camshaft. accurate? haha so easy to acces.. better than the m50 which is under the intake :'( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yng_750 247 Report post Posted August 6, 2012 didnt watch the vid as im at work but the ohm values look about right if they break the values should be way out either no resistance or no circuit at all i got mine 2nd hand and it was fairly cheap car started first pop afterwards Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Docile 64 Report post Posted August 6, 2012 ok tested it. cam sensor was healthy around 1.3k ohms. crank i just took out which was reading 0. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Docile 64 Report post Posted August 6, 2012 it has some weird part number etk saying different Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yng_750 247 Report post Posted August 6, 2012 mine was a 1 724 056.2 mine was $68 including shipping from brent I would say yours will be that my car went perfectly then one day started and ran rough for 30 seconds it stalled then never started again changed that and bingo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
