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Omega General Help / M51 2.5td engine - Car broke down yesterday, help!
« on: 17 November 2008, 11:29:19 »
Hi, i own an E36 BMW 325td and knowing that it shares the same engine as the Omega and landrover i was wondering if i could pick anyones brains for potential solutions to my problem:
I'm desperately trying to find suggestions on what this problem might be. It broke down yesterday about 150 miles from home without any warning. The car has always been great, starting instantly and ticking over well and running smooth. My partner was driving at the time and she said that the car just lost power and wouldn’t start up again. The symptoms are that the car turns over well as normal, (i always wait for the heater plug light to go out before trying) The car then begins to fire intermittently, but never enough to start. If i keep the starter motor turning then it fires occasionally but will never pick up. I've been scouring the BMW forums for clues, but all i can find are issue's with the tank lift pump and hot/cold starting problems. Seen as this was running at the time it died I’m ruling out the lift pump (although diesel level was low).
Any suggestions/test i can do to diagnose the problem would be useful. The first place i'm going to look is whether diesel is getting to the pump.
thanks
Jon
I'm desperately trying to find suggestions on what this problem might be. It broke down yesterday about 150 miles from home without any warning. The car has always been great, starting instantly and ticking over well and running smooth. My partner was driving at the time and she said that the car just lost power and wouldn’t start up again. The symptoms are that the car turns over well as normal, (i always wait for the heater plug light to go out before trying) The car then begins to fire intermittently, but never enough to start. If i keep the starter motor turning then it fires occasionally but will never pick up. I've been scouring the BMW forums for clues, but all i can find are issue's with the tank lift pump and hot/cold starting problems. Seen as this was running at the time it died I’m ruling out the lift pump (although diesel level was low).
Any suggestions/test i can do to diagnose the problem would be useful. The first place i'm going to look is whether diesel is getting to the pump.
thanks
Jon