Reply With QuoteYep, it should be there, unless someone stole itOriginally Posted by Rob
Big, Big Time Poster
Fuel pump.
Hey all,
Is the fuel pump still in the same place on the 1989/1990/1991 525i bmws?
In the boot under the carpet, or is it in a defferent place to that?
Major Contributor
Yep, it should be there, unless someone stole it
BMW E34 528i, M52B28 + M50 manifold, Remus exhaust, ///M Parallel Spoke 18" rims
Big, Big Time Poster
Lol, cool.
The reason I ask is because I think it needs removing and cleaning ect. Easy job?
Major Contributor
Cleaning? Why do you think that?
BMW E34 528i, M52B28 + M50 manifold, Remus exhaust, ///M Parallel Spoke 18" rims
Big, Big Time Poster
Lack of power. Well so my Dad tells me anyway. I'm not there yet I will be to see the car on Tuesday. But when he did start it after it had been standain for a while it reved to 3rpm ect died and did it again or something..:S. And when he was driving it back to our place it was lacking power
Major Contributor
Maybe the pump is ready for replacement, or you have a clogged fuel filter. I would try replacing the filters and doing a regular maintenance first.
BMW E34 528i, M52B28 + M50 manifold, Remus exhaust, ///M Parallel Spoke 18" rims
Big, Big Time Poster
Yeah that's what we're going to do.
I hope it's not the pump that needs replacement as i think they are very expensive
Grand Master
suggest you don't mess with the fuel pump
...do recommend you change the fuel filter. There's not much to "clean" in the pump.
Can you give us more information on the problem?
- cold run only?
- does it do it all the time? (repeatable)
- is it a soft loss of power or a hard cutout or a sputter?
- you mention the car had been standing - for how long?
- does the car start idle and generally run smoothly?
Bellevue WA
90 535iM - not much stock remains. 3.7 liters, ported head, cammed, 3.73 diffy, M5 brakes, MAFed, yadda yadda yadda
86 Porsche 951 - Track Toy
2 Grand Master
I found this in a search query. I've been exhibiting similar symptoms lately. Started it tonight with the temp ~ 30 F and a wind chill of too damn much. started alright, idle rough, but Ive heard thats normal for an m30. Backed the car out of the driveway and put it into D, and nothing. Pushing on accelerator make the idle even worse, sputtering and 3/4 dying out, no power whatsoever. Since auto tranny, car moves a bit on its own, and finally started going normally after 2 or 3 min of .5mph crawling. Get to the end of the street, stop, and then nothing again. I would've been better off getting out and pushing the car home, woulda been faster. Ideas? (89 535ia, 124,500) I'll check codes tomorrow, to see if that helps
2 Grand Master
The CEL light is on and throwing the 1215 code and 1224 code... I dunno squat about either of em. Uh oh
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