95 540/6 running bad again

Oh, and it doesn't work on Euro E34's as they don't have a CEL. But as far as I know if you've got a CEL it should work just fine.

Barry,

My brother's 525 had us thinking that it just wouldn't spit out codes for a while. Eventually my bro got the timing just right and it worked. Are you pressing the pedal far enough to hit the kick-down button?

Edit: Just saw that the car in question is a 6-speed. No kick down button there.

position 2 is correct.

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Originally Posted by bubba966

Your CEL isn't burnt out, right? And you're sure you've got the key turned over to the right position? I forget if you need position 1 or 2 as I've not bothered with it much as I've got a code reader.

Have you been able to get it to work on any other E34? It works fine on my M-Sport (9/95 build) as well as a friends '95 525iT (6/94 build).

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I would think it is the crank position sensor.

Have the intake gaskets been replaced yet? My car gave all the same symptoms at about the same mileage and I was never able to track the leak down with the carb cleaner test (I suspect the PCV plate to have been the culprit), but doing an intake refresh made it run like new again.