Please help guys, this is killing me.

[Rob]

Hey there,

Thanks a lot for offering to help. I really do appericate it a lot.

Well I'm working today until 1Pm will be back home just after that anyhow. However I'm not too sure when or if you can make it today.

If you can my cell phone number is: 0765121810
Just let me know if you can. A sms or something and I'll sms you back with plans ect.

I also managed to get a copy of the Bentely Service Manual on my pc at home. So I will be working as much as I can on the car today when I get home.

Like I say just ket me know. If you can't do it today then sms me and hopefully we can make another time for it to be done?

Thank you for your help.
Won't be going to the garage until I hear from you and end of this month.

Another thing I should tell you is, before I came back to South Africa, my old man took the car to the garage and the guy said it was a sensor, aparrently he fixed it and the car drove as good as new. Two weeks later it went back to what it's doing now. She also won't start on the first turn it's normally the 4th or so. Maybe the pump is not giving the right pressure, I don't know.

Anyway, let me know either way.

Thanks again!

[genphreak]

Keep it up fellas.... you'll prevail with a little care and attention.
Gee, we're sure glad you got that Bently Rob, I guess you must have figured out WinRar okay... Nick

[Rob]

Ya, that manual is great, told me so much about the car I didn't know.

I really appericate all the help I've recevied off this forum. Thank you so much guys!
Going home in 50 minutes and going to do a lot of testing and working on the car, try and see if I can find the fault using Bentely!

[zhandax]

Start by finding out where the two loose wires go. They may have a bend 'set' in them to help you unless someone bent them out of the way. You have a digital camera?

[emw525E34]

Hi Rob, so it will still not go beyond 2.5K rpm. What happens at the edge of 2.5K to 2.6K ?. Does it cut off abruptly or gradually reduce power ?.

If the coil were bad, after warmup, it will stall the engine. So its probably not the coil, it seems like fuel or air related. Lets check the intake. check that your air filter box and filter is clean. At least give the filter a good dusk/shake and clean the interior. Check for leaves/gunk in there. Also, check your AFM pins with DVM. Clean the AFM insides but do not take it apart yet. Its tricky and you could actually break something if you attempt to pry open the based of the AFM. Check for air leaks in the intake elbow. That rubber black curved tube from AFM to the throttle body.
(Might be a hole there or cracks. Try taping them with duck-tape if you found some leaks. You can replace the part later.
My M20 car had a serious leak about a month ago which almost stalled the car at 4K rpm. It will work perfectly until 4K and when I reached that, it coughs badly and almost stalled. A good clean and clamping that tube fixed my problem. I could redline it like I normally do.

Good luck.

PS: Oh, when was the last time your dad changed the fuel filter ?. That could be a culprit if it were clogged out badly. It will restrict fuel flow and cause the same symptom. This part is cheap and easy to replace. Its at the rear of the axle (not the mufler side, opposite side. You need to jack up the car to get under it and release a couple of clamps. Take a pencil to stick into the inlet fuel pipe while you remove that clamp or else fuel will flow all over the place!.

[Rob]

Howzit Guys,

I'm syarting to think it's still the pump. I put more fuel in her the other night, and she jumped to life. She only starts on the 4th turn of key, still. But she's revving perfect now. All I did was add fuel?

Will read the above posts just now.

Thanks a lot guys!

[Rob]

Start by finding out where the two loose wires go. They may have a bend 'set' in them to help you unless someone bent them out of the way. You have a digital camera?

Which wires, bru?

I have camera, yes. So can take photos of anything you guys need/want to see.