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Posted by david on August 30, 2000 at 16:01:26:

In Reply to: Re: Curious Start (electrical?) Issue posted by Tom on August 30, 2000 at 14:57:28:


Dean- I have the same problem with my '78 E21 320i...It takes a good 15 turns of the ignition key before it fires. All other power is strong (ie- battery). The starter could be the problem, but I am not sure. Seems electrical and finding a loose ground somewhere is probably the answer???

Similarly curious,

Tom


Last week my 82 320i stopped dead due to an alternator ground wire working loose. When I turned the car over only a relay click, no engine turn occurred. Yesterday, I went to start the vehicle and the same click occurred. No engine response. Although everything seemed to have solid power, I thought it may be the battery, so I jumped the car. This got it started.

I then drove 2.5 hours and shut the car down for an hour. When I went to start it that short time later, I again received no engine response. I then let the car sit overnight, fortunately, it fired up without a problem this morning.

The car has 220k miles on it...alternator is new, starter probably 70k miles old...any thoughts as to why this may happen?


if i were you i'd start by checking the ground attachement of the battery negative on the battery socket... it is often very corroded and may the the cause of many electrical problems


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