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HELP! SINGLE MOM HAS A DEAD '77 320I (archive)
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Posted by Christie on December 29, 2000 at 21:08:33:

I need help. Here's my story. The car has been running great. I am in my neighborhood, going down the last hill to my house, going slowly over the last speedbump and it chugs ever so softly twice. Luckily I got it in my driveway. It dies quietly.

Thinking this was a fluke, I had to go to the store twenty minutes later. I start the car, fires right up, and off I go. I go up that hill, turn the corner, and it chugs ever so softly twice and quietly dies. Needless to say it won't start now.

The battery is fine, I am getting fuel, and the engine is fine. What does this sound like to you? It is my ownly means of transportation and I need it to work by Tuesday. It looks like it is not connecting under the distributor cap. I still get a blue/purple flame, if that makes sense. My dad once owned a '79 320i and he says it may be that the points need to be changed. I thought that it was the points before he mentioned it. I work on airplanes not cars.

Please tell me what you think ASAP! It is not fun walking in below zero wind chill.

Thanks!
Christie


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