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**Jetty** · 12-25-2008, 05:35 AM

3050RPM, here's what I think happened: For the last few months I've been driving in automatic mode and driving short distances around town.

Then that one cold morning I moved the car to a more favorable position about 10 or 20 feet while the engine was cold. After parking I let it sit for about 4 days as the weather got increasingly colder.

I'm reasonably confident that my spark plugs fowled as a result of two things; 1. Not driving in manual mode and just kind of "dogging" it around town hence the accumilation of carbon on the plugs and possibly elsewhere. 2. moving the car 15 feet while cold and parking did the rest.

After getting it started I switched it into manual mode and went for an elated joy ride deliberately keeping up the RPM's with the intention of incinerating any residual accumilation. THANK YOU 3050!

12-25-2008, 05:35 AM	#8
Jetty Name: Jetty Title: United Newb Status: Offline Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: ohio User not setup in Rate My Car. Click here to set it up. Your Ride: 1995 325i	3050RPM, here's what I think happened: For the last few months I've been driving in automatic mode and driving short distances around town. Then that one cold morning I moved the car to a more favorable position about 10 or 20 feet while the engine was cold. After parking I let it sit for about 4 days as the weather got increasingly colder. I'm reasonably confident that my spark plugs fowled as a result of two things; 1. Not driving in manual mode and just kind of "dogging" it around town hence the accumilation of carbon on the plugs and possibly elsewhere. 2. moving the car 15 feet while cold and parking did the rest. After getting it started I switched it into manual mode and went for an elated joy ride deliberately keeping up the RPM's with the intention of incinerating any residual accumilation. THANK YOU 3050!