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E36General discussion and technical help for (E36) 1992-1999 3 series cars. 318, 323, 325, 328.
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Your Ride: 1995 325i
It was my understanding that the plenum drainage problem was successfully dealt with in the '95s and newer, I sure hope so because I've got one. In any event, I've heard that all is not necessarily lost, letting the ECM dry out can do the trick.
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Your Ride: 1995 318i
The 1995 318i was manufactured 9-94 and this may account for the difference.
The car has a lot of the parts and motor pieces from the early car.
I successfully dried out the ecu. drove it and now another problem of no start . May be the ecu gave it up.
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Your Ride: 1995 325i
Given the date of manufacture, you're right, the modifications may not have taken place in time for your car. Still, I'm not sure it's the ECU, as I believe you did dry it out, you were able to drive the car for awhile after that, and now no dice? How did it run while it was running? Would hate to see you plunk down money for a new unit if the cause is otherwise, obviously.
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Your Ride: 1995 318i
The car ran like nothing had happened. Now its dead. The car ran out of gas- I filled it up and it would not start. The next day it fired up. - thought problem and everything would be fine . wrong- it died a week later. I have replaced the pump, relay and fuses -nothing.
no codes from dash, no spark- starter works fine. Everything works- locks, lights, radio, starter except no running engine.
I took out the ecu and opened it up, dry as a bone- seams to be ok. no way to check it.
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Your Ride: 1994 BMW 525i, 1987 325is, 1986 325
Unfortunately it's old enough that there really isn't much out there to test that specific ECU with (real old DIS or GT1 maybe). Fortunately though it's old enough that a replacement can and will be pretty cheap Try shopping around, I got a new ECU for an E30 of mine for like 60 bucks on ebay with a performance chip. Worked great, just pay attention to the sellers feedback if you go that route though ;-).
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Your Ride: 1995 325i
I was going to say, I'm flat out of ideas, not that I'm replete with them to begin with, but Big Evil's suggestion is the next logical step. Good luck.
09-27-2009, 03:23 PM
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