No Start

[berty bmw]

Hi , i have a 318 ti compact and it does have 1 or 2 little problems , when you first start it up from being cold it does not keep running unless you keep the revs on abit , after 10-20 seconds its fine it will tick over but still alittle lumpy , and when its warmed up its ideling around 950-1000 mark any ideas as to what the problem is and also how to fix would be great , many thanks

[Guest Mister Dabsy]

The usual suspects are :

Dirty Throttle Body

ICV

Cam Sensor

How is the fuel economy and does it run ok when warm?

[berty bmw]

hi and thanks for getting back so soon , a friend did say about the icv as for the other stuff will clean the throttle bodies at the weekend , is the cam sencor a easy fix or is it better left to the garage

fuel wise it had a quarter of a tank and it did 45 miles before the light came on not sure if thats good , running wise it runs spot on when its warm pulls through gears nicerly , the clutch does feel heavy to press not to sure if that just a typical thing =)

[Guest Mister Dabsy]

You could try removing the cam sensor and clean it... Maybe have the rocker cover off too, just to check that the oil is wet and not sludgy up there !

As for the economy, 45 on a quarter is not good, check the plugs and get back to me with their condition...

Clutches can feel like that if you've driven different cars etc.

[berty bmw]

ok will get back to you over weekend if i can find my tools , wife been in garage tidying up now cant find a !Removed! thing lol ,

i didnt think that was bad fuel wise to what i been driving vectra sri with super chip fitted and on £20 i was getting 70-80 miles and had the same on mk3 mondeo ghia x 2ltr , be better to work out when i put £20 in petrol and work it out that way

[Guest Mister Dabsy]

Usually big tanks on BMW's...

20 quid in mine barely gets me 70 miles at the current price mate...

Find those spanners :P

[berty bmw]

may trade the wife in for the spanners :D

open to offers ;)