--- In 318iE30@yahoogroups.com, "hbairdhwbaird" <hbaird@...> wrote:
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> --- In 318iE30@yahoogroups.com, "boeleg_2000" <boeleg_2000@> wrote:
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> > I have a 318i that sat for about a year. It ran fine before it was parked.
It will start and run for a while as long as you don't hit the gas then it will
shut off. The alternator makes a loud squeal sound when you try and start the
car. When the car is running the car sputters on the verge of shutting off.
Suggestions? Any simple tests to isolate what the problem might be?
> >
> My first thought is fuel gone bad. Did you use a fuel stabilizer? If not and
the tank was partly full, you may have some water in there. The injectors would
hate that.
> Thanks for the suggestions guys! I'll start looking at the fuel in the tank.