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Originally Posted by squidzilla
Bumping this old thread since my 4.6is with the stack of service records and long list of recent work is doing this.
I was planning on having the injectors ultra sonic cleaned and rebuilt anyway so I will start there. I will then look at the MAF ( I think it is right next to the Dinan airbox) and clean it and move to the fuel filter and fuel pump last. I checked fuses and we are all good there ( only checked fuel pump fuse).
I started it up three days ago to move it out of the garage so I could clean it and then moved it back. Now this.
Just goes to show that even with lots of recent work and service records these older BMW's are still a risk. I don't mind, I have 4 other cars to drive and look forward to learning to to fix this issue.
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Most likely you flooded the engine by starting it up and only driving it out of the garage and then started it up to drive it back in. This was discuss in a previous thread. If you are going to start it up, drive it around the block so that the system is in closed loop and not open loop.
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Originally Posted by squidzilla
Do you say that because if the fuel filter is bad then it will dirty up my freshly cleaned injectors? The main reason I was going to start there is it did not require me to go underneath the X. I was looking into it last week as preventative maintenance anyway.
I tried all of the key on key off tricks mentioned above. It smells like gas in the engine bay whenever I try to start it. Made me think it was leaking injectors.
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If you can smell gasoline in the engine bay, you engine is probably flooded. Depress the gas pedal all the way to the floor and crank the engine. This should clear the cylinders of any excess fuel and should start the engine.
Fix the excessive fuel in the cylinders or else you will be replacing cats