I just went out to do a few errands and it seems that the starting question I posed a few days ago has been answered. The engine will crank, but no hint of it sparking up. The past two times I've started the car, Friday and Saturday, it would crank 4,5,6, times before starting, something that it's never done and when I'd put it in drive it would stall. It never stalls either. Kind of a shuddering upon initial accelleration, but once it got going it drove OK, no other problems. That, of course, was then. Now.....nothing. Just crankity-crankity-crankity-crank.
A stomp test reveils short-long-short-long, which as I recall means no codes present or something like that. I think. Is that right? So I've pretty much narrowed it down to it being the fuel pump. I've looked in the TIS and it shows the pump and the relay and the sending unit. The r&r procedure that it shows talks about emptying the fuel tank...OYE!...THAT sounds like a major PIA! My tank is now around 3/4 full. The link on Bruno's site for
fuel pump replacement shows that the access is from the trunk, under the carpet. It talks about it showing the R&R for an '89 535i. I have a '95 525i. Same procedure? Here's some questions from an increasingly poorer man:
* Does the fuel need to be emptied from the tank? (Puhleeeese say no!)
* Is what I need to do what is shown
here ?
*The ETK shows a p/n for the "sending unit assy metal tank" as 16 14 1 180 889. Is this the whole tamale that's shown in Bruno's pics?
* Does that include the fuel filter or is that something else I need to do.
* Will I need any new hose or clamps?
* How many beers should be available for consumption during this procedure?
This doesn't look like too difficult of a fix, it's just that I try to stay with fixing the stuff that won't effect driving....lights, wipers, switches...etc. I'm just thinking that in order to save a few bucks, I need to do this. It no werky without pump! If it does involve emptying the tank, I can't do that so I'll just bend over and take it to the shop.
Whadaya guys think? Is there anything else I need to know before I f**k this up all by myself?
Brian C.
'95 525ia