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  1. #1
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    Bmw e36 sedan

    Engine problems

    hello everybody
    Im marvin and i drive a 1991 e36 sedan 320i.
    I love the car but it has problems with the m50b20 engine.
    So the problems i have is that its not picking up power as how i expected it from the 6 in line engine my friend has a e36 sedan 318i and he pulls away faster than me.
    Also few days ago changed the spark plug and it didnt like the super4 from bosch, ive putted the old ones back in to see if theres any diffrence but no, when im on the throttle til 2k rpm its fine over that its starts to kinda sputter and the rpm sounds weird when im at 4200 rpm it looks like the car is cutting fuel while i should be abble to rev to 6500 rpm.

    If someone can give me a helping hand i would appreciate it dearly,

  2. #2
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    1993 318is/who to knows
    Thinks to check
    Vacuum leaks.
    Fuel pressure and injectors
    Ignition coils.
    Crank sensor

  3. #3
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    Bmw e36 sedan
    Ive checked on vacuum leaks with brake cleaner i have changed the coil packs around, but the issue happend when ive putted platinum spark plugs in than it ran crap when throttle than ive putted tho old ones back in than it ran good again the tried the platinum once more after ive changed the o2 sensor which was broken and ran crap still but than ive putted the super4 in an ran crap and now with the old old sparkplugs still runs crap. Fuel en injectors are working properly. Crank sensor should work properly cuz i didnt touched it, also could be coincidence that it broke while changing sparkplugs.

    I will check these points just to cross them from the list, thanks for responding 👍

  4. #4
    Join Date
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    Location
    Seattle
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    My Cars
    99 M3

    Engine problems

    Do the Euro cars have a “CE” light in the cluster?
    Is yours illuminated?
    Have you pulled the error codes from the engine control unit?
    ‘Stomp Test’

    The 2.0L engine was originally fit with NGK BKR 6 EK spark plugs.
    There are 167 alternative spark plugs


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    Last edited by bluptgm3; 09-29-2020 at 02:42 PM.

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    1997 328i
    Put a new set of ignition coils.
    Attn. NEWBIES: Use the search feature, 98% has already been discussed.
    Click the search button, select "search single content type", select the "e36 sub forum" specifically, try the "search titles" then try the "search entire posts".

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