» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | ![](http://www.318ti.org/forum/clear.gif) | ![Reply](http://www.318ti.org/forum/images/buttons/reply.gif) | ![Share/Bookmark](http://static.addtoany.com/buttons/share_save_171_16.png) | 03-28-2016, 10:01 PM | #1 | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: North carolina Posts: 27 | Wont start!! HELP So my 318ti will not start, we replaced the starter, fuel filter, and fuel pump with brand new ones...but all it does now is crank but no start If we put starting fluid in it it will start for maybe 1 second then just cut off.... So what's the deal? And NOW what do i need to check? It has spark if that helps | | | 03-28-2016, 10:02 PM | #2 | Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: rogers arkansas Posts: 53 | Fuel.pump relay and all fuses carefully Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk | | | 03-29-2016, 12:42 AM | #3 | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: North carolina Posts: 27 | Quote: Originally Posted by jeffrn1970 Fuel.pump relay and all fuses carefully Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk | Pump relay and fuses are good, i can hear the fuel pump and the gas guage is accurate with the amount of gas i just put in | | | 03-31-2016, 08:26 PM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 315 | Have you checked fuel pressure? You could have a bad regulator or crushed fuel line and no actual fuel hitting the cylinders. Check all fuses also as you could have one blown that isn't opening the fuel injectors. __________________ 01 740iS Cosmos Black 97 318ti Boston Green 99 318ti Titanium Silver 13 X5 3.5XDrive Cosmos Black 97 318ti Alpine White (gone but not forgotten) 88 325iC Schwartz Black (sold) 97 740iL Schwartz Black (sold) 84 633csi Schwartz Black (sold) 96 318ti Alaska Blue (sold) 08 X5 4.8i Titanium Silver (sold) | | | 04-01-2016, 01:54 PM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Jax, FL Posts: 541 | A bad (cut) inline-fuse gave me the exact same symptoms. | | | 04-01-2016, 02:35 PM | #6 | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: North carolina Posts: 27 | Quote: Originally Posted by Shellback A bad (cut) inline-fuse gave me the exact same symptoms. | Oh really? What do you mean in-line fuse? | | | 04-01-2016, 02:40 PM | #7 | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: North carolina Posts: 27 | Quote: Originally Posted by 740isport Have you checked fuel pressure? You could have a bad regulator or crushed fuel line and no actual fuel hitting the cylinders. Check all fuses also as you could have one blown that isn't opening the fuel injectors. | Yeah it's definitely getting pressure, fuel is going through, and all fuses are good, so what could that mean i just have bad injectors? | | | 04-01-2016, 02:45 PM | #8 | Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: MD Posts: 35 | Quote: Originally Posted by Steez Oh really? What do you mean in-line fuse? | i think he is referencing fusible links. | | | 04-02-2016, 03:48 AM | #9 | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Jax, FL Posts: 541 | Quote: Originally Posted by two30grain i think he is referencing fusible links. | Yes, sorry...that's what I meant. | | | 04-03-2016, 03:18 PM | #10 | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 315 | If you are getting full fuel pressure to the injectors and nothing past, then you have something electrical keeping the fuel injectors from sending fuel into the cylinders. Since you sated that it would start and run a bit when you shot starter fluid into the intake, I'm thinking you have spark but no fuel to the cylinders. Thus the issue becomes electrical to the fuel injectors. As was mentioned a fusible link, fuse, wiring etc... is the culprit as I would doubt all of the injectors would have died at the same moment. __________________ 01 740iS Cosmos Black 97 318ti Boston Green 99 318ti Titanium Silver 13 X5 3.5XDrive Cosmos Black 97 318ti Alpine White (gone but not forgotten) 88 325iC Schwartz Black (sold) 97 740iL Schwartz Black (sold) 84 633csi Schwartz Black (sold) 96 318ti Alaska Blue (sold) 08 X5 4.8i Titanium Silver (sold) | | | 04-04-2016, 12:17 AM | #11 | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: North carolina Posts: 27 | Quote: Originally Posted by 740isport If you are getting full fuel pressure to the injectors and nothing past, then you have something electrical keeping the fuel injectors from sending fuel into the cylinders. Since you sated that it would start and run a bit when you shot starter fluid into the intake, I'm thinking you have spark but no fuel to the cylinders. Thus the issue becomes electrical to the fuel injectors. As was mentioned a fusible link, fuse, wiring etc... is the culprit as I would doubt all of the injectors would have died at the same moment. | Yeah that seems very true, i'll definitely look into it, but i mean it did sit in my garage for about a year so you think maybe the fuel injectors could be bad? Idk | | | ![Reply](http://www.318ti.org/forum/images/buttons/reply.gif) | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |