Specs- 97 or 98 318ti auto
Bought it as a project car to do a manual swap. Car had been sitting for about 11 months cuz its my project car, but all of a sudden the county doesnt like cars without tags
. Anyways i decided to move it into the garage and when i start the car it tries to start. The engine spins with a few fires in between. To me it sounds like a half-ass cylinder fire, i say half fire because i can see white smoke from the exhaust so there is definitely a fire. Mind you its not the blown head gasket white smoke. Also the starter spins freely momentarily.
What i did before i started the car-
-Put marvel mystery oil in the cylinders for about 2 days cuz i didnt want to scour the cyl.
-got new battery
Then after my failed attempt at starting car-
-Drained as much fuel as i could from the pipe by fuel filter side using a pump (had the light on so wasnt much) about 6 quarts ~1.5gals...very stupid way dont ask me how i this worked!!
-then added premium gas with lucas injector cleaner
-----started the car and samething happens as mentioned above.
-Changed spark plugs just in case
-----started the car and nothing again
-Next i checked for fuel pump which only works when u crank the car, did this first with a volt meter then physically had the pump out and had the hose connected and pointing in a container. And pump is running here.
-Went as far as taking the injectors out and cleaning them using this technique and they were dirty but by the end they were squirting cleanly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aT4S1lIBAY -----started the car and nothing again and keeps doing the half-ass cylinder fire.
Questions-
What is going on?
After reading other threads, and following their steps still didnt help. I have a feeling there is an electrical issue. I read that perhaps the ews or dme(btw is dme=ecu?) not synced?? i dont know how to sync them. And also onething that is coming to mind that can be a problem is that when i unlock the car using the remote the used to chirp and flash lights. Lately its not chirping or flashing and on top of this my door locks never worked since i had the car so i cant confirm if it did unlock or not.
Excuse a rookie with his mistakes dear elders
and all.