My 'new' 96 318ti ...no power below 2500rpm.

[marucs_b]

Hi all,

I recently got a 96 318ti with the M44 engine and am really impressed with the car. I do have one or two issues which may or maynot be related which I want to sort out and hopefully you can point me in the right direction.

The car seems to have very little power below 2500rpm. With my foot flat on the floor there seems to be little power, then at 2500 it as if a switch it thrown and the power comes back in. Its a very noticeable change as if you were driving around on 25% throttle and then floored it. Also when below 2500rpm with my foot flat on the floor there seems to be split seconds where the power tries to come back but then dies again, not a stutter though. The car is fine above 2500rpm.

Secondly the car sometimes dosent start first time, it turn over starts and the dies... not a big problem as it only happens maybe 1 in 10 times, and then it always starts on the second try.

Any pointers would be welcome.

Thanks in advance.