not starting.. argh!

today the 92 735i has driven me over the edge.

I got in the car, radio, clock -- everything; looked good...

Car wouldn't start, in fact, only the odometer & SRS light went on.

what should I look at?

-j


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> today the 92 735i has driven me over the edge.
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> I got in the car, radio, clock -- everything; looked good...
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> Car wouldn't start, in fact, only the odometer & SRS light went on.
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> what should I look at?
>
> -j

Look at the basics. To start with, check all of the fuses. Is the battery
supplying enough voltage to turn over the starter? If not, it could be a
bad battery and/or alternator. Is the engine getting fuel? If not it could
be either a clogged fuel filter or a dead fuel pump. If you think it might
be the fuel pump, don't forget to check the relay for it as well.

Kyle.
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> today the 92 735i has driven me over the edge.
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> I got in the car, radio, clock -- everything; looked good...
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> Car wouldn't start, in fact, only the odometer & SRS light went on.
>
> what should I look at?

Dead battery. They give little warning of failure in modern BMWs. Of
course it might just be drained flat.

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You're right -- I checked the fuses, they all looked good; but one was, indeed,
bad (had to use an ohm meter on it)

# 17 was blown. I suspect I have some electrical gremlin; as yesterday the
battery was dead after sitting for 4 days....


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>> today the 92 735i has driven me over the edge.
>>
>> I got in the car, radio, clock -- everything; looked good...
>>
>> Car wouldn't start, in fact, only the odometer & SRS light went on.
>>
>> what should I look at?
>>
>> -j
>
>Look at the basics. To start with, check all of the fuses. Is the battery
>supplying enough voltage to turn over the starter? If not, it could be a
>bad battery and/or alternator. Is the engine getting fuel? If not it could
>be either a clogged fuel filter or a dead fuel pump. If you think it might
>be the fuel pump, don't forget to check the relay for it as well.
>
>Kyle.
>98 740iL
>01 525i
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On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 06:22:39 -0800, Josh Assing > wrote:

>You're right -- I checked the fuses, they all looked good; but one was, indeed,
>bad (had to use an ohm meter on it)
>
># 17 was blown. I suspect I have some electrical gremlin; as yesterday the
>battery was dead after sitting for 4 days....

Isn't that something you should have mentioned in the first place?

>>You're right -- I checked the fuses, they all looked good; but one was, indeed,
>>bad (had to use an ohm meter on it)
>>
>># 17 was blown. I suspect I have some electrical gremlin; as yesterday the
>>battery was dead after sitting for 4 days....
>
>Isn't that something you should have mentioned in the first place?

If I had known when I first posted.

the fuse was blown so slight that I could only tell by an ohm meter on each of
the fuses...

There is a gremlin -- today the heater fan was going, then stopped suddenly and
would only run on "max" when turned to the max/indent -- but then it started
working right again...



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Amps across fuses are zero unless otherwise noted
values are miliamps

#1 .12
#7 .11
#10 7.4
#11 .02
#19 .01
#20 127.1 (NOTE: Started out at over 358, then settled down and remained
steady)
23-28 all had .01

The .01's all "wavered" from 0 to .01.


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On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 21:43:09 -0800, Josh Assing > wrote:

>Amps across fuses are zero unless otherwise noted

"Amps across fuses", i.e. with an ammeter connected to both terminals of a fuse,
are always zero.

-- Larry

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> "Amps across fuses", i.e. with an ammeter connected to both terminals of
> a fuse, are always zero.

Nearly. ;-)

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>>Amps across fuses are zero unless otherwise noted
>
>"Amps across fuses", i.e. with an ammeter connected to both terminals of a fuse,
>are always zero.

Amps accross the terminals with the fuse removed.

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