clutch?

":S I was on about the clock? or radio stations? lol and he said its realy for cars like fords where u have to enter a keycode if battery is disconnected? and most people dont know the code. so its for that but he said he just uses it on every car"

Phil Holmes
Philholmes87@hotmail.co.uk
1998 BMW E36 318IS - RED

I would say the same as shaun and dazzi if your clutch was slipping mate u would know about it. You would not start to slow down with a gerk. My megane when i got it kept slowing down and made a bang. It was the rear drums. I think you should do what dazzi said TAKE OF THE BATTERY PRESS THE BREAK!!!! If that fails mate take it to the local garage and ask them to take a look most times it is free if u say ull get it fixed there when u get paid lol

"Well i did as dazzi suggested and reset the ECU. i think i didanyhow. anyway since then i aint felt it. so thanks for the tip Dazzi. NOW though. this has only started a day or 2 ago. but when im setting off. it feels like the car doesnt want to go. ive got to get the revs up a bit more. and slowly raise the clutch. although once im on the move it seems fine i put my foot down and it pulls. you can feel it pulling. Revs and speed are fine i mean it doesnt rev and go no where as the revs pick up the speed picks up as they should do. What could this be then lol. as as before i think it is clutch lol"

Phil Holmes
Philholmes87@hotmail.co.uk
1998 BMW E36 318IS - RED

"NP Phil. I don't think its the clutch if it was when your on the move it would still slip. I think because your ECU was a little lumpy it may have had more power low range but now its been reset you may have more power top end now. Just sounds like its ECU map has been corrected to me."

"oh ok then like i say once it gets going its fine. just takes some setting off. just tried it now on my dinner dumped the clutch and it took off just fine. and now i think about it it does seem that little bit faster at top end"

Phil Holmes
Philholmes87@hotmail.co.uk
1998 BMW E36 318IS - RED

i had this on an old old car its was poor spark dizzy cap + rotor arm ( I know you haven't got theese(B))clean and re-gap the plugs loads better.

"re-gap the plugs? in english please? lol. it was serviced about 5 month ago and ive only covered about 1500 miles since. and apparantly mine is soposed to be serviced every 18k miles. (my service light came on so i reset it by my self and it now shows 18500miles till next service)"

Phil Holmes
Philholmes87@hotmail.co.uk
1998 BMW E36 318IS - RED

What plugs you got? If Iridium's don't re-gap them. (Regap means adjusting the gap of the tip to give a better spark)

ive got bosch 4 point plugs. if that helps lol

Phil Holmes
Philholmes87@hotmail.co.uk
1998 BMW E36 318IS - RED

"iridium is the metal they're made of or the tip anyway well disregard it phil i doubt it'll be that.might just want a good thrash to clear its throat "