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<blockquote data-quote="ravin136" data-source="post: 715121" data-attributes="member: 43342"><p><span style="color: rgb(51,51,51)">hi there guys..</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51,51,51)">Need an advise from you experts.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51,51,51)">I have a 2003 e46 320i and it has power issues, so far only in the morning or when engine is cold.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51,51,51)">In the morning when i start the car the engine for the first time, it seems normal until after a few seconds the rpm goes up and down from 300 to 900.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51,51,51)">then after a couple of minutes or so it goes back normal, but it doesn't end there. When i floor the pedal, the rpm only goes up till 4000 and there is no power.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51,51,51)">There are no fault codes or any sort of lights on the dash.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51,51,51)">Then recently i realized if i switched of the engine and restart the car it gets back the power somehow.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51,51,51)">So nowadays in the morning i dont have to get up extra early to heat up the engine cause its clearly not a cold issue.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51,51,51)">I just start the car and try flooring the pedal.. sometimes it has power so i just drive off but sometimes i just switch off the engine and restart the car again.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51,51,51)">I know this is not normal but i need your sincere advise, as different foreman tells me different things. So im just holding on till i know whats really wrong before they choke me to death.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51,51,51)">Kindly help me guys.. thank you in advance.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ravin136, post: 715121, member: 43342"] [COLOR=rgb(51,51,51)]hi there guys..[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(51,51,51)]Need an advise from you experts.[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(51,51,51)]I have a 2003 e46 320i and it has power issues, so far only in the morning or when engine is cold.[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(51,51,51)]In the morning when i start the car the engine for the first time, it seems normal until after a few seconds the rpm goes up and down from 300 to 900.[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(51,51,51)]then after a couple of minutes or so it goes back normal, but it doesn't end there. When i floor the pedal, the rpm only goes up till 4000 and there is no power.[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(51,51,51)]There are no fault codes or any sort of lights on the dash.[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(51,51,51)]Then recently i realized if i switched of the engine and restart the car it gets back the power somehow.[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(51,51,51)]So nowadays in the morning i dont have to get up extra early to heat up the engine cause its clearly not a cold issue.[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(51,51,51)]I just start the car and try flooring the pedal.. sometimes it has power so i just drive off but sometimes i just switch off the engine and restart the car again.[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(51,51,51)]I know this is not normal but i need your sincere advise, as different foreman tells me different things. So im just holding on till i know whats really wrong before they choke me to death.[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(51,51,51)]Kindly help me guys.. thank you in advance.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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