the afm will wear out so even if you set the afm back to factory specs it
still may not work,...

also i need to double check this but one of your flywheel triggers may be
going out




Chris
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Quoting ryan uy <koberyan87@...>:

>
> Dear sirs,
>
> Good day to you. I own a 1981 628csi(euro) here in
> the Philippines. Its a tropical country for those of
> you who are not familiar with it. Hot and humid but
> the weather is starting to cool for the christmas
> season.
>
> My problem is that the car cranks but wont start.
> hence giving me too much embarrassment in front of my
> date and the people walking by.
>
> what i do is (i accidentally discovered this method) i
> take off the lid of the airflow meter and manually
> move the needle to the middle of the arc. then i ask
> someone to start it for me and it starts right away.
> Doing this alone is another story. I use a short metal
> cylinder that i wedge against the inside of the
> airflow meter so as to hold the needle in place(middle
> of the arc).
>
> now after all the embarrassment, i thought i should do
> something about it and started tinkering with the
> mixture and the needle's spring-like coil in the
> middle. also i turned the screw in the airflow meter.
> the one that allows unmetered air to come in. plus the
> valve that controls the idling.
>
> now im confused. i cant get the right mixture and i
> now have emmission problems. i still have my start up
> problems. I sometimes get to start in the morning
> after about 3 seconds of cranking.
>
> help!!!!!
>
>
>
>
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