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I have a bmw 316i i have 30 to 40 miles worth of




By aliakbar5 on Nov 02, 2009

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i have a bmw 316i i have 30 to 40 miles worth of petrol inside the petrol tank and the car rev metre goes up and down and cars engine shuts down completely and it wont start untill it has quarter of a tank of petrol inside what could be the problem ?

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posted on Nov 02, 2009
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rjfvillarosa

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That sounds like the petrol pickup pipe in the tank has an air leak and when the fuel is dropping down below the leak it is sucking in more air than petrol.
The most likely cause of that is either the gauge sender untit or the fuel pump itself leaking (if the fuel pump on that car is inside the tank).
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