1994 BMW 318 wont start

1994 BMW 318
120,000 MILES • 4 CYL • 2WD • MANUAL
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ALEXVIDAL
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cranks but wont start. replaced coil pack and there is plenty of spark. looks like tons of fuel going in and seems flodded. let it dry and took spark plugs out an dry up. took fuse out for fuel pump and cranked until it dried up. put all back together and still wont fire up.
seemed to back fired acouple of times.

car was running perfect then parked for two days and then this happened
Jun 30, 2010 at 1:02 PM
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DOCHAGERTY
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Put a timing light on #1 and see if the spark is at the correct time, you may have a plausible crank or cam sensor failure.
Jun 30, 2010 at 5:13 PM
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