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Will not stay on more than thirty seconds

Tiny
ELIAH
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  • 2007 BMW 328
  • 3.2L
  • 6 CYL
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 192,000 MILES
Replaced coils, spark plugs, cover gasket and clean all venos solenoid and now what the car does is starts hard and shuts off after few seconds. When I connect the MAF it turns off right away, but when disconnected it runs more thirty seconds before it shuts off.
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Sunday, August 19th, 2018 AT 1:18 PM

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Tiny
KEN L
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It sounds like you have a bad PCM or bad ground but lets start by running the codes to see what comes up.

Here is a guide to help us get started:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/checking-a-service-engine-soon-or-check-engine-light-on-or-flashing

Please run down this guide and report back.

Cheers, Ken
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Tuesday, August 21st, 2018 AT 1:23 PM

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