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1988 744Ti 175K? M46
Son on the way to work during a snowstorm this morning slid into a curb landing fairly flat against the passenger's side wheels (from the looks of the wheels).
Drove the final quarter mile to work from there and the car started cutting out. Stalled and wouldn't restart.
Some time later by coaxing and feathering the throttle it would finally start and I was able to get it to about 2500 rpm and could hold it there. Thinking it might drive if I could keep the RPM's up I took off down the street only to have it start to break up and slowly lose cylinders until it was only running on one before it died.
At that point it would not restart. Only an occasional pop when trying to start.
Everything looks normal under the hood. Distributor cap is in place. All the hoses involved with the intake are in place. I was running out of light and standing in freezing rain at this point so there was not much incentive to linger at the scene.
Did a little tap dance with a screwdriver handle on the fuel injection relay as well as the radio suppression relay with no effect. I can hear the pumps cycle when turning the key on.
I did try disconnecting the AMM simply because it was there and of course it made no difference.
I was unable to determine tonight if I was dealing with a spark or fuel issue and it has hints of both in its behavior.
So I am looking for ideas on things to try. The rain is supposed to turn back into snow so my current mood calls for a few gallons of gasoline and a match, but we need the car.....
Suggestions on what might be amiss in association with the impact with the curb?
Thanks as always.
Randy
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