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Posted by Shaun Dale <iframe src='https://members4.boardhost.com/ukautotalk/info/user=UKAT2719' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2008, 10:57 pm, in reply to "Re: non start"
From memory the EWS is one of the units behind the glovebox (quite a long unit and it is marked). It inhibits cranking and enables the DME (Digital Motor Electronics). I had one recently where water ingress had caused damage allowing the engine to run but inhibiting cranking, if cranked directly it would run happily enough. Washed EWS in warm soapy water, dried thoroughly with airline and off she went.
Strange really, the damage is caused by water and washed off by water. A good squirt of washing up liquid and a clean paintbrush will take off a remarkable amount of corrosion damage on PCB's (can't replace corroded through pins and tracks though).
HTH Shaun.

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BMW 318i 2.0 2002 - Non Start after flat battery # - paul goswell December 24, 2008, 9:36 am
Re: non start - Alan Kane December 24, 2008, 10:21 am
Re: non start - paul goswell December 24, 2008, 12:43 pm
Re: non start - paul goswell December 29, 2008, 3:21 pm
Re: non start - Shaun Dale December 30, 2008, 10:57 pm
Re: non start - Alan December 31, 2008, 2:08 am
Re: non start - paul goswell December 31, 2008, 12:14 pm
Fixed # - Paul Goswell January 5, 2009, 11:27 am