That would be my car. The rotor was almost completely gone, the
posts inside the cap were all bent out of place...

On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 06:40:01 GMT, Bob >
wrote:

wrote:
>> I have an 85 325e, when accelerating the car seems to accelerate
>> sluggishly. I push the pedal all the way to the floor and some times it
>> will accelerate ok.
>>
>> I thought maybe gas. I changed the fuel filter and the spark plugs. No
>> change. I'm thinking now I need a manual to try and figure out the
>> problem.
>>
>> Help, I hope the motors not gone. It's strong when it is running, but
>> now it seems to have no power sometimes.
>>
>It may be the distributor cap and rotor, I think there has been a
>previous post with a very similar condition and they found the rotor and
>cap were just about non-existent. It was amazing the car even ran.
>
>Cheers, Bob