Hi Today after a about half a dozen short runs - it has been thrashed on those runs too - my BMW is now refusing to start properly.
It does crank, and can just about sustain itself at low revs (i.e. below the normal idle) for about 5 seconds before it starts to struggle further and then revs gradually drop until it stalls. Any pressure on the accelerator stalls the engine immediately.
I'm not sure whether it's relevant, but there has been an intermittent fuel smell from the car since I've had it (a few months). Economy has consistently left something to be desired. In the last few days however, economy seems to have hit rock bottom and there has been a persistent smell of fuel both inside the car while driving, and outside the car after parking up.
My guess is that it's something related to the fuel system, but can anyone confirm what the exact problem(s) could be?