Sick E90

[Jandre]

Our E90 325i is sick....

And I don't mean sick as in heavy modded, dropped to the ground with ICE etc.

I mean sick as in cough, cough sick.

The folks went to Langebaan over the weekend, and on Sunday the car started cutting out when you get to a stop street. It starts up immediately, but then the idle turns into a 5 cylinder thumping affair.

It idles very roughly, and on the way home, it struggles to get to 120, and overtaking is a complete no-no. There is just no power, not even dropping a cog or two helps it on. (My E36 318 will drop it now going up Ou Kaapse weg.)

So AA loaded it onto a flatbed yesterday. (Man, that's a sorry site seeing the car on the flatbed.)

Spoke to Forsdicks today, and they recon it's either a faulty PCV or a coilpack that went bust.

Motorplan is paying for everything, so we don't have a care, but it would be interesting to hear any of your comments.

 

[BimmerMan]

Hmmm...cutting out when coming to a stop is usually a sign of a failing MAF sensor on the older cars...dont know if it still holds out for the modern Bimmers?
A failing MAF would count for the rough running and loss of power too?

 

[Jandre]

According to Forsdicks, we might get it back around thursday. Sure as hell hope so, cause i wanna borrow it for sunday.

 

[Twinz]

sorry man. hope it gets fixed soon.

 

[Jandre]

So, she's back on the road. Engine management software went belly up. The workshop foreman had this huge explanation planned, and I didn't catch halve of it.

Everything on the car was reset, and I took her to Riebeeck West and back this morning. All systems go.

 

[BimmerMan]

So, she's back on the road. Engine management software went belly up. The workshop foreman had this huge explanation planned, and I didn't catch halve of it.

Everything on the car was reset, and I took her to Riebeeck West and back this morning. All systems go.

Great to hear that it is fixed Jande :thumbsup:
Damn cars are too complicated

 

[Jandre]

Gone are the days where you took out the filthy jet, clean it/ replace it, screw it back into the carb and drove off