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Choose a car for my friend... (not ended well)

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Post by Carmad84 » Wed Sep 20, 2017 4:41 pm

buzyg wrote: Wed Sep 20, 2017 4:36 pm
Carmad84 wrote: Wed Sep 20, 2017 4:30 pm
buzyg wrote: Wed Sep 20, 2017 4:22 pm
A friend on PH bought a Evo7 to replace his XKR.

We had a wip around and bought him a base ball cap. :oops:

I didn't see which way he went if I got caught out, in the rain, on a run with him though. :wink:
You should have also given him a house and a slot on Jeremy kyle! :fuelfire:
He has a very nice barn conversion and has since sold the Evo, currently has a lovely Blue Nobel M12 3R as his toy. :driving: :thumbsup:
Now that sounds lovely.. :trampoline:

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Post by ph001 » Thu Sep 21, 2017 5:12 pm

2007 E85 Z4 3.0Si manual :driving:
19" CSL's | Eibach Springs | Aeroskirts | Z4M front bumper | Clear brake light | ZHP | RCH+| Stubby

2004 E46 M3 coupe manual - gone but not forgotten.

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Post by jamie_z4 » Thu Sep 21, 2017 5:21 pm

Ahh my choice! Good man!
18 Z4s owned to date.

Current: 2.5i Titan silver

Daily driver: 480bhp M140i Shadow edition.

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Post by EssexZed » Thu Sep 21, 2017 5:26 pm

Looks great - a very tidy example :driving:

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Post by buzyg » Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:17 pm

Nice daily. :thumbsup:
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Post by ph001 » Tue Mar 27, 2018 11:55 am

So... bit of a development on this. Mate had his 57 plate 330i for around 6 months now, got in touch with me a few weeks ago saying he had EML light on and car had rad fan all the time and was mis-firing, sometimes going into limp home mode. Also takes a quite a few cranks to start from cold.

I told him to bring it over so I could stick in on INPA to read the codes. This is when I got my first shock... it's not an N52!!! :?

BMW only bloody changed over to the N53 two months before... so essentially he has the direct injection n/a version of the N54 . I feel terrible as I said how reliable the N52 was and that as long as he does the water pump he is unlikely to have any other issues.

Anyway, put the diags on and got the following :cry: :

0x29CE - misfire, cyl 2 (poss coil pack, carbon build up or failing injector?)
0x29E1 - fuel mixture lean - bank 2 (could be related to 02 sensor or HPFP?)
0x2A98 - inlet camshaft to crankshaft correlation error (intake vanos solenoid or intake camshaft sensor?)
0x2E85 - water pump communication error (water pump internal electronics?)
0x29F2 - High Pressure Fuel pump (I've heard this can also cause rad fan to run at full speed for some reason!)
0x29DC - Cylinder injection shutdown (prob related to above)
0x2C2E - Pre-cat 02 sensor (maybe killed by unburned fuel going past it?)


I'm thinking a few of these will be related (e.g. misfires, fuel mixture, HPFP, cylinder injection shutdown, o2 sensor), but I think at best he's probably into a new waterpump, injectors and maybe HPFP. Looking at £2k for that lot. He's probably just going to dump it at auction and take it on the chin :(. Fair to say it's been a pretty horrible ownership experience.
2007 E85 Z4 3.0Si manual :driving:
19" CSL's | Eibach Springs | Aeroskirts | Z4M front bumper | Clear brake light | ZHP | RCH+| Stubby

2004 E46 M3 coupe manual - gone but not forgotten.

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Post by shawna » Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:17 pm

Or could be a simple wire going to earth.....

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Post by ph001 » Wed Mar 28, 2018 1:06 pm

shawna wrote: Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:17 pm Or could be a simple wire going to earth.....
Wouldn't that be nice!
2007 E85 Z4 3.0Si manual :driving:
19" CSL's | Eibach Springs | Aeroskirts | Z4M front bumper | Clear brake light | ZHP | RCH+| Stubby

2004 E46 M3 coupe manual - gone but not forgotten.

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