Sorry to hear, man. Hope it's an easy fix. Pls keep us posted.
Sorry to hear, man. Hope it's an easy fix. Pls keep us posted.
2005 IR / black / 6MT157,000 miles
Call Me Dane l 2/2004 330i ZHP l 18x8 ET45 BBS CK's wrapped with Michelin Pilot Sport AS3+ @ 245-40-18 l KW V1 Coilovers in front l KW V1 springs w/ Bilstein B8 dampeners in rear l BMW Performance Rotors l UUC StrutBarbarian l Racing Dynamics Rear Strut Bar l Jim Conforti Shark Injector l Light Birch Interior Trim l Bimmian Celly Mount l M3 Trunk Mat l l e90 Performance E-Brake & Shift Knob l M3 Tri-Stitched Boots l AL Headlight Retrofit with ZKW Lenses l CobyWheel Wrap w/M3 Stitching l LCM sw 4.5 triple blink and rear fogs l Maple Interior Trim
Any noises or abnormal things you noticed before the breakdown?
Bruce
21 GMC Sierra - mine
16 X5 M-Sport - wife
11 M3 - 1st son
04 Tundra - 2nd son
17 X1 M-Sport - daughter
Former (mo/yr sold):
15 335xi M-Sport (8/18)
11 335is (8/17)
11 X5 AW/blk (11/15)
04 330xi blk/gray (7/15)
06 ZHP SGM/blk (6/15)
08 335xi blue/blk (4/15)
04 ZHPci MB/blk (2/14)
04 ZHPcic IR/Alc (10/13)
01 540iT anthra/blk (7/13)
04 ZHPci TIAG/blk (9/12)
03 540i M-Sport (9/12)
01 325ci (3/12)
02 325iT 5MT (10/11)
05 ZHPci (7/11)
03 330cic (2/11)
00 323ci (10/10)
No signs of impending failure. I was cruising smoothly and happily on Henderson Rd. at about 40 mph and I suddenly lost thrust. That's when I started hearing the cacophony under the hood, and saw the SES light. I pulled into a driveway within 10 seconds and stopped the car. Something broke, I'm thinking. My Indy can't look at it until Monday. My cheap code reader couldn't pull anything (just showed an error).
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Rob
First thing I looked for were obviously belts & pulleys. No problems there. No oil from the OFH (I replaced the gasket). No coolant from the new reservoir. New water pump sounded fine. All the banging was coming from somewhere aft of the VANOS, which I haven't touched. I usually blame myself first when stuff like this happens, but this time I'm not sure.
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Rob
Do you recall the code your reader read?
Bruce
21 GMC Sierra - mine
16 X5 M-Sport - wife
11 M3 - 1st son
04 Tundra - 2nd son
17 X1 M-Sport - daughter
Former (mo/yr sold):
15 335xi M-Sport (8/18)
11 335is (8/17)
11 X5 AW/blk (11/15)
04 330xi blk/gray (7/15)
06 ZHP SGM/blk (6/15)
08 335xi blue/blk (4/15)
04 ZHPci MB/blk (2/14)
04 ZHPcic IR/Alc (10/13)
01 540iT anthra/blk (7/13)
04 ZHPci TIAG/blk (9/12)
03 540i M-Sport (9/12)
01 325ci (3/12)
02 325iT 5MT (10/11)
05 ZHPci (7/11)
03 330cic (2/11)
00 323ci (10/10)
Wow, really? Is that common? I only disconnected the rear banjo fitting, so as not to disturb the line any more than necessary. Reconnected it and torqued to specs. Could something have gone wrong with that?
And my code reader couldn't pull the codes, just an error message. My indy has a better one.
Rob
$h1tballs. My indy said today it sounded like something he wasn't equipped to handle, so I went out there and opened it up. Valvetrain looked clean, and plugs 1-5 looked normal. But #6... !! Crap!
VANOS looked a little burnt--is this normal, or could that be a clue as to what happened? My theory is that there was valve contact in #6, the valve broke off and bounced around, thrashing this plug and probably everything else in the combustion chamber. I'm open to suggestions.
Should I start a new thread for this?
Rob
Vanos is typical.
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Call Me Dane l 2/2004 330i ZHP l 18x8 ET45 BBS CK's wrapped with Michelin Pilot Sport AS3+ @ 245-40-18 l KW V1 Coilovers in front l KW V1 springs w/ Bilstein B8 dampeners in rear l BMW Performance Rotors l UUC StrutBarbarian l Racing Dynamics Rear Strut Bar l Jim Conforti Shark Injector l Light Birch Interior Trim l Bimmian Celly Mount l M3 Trunk Mat l l e90 Performance E-Brake & Shift Knob l M3 Tri-Stitched Boots l AL Headlight Retrofit with ZKW Lenses l CobyWheel Wrap w/M3 Stitching l LCM sw 4.5 triple blink and rear fogs l Maple Interior Trim