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chippyray · Post by **chippyray** » Wed May 05, 2021 2:07 pm

Hi there, been lurking for some time but now have photo so can introduce myself. I purchased the car with a few known problems which I have now sorted thanks to the info supplied by everyone on here, thank you all very much. Now the sun has appeared I will enjoy the car as intended.

firebobby · Post by **firebobby** » Wed May 05, 2021 2:32 pm

Welcome to the forum, looking lovely

enuff_zed · Post by **enuff_zed** » Wed May 05, 2021 3:07 pm

Welcome aboard.
What model is that? Can't quite work out the badging, but the single exhaust seems to be saying 2.0?
Good to know the forum gave you the confidence to buy a car with issues and fix them yourself.
What needed doing?

Fastchap · Post by **Fastchap** » Wed May 05, 2021 3:12 pm

Welcome!
I am not a Z4 specialist, but this is the first e85 that I see on a 09 plate

One of the last registered?

davidmudley12 · Post by **davidmudley12** » Wed May 05, 2021 3:20 pm

Welcome, always interesting to hear the foxes that have been made so spill the beans

enuff_zed · Post by **enuff_zed** » Wed May 05, 2021 3:21 pm

davidmudley12 wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 3:20 pm Welcome, always interesting to hear the foxes that have been made so spill the beans

Would they be the ones you have to 'hunt' for?

chippyray · Post by **chippyray** » Wed May 05, 2021 5:55 pm

Hi gents and thanks for the welcome. It is 2.0i manual apparently registered 23/03/2009 has the M interior, I wouldn't know as it is my first BMW. It had a bad misfire when pulling away and the dash would light up like a xmas tree. The lights would stay off if driven up to 45 then all the lights would come on the alarm would ring but the engine would then take off like the clappers. I couldn't find any thing on the forum or various websites with the identical problems so went through everything. I changed coil packs, plugs air and oil filter and replaced engine oil cleaned the mass air flow sensor and swapped the Vanos solenoids over. Just a service really. The O/S/R ABS sensor had shown up on the reader the forum suggested. I very luckily played golf with a BMW tech who told me the misfire would be caused by the ABS sensor and ring. I then had a another stroke of luck while speaking with another mechanic who told me not to change the drive shaft ring but to clean it. Another forum member had mentioned this and somewhere I read that if I put a washer under the sensor it lifts it above the ring. To be sure I cleaned the ring, fitted a new sensor with the washer. I also had the external temperature sensor come up on the reader so replaced that at the same time. Again I read somewhere that this could effect mixture. The car is now running as it should and I am very pleased with it. The cure for the misfire was either the ABS sensor work or the temperature sensor. I did these last and that solved the problem. I imagine someone on here will know which it was or if it was a combination of the both. I will at some point change the tyres as tramlines and is a very hard ride but they are all new so it can wait.

davidmudley12 · Post by **davidmudley12** » Wed May 05, 2021 6:06 pm

enuff_zed wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 3:21 pm
davidmudley12 wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 3:20 pm Welcome, always interesting to hear the foxes that have been made so spill the beans
Would they be the ones you have to 'hunt' for?

Ha ha, always interested in foxes too, but I meant fixes!

Ole gits rule · Post by **Ole gits rule** » Wed May 05, 2021 6:45 pm

I ray, welcome to the forum, glad the car is now running well

chippyray · Post by **chippyray** » Wed May 05, 2021 7:05 pm

Thanks to you lads, I know exactly where to come if I do.

Thanks again.

Mr Tidy · Post by **Mr Tidy** » Wed May 05, 2021 7:40 pm

Hi and welcome aboard.

Your Z4 looks good with that finish on your 108 wheels.

And now it's running properly all you need to do is enjoy it.

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