I had my HPFP replaced on Monday (the recall) , along with the injectors, a software update and a fuel line flush.
Drove it 200kms and the engine light came on, booked it in for a check from work and on the way homethe whole thing crapped out. On the gas all the way from work for about 40kms car is smooth, lots of power , running fine and then I stopped at the first traffic light and the revs dropped to 200 and was missing like a libyan rebel with a rocket launcher. Wasn't sure if I could get it the last 2 clicks to the house but it made it, lurched into the driveway on 3 cylinders. made some calls, BMW assist on the way....
while I was sitting in the car , steering it up the incline onto the flatdeck truck (being winched) the wife/gf/spouse came out and handed me the phone.
"It's BMW, they want to know how satisfied I was with my service appointment on Monday?"
If I wasn't 5 feet off the ground on a flatbed truck I would fallen out of the car laughing.... .Talk about timing....
The intake pressure sensor had failed along with some injectors ... caused a page of faults and the engine to shut down one bank of 3 cylinders....
They are quite embarassed at BMW... what did they do to cause the sensor to fail I wonder? They have not seen this before on the 35 engine.
All will be fixed by Moday night they assure me.....let's wait and see.
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HPFP replaced, now on 3 cylinders
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Re: HPFP replaced, now on 3 cylinders
Interesting as there is no recal here i the UK?
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I forget exactly when the recall letter came for the HPFP but i'm sure it was late last year, my car was parked for the winter so I booked it for March 29th assuming the roads would be clear. I have no idea why there is no recall on the pump in the UK ??? There are numerous threads over here regarding the recall. ZPost, Bimmerfest etc..
I googled "bmw hpfp recall letter" and got 11,500 hits
I googled "bmw hpfp recall letter" and got 11,500 hits
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Re: HPFP replaced, now on 3 cylinders
BMW UK are tightmcbeee wrote:I forget exactly when the recall letter came for the HPFP but i'm sure it was late last year, my car was parked for the winter so I booked it for March 29th assuming the roads would be clear. I have no idea why there is no recall on the pump in the UK ??? There are numerous threads over here regarding the recall. ZPost, Bimmerfest etc..
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Re: HPFP replaced, now on 3 cylinders
BMW CA is about to open it's purse a bit more, seems there's also a stuck valve and no compression on cyl #1 and they now have the engine apart....
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Anything different in that system regarding the tighter emissions you guys have to us?
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Not that I know of, we aren't super tight on emissions in Canada, were about the same as most of the states except California.
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Re: HPFP replaced, now on 3 cylinders
Bump... the valve spring was broken .... Two failures at the same time, an intake pressure sensor and a valve spring...hmmm? I did have a misfire once last year , the spring may have been weak and finally went . anyway, the spring will soon be on a flight from Germany and I will get the car back in a week or 10 days
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