...Got a problem guys... 
Since owning my 2003 3.0 SE she's run perfectly. Besides some lower rpm hesitation which was solved completely with the ignition on/off 10 sec trick to re-set. She’s run perfect. Parked up the car Sunday night after using it all weekend. As many of you around the SE London/Kent area migth know it raining really heavy all day on monday.Come Monday night, I had to pop to the shops, Get in the car turn ignition..wait for a few secs then start...Car barley rumbles into life ..Spluttering at 300rpm .. then settling at a nice idle 500-1500rpm...just going up and down up and down, as if I was pressing the throttle but not doing it smoothly...no…spluttering and popping ..shaking all over the place. Jumping on the throttle does nothing besides make the car spluttering/pop/backfire Even more..
The car is actually in a undriveable state,Anyhows aswell as this the there’s a few lights on dash lit up, The Yellow pipe one (engine management?) EML?Traction control (wtf?) and also one in the middle Like a yellow warning sign kinda like (!) (but with a circle in there) in yellow .There’s never been any problem like this with the car.
Sunday night i didn't bother putting my BMW cover on the car due it being dirty and not having time to wash it. Could the heavy rain have got in somewhere? Quick inspection under the bonnet and boot, Nothing look’s overly wet?, I’m convinced it's nothing mechanical due to the fact using the car all day Sunday and under 24's later starting it to instantly have problems? After the heavy rain me suspects something electrical?
Only other problem on the car that could relate that i've had over the last 2-3 weeks is the headligths,I've fitted HID's and they've worked perfectly and looked awsome,Only problem is that driver's side headlamp cover (in front of the wheel) was missing ..upon fitting the HID the drivers side headlamp has become worse and worse with condensation, Almost to the point its as the inside of a shower, Never got round to drying it out and getting a new cover,But recently I had the headlamp warning light after driving 20-30 mins +..Got outside to check the headlamps..and it's the opposite lamp that's off? Not the condensated one?strange,Turn the lights on a off a few times it normally pops back into life. Maybe this electrical problem is related? Maybe shorting something out? Dunno?
Any help/Advise would be great guys…Just got a £150 worth of cleaning products for this morning as well as my Z4M alloys to fit, and this happens :x
Since owning my 2003 3.0 SE she's run perfectly. Besides some lower rpm hesitation which was solved completely with the ignition on/off 10 sec trick to re-set. She’s run perfect. Parked up the car Sunday night after using it all weekend. As many of you around the SE London/Kent area migth know it raining really heavy all day on monday.Come Monday night, I had to pop to the shops, Get in the car turn ignition..wait for a few secs then start...Car barley rumbles into life ..Spluttering at 300rpm .. then settling at a nice idle 500-1500rpm...just going up and down up and down, as if I was pressing the throttle but not doing it smoothly...no…spluttering and popping ..shaking all over the place. Jumping on the throttle does nothing besides make the car spluttering/pop/backfire Even more..
The car is actually in a undriveable state,Anyhows aswell as this the there’s a few lights on dash lit up, The Yellow pipe one (engine management?) EML?Traction control (wtf?) and also one in the middle Like a yellow warning sign kinda like (!) (but with a circle in there) in yellow
.There’s never been any problem like this with the car.Sunday night i didn't bother putting my BMW cover on the car due it being dirty and not having time to wash it. Could the heavy rain have got in somewhere? Quick inspection under the bonnet and boot, Nothing look’s overly wet?, I’m convinced it's nothing mechanical due to the fact using the car all day Sunday and under 24's later starting it to instantly have problems? After the heavy rain me suspects something electrical?
Only other problem on the car that could relate that i've had over the last 2-3 weeks is the headligths,I've fitted HID's and they've worked perfectly and looked awsome,Only problem is that driver's side headlamp cover (in front of the wheel) was missing ..upon fitting the HID the drivers side headlamp has become worse and worse with condensation, Almost to the point its as the inside of a shower, Never got round to drying it out and getting a new cover,But recently I had the headlamp warning light after driving 20-30 mins +..Got outside to check the headlamps..and it's the opposite lamp that's off? Not the condensated one?strange,Turn the lights on a off a few times it normally pops back into life. Maybe this electrical problem is related? Maybe shorting something out? Dunno?
Any help/Advise would be great guys…Just got a £150 worth of cleaning products for this morning as well as my Z4M alloys to fit, and this happens :x
Visually check the connectors for water and corrosion. If there is corrosion, some metal polish should do the trick to clean it up and protect it with a di-electric grease.
Check for images online of what a correctly burning spark plug should look like, they should all be the same colour. (Lightish Brown = Good. Black Dry = Rich, White bits = Lean, Black Wet = Oil if i remember correctly!)
