blackntansport
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no sooner did I fix almost every problem on the car did someone stab my tires. no sooner did I replace the tires did I suddenly experience my car trying to kill me with terrible handling. no sooner have I fixed that do I now have a new, interesting, problem. my car has made itself a 4 banger. been an interesting month 
I laugh at how comical all these problems are becoming but in all seriousness this is getting expensive and I'm about to start looking for a mogwai that perhaps got wet last time I drove the car in the rain. anyways, here's a short version of what's happened.
-neighborhood kids wanted me to rev the car for them. knowing what got me into cars and how rewarding it's been for me, I decided I'd give them a burnout too. first time in a long time I've lit the tires up like that
-didn't make it out of the gate before it started running extremely rough
-dtcs that essentially came out to "first cylinder one misfired with a lean situation so I cut off fuel so you don't burn through the piston, and then cylinder 2 did the same so I cut it off too... btw are you aware your check engine light is on?" :roll:
so my car is having serious issues. on the one hand I'm posting just to share because I find it somewhat humorous that my bmw has seen fit to follow the new BMW trend of smaller engines all on its own. on the other hand I really don't know where to start and in light of how much work I've done on the car recently I don't feel like ripping the whole thing apart again if someone here has valuable insight.
I don't really suspect the fuel pump because I'd assume there'd be a dtc for low fuel pressure rather than lean stochiometrics.
I already replaced the plugs hoping it was one of those seemingly serious problems with a simple fix, no such luck.
doesn't follow coil packs nor would i think it would based on cylinders right next to each other simultaneously going out.
I would assume if it were some sort of intake or hose problem I'd have heard some hissing in the engine bay.
I guess fuel injectors could be the problem?
really not sure. if I still had an extra 1k I'd just go ahead and do all the coil packs, fuel pump and filters, injectors and be done with any possible gremlins I might get after fixing the problem
I laugh at how comical all these problems are becoming but in all seriousness this is getting expensive and I'm about to start looking for a mogwai that perhaps got wet last time I drove the car in the rain. anyways, here's a short version of what's happened.
-neighborhood kids wanted me to rev the car for them. knowing what got me into cars and how rewarding it's been for me, I decided I'd give them a burnout too. first time in a long time I've lit the tires up like that
-didn't make it out of the gate before it started running extremely rough
-dtcs that essentially came out to "first cylinder one misfired with a lean situation so I cut off fuel so you don't burn through the piston, and then cylinder 2 did the same so I cut it off too... btw are you aware your check engine light is on?" :roll:
so my car is having serious issues. on the one hand I'm posting just to share because I find it somewhat humorous that my bmw has seen fit to follow the new BMW trend of smaller engines all on its own. on the other hand I really don't know where to start and in light of how much work I've done on the car recently I don't feel like ripping the whole thing apart again if someone here has valuable insight.
I don't really suspect the fuel pump because I'd assume there'd be a dtc for low fuel pressure rather than lean stochiometrics.
I already replaced the plugs hoping it was one of those seemingly serious problems with a simple fix, no such luck.
doesn't follow coil packs nor would i think it would based on cylinders right next to each other simultaneously going out.
I would assume if it were some sort of intake or hose problem I'd have heard some hissing in the engine bay.
I guess fuel injectors could be the problem?
really not sure. if I still had an extra 1k I'd just go ahead and do all the coil packs, fuel pump and filters, injectors and be done with any possible gremlins I might get after fixing the problem