Misfire

[Z4_LZF]

cheers. Car is booked in for an oil service tomorrow at my local Indy. What a nightmare trying to get an appointment at a garage!!
Hopefully they can pinpoint the problem.

If I let the car warm up for a couple of minutes, I don’t have a problem. Depending on their findings, vanos solenoids and check valves/filter are on the to do list.
Incidentally, there does t seem much room to get at the vanos solenoid valves??

 

[smorris_12]

Incidentally, there does t seem much room to get at the vanos solenoid valves??

Entirely done by feel! One thing about wielding spanners is you develop eyes in your fingertips.

 

[Z4_LZF]

Took the Zed to my local Indy garage today for an oil service and a diagnosis of the misfire. One of the coil packs was fitted incorrectly and not properly seated. The codes indicated a problem with the vanos inlet solenoid so this was removed, cleaned and tested. It was apparently fine. Apparently they can be problematic if oil pressure is low or the incorrect grade of oil is mixed/used.

Seemed fine earlier, hopefully it’ll be okay in the morning.

 

[enuff_zed]

Took the Zed to my local Indy garage today for an oil service and a diagnosis of the misfire. One of the coil packs was fitted incorrectly and not properly seated. The codes indicated a problem with the vanos inlet solenoid so this was removed, cleaned and tested. It was apparently fine. Apparently they can be problematic if oil pressure is low or the incorrect grade of oil is mixed/used.

Seemed fine earlier, hopefully it’ll be okay in the morning.

And there is a lesson for us all.......
While everyone says 'get the codes first' we need to not overlook all the basic checks we would have done automatically on cars a few years ago.
Hope that cures it for you.

 

[Z4_LZF]

Took the Zed to my local Indy garage today for an oil service and a diagnosis of the misfire. One of the coil packs was fitted incorrectly and not properly seated. The codes indicated a problem with the vanos inlet solenoid so this was removed, cleaned and tested. It was apparently fine. Apparently they can be problematic if oil pressure is low or the incorrect grade of oil is mixed/used.

Seemed fine earlier, hopefully it’ll be okay in the morning.

And there is a lesson for us all.......
While everyone says 'get the codes first' we need to not overlook all the basic checks we would have done automatically on cars a few years ago.
Hope that cures it for you.

Seems fine now. Touch wood.