Car has been as good as gold and taken me all over the country and is a DD for me. I also have a 640D but like the Z4.
Wednesday morning, started the car (started and ran fine initially) and drove off. Cold morning and car had been out on the drive in the cold and not driven for a few days. Normally it is garaged but moving house so a ton of stuff in garage.
One mile from home on busy A52 cough, splutter, misfire whilst driving and then stalled at the lights. Could not get it going again. I was blocking the road. So turned off ignition tried to start engine again. Dead and lit up like a xmas tree and even starter motor would not turn. Tried this six or so more times. Eventually started, it then drove OK, a bit of stuttering but with engine warning light on. I got it back home.
Did something similar earlier in June and was a split air hose. Repaired that myself and fixed it. Not this time, visually all OK.
Took it to Indy today, very reputable and I have used him before and it started up fine this morning. No problems at all and drove fine but with engine warning light on. Indy diagnosed Cam Shaft sensor not in sync with crankshaft sensor from the code and changed it. Warning light is now gone and road tested fine. Will collect it on Monday and a £150 repair. However he said that, unlikely, there are other things that could cause that code and he changed the most common and cheapest first. Let's hope this has fixed it. Other things it could be is VANOS solenoids or timing belt, both much more expensive to fix though he said he would not expect that at 48000 miles on the 2.5.
Whilst there I asked him to look why, on the M25 two months ago, my ABS (and several other) warning lights came on. The fault cleared itself when I stopped at Warwick services and has not come back on since. He said the warning code is an ABS pump and it is a very expensive repair - £2000 from BMW for the part alone - or can be rebuilt for about £400-£600. But he said leave it for now and see if it comes back.
So not feeling much love for the car at the minute!
Wednesday morning, started the car (started and ran fine initially) and drove off. Cold morning and car had been out on the drive in the cold and not driven for a few days. Normally it is garaged but moving house so a ton of stuff in garage.
One mile from home on busy A52 cough, splutter, misfire whilst driving and then stalled at the lights. Could not get it going again. I was blocking the road. So turned off ignition tried to start engine again. Dead and lit up like a xmas tree and even starter motor would not turn. Tried this six or so more times. Eventually started, it then drove OK, a bit of stuttering but with engine warning light on. I got it back home.
Did something similar earlier in June and was a split air hose. Repaired that myself and fixed it. Not this time, visually all OK.
Took it to Indy today, very reputable and I have used him before and it started up fine this morning. No problems at all and drove fine but with engine warning light on. Indy diagnosed Cam Shaft sensor not in sync with crankshaft sensor from the code and changed it. Warning light is now gone and road tested fine. Will collect it on Monday and a £150 repair. However he said that, unlikely, there are other things that could cause that code and he changed the most common and cheapest first. Let's hope this has fixed it. Other things it could be is VANOS solenoids or timing belt, both much more expensive to fix though he said he would not expect that at 48000 miles on the 2.5.
Whilst there I asked him to look why, on the M25 two months ago, my ABS (and several other) warning lights came on. The fault cleared itself when I stopped at Warwick services and has not come back on since. He said the warning code is an ABS pump and it is a very expensive repair - £2000 from BMW for the part alone - or can be rebuilt for about £400-£600. But he said leave it for now and see if it comes back.
So not feeling much love for the car at the minute!
Liverpool
