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Originally Posted by thompson
Hi Guys
I think i have killed my csl. In the last few days i have been driving it very
hard since we had this good weather, why not.
Any way the car was running fine yesterday morning.Last night i was playing with my mates E92 M3 and all of a sudden i lost power on my car. So i had to pull over.
Engine management light was on and it was misfiring and running rough
so i switched it off straight away.I did not want to take a risk so i called the RAC who took their time to arrive.
The started the car and the misfire had disappeared and the engine light
was off, very weird!
They checked a few things and said its all okay and advised i get a further diagnosis check done by main dealer to be on the safe side.
which was fair enough.
Anyway i continued on my journey and i decided to give it more stick,
the same thing happened again but now i can control the misfire.
the engine misfires under load ONLY at 2000-3000rpm and then the misfire
clears away,if i drive it normally it is okay.
So now that pee'd me right of , this morning i took the car to my local
bmw dealer who said i need to book it in, anyway with a little bit of
hussling i got them to do a quick diagnoisis check which costed me
£117.00 but they could not find anything wrong with the car, they
stated the plugs and coils are okay and they need to do more tests,
i asked them to drive it underload so they did although they should of done this at the beginning but i was in no postion to argue with them,
However they want at least another 2-3 hours investigation time
but said it possibily might be the vanos system which could cost up to £2500.
At that point i fell of my chair in reception, my csl is fkd.
i have drove it back today and parked it up as i cant drive it anymore in this state.
Any ideas what it could be? Is this a common problem as the BMW
really were not that helpful, 117.00 down and no answers.
help please.....
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Sounds like a coil to me, key is to get the misfire and do not shut down the engine. Then you can investgate.
They break down when very hot and then the car senses a problem so usually shuts said cylinder down. Switch off and come back later and misfire is gone. Fook the dealers for problems like this their labour rates are too high.