Turbo failure??

BMRADCT · 02-01-2008, 02:18 PM

The other night I started driving home after my car had been in the cold all day and I noticed it wasnt accelerating like it should. Literally felt like someone had swapped my 335 engine for a civic 4banger

. I pulled over and restarted it and it has been fine since.

Can this be a problem or is there some sort of safety feature shutting off the turbos when they are very cold still?

Crimson92 · 02-01-2008, 02:27 PM

you went into limp mode...do you have a procede???

swestland · 02-01-2008, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Crimson92

you went into limp mode...do you have a procede???

Have never had a limp mode occure; Is there no indication light to indicate that you are in go home slow mode?

Crimson92 · 02-01-2008, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by swestland

Have never had a limp mode occure; Is there no indication light to indicate that you are in go home slow mode?

yea you get a little yellow light with an engine and a diagonal line going through it

BMRADCT · 02-01-2008, 09:32 PM

Hmm I didnt notice any other lights but it had been a long b---- of a day so might have just missed it. My car is still stock with 1800 miles on it. Thanks for the diagnosis

e92phreak · 02-01-2008, 09:36 PM

Hopefully it's not a bad fuel pump. That's how mine started... loss of normal acceleration.

Tuned335i · 02-01-2008, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by BMRADCT

The other night I started driving home after my car had been in the cold all day and I noticed it wasnt accelerating like it should. Literally felt like someone had swapped my 335 engine for a civic 4banger

. I pulled over and restarted it and it has been fine since.

Can this be a problem or is there some sort of safety feature shutting off the turbos when they are very cold still?

No, while you should not accelerate the car hard when cold, you could if you wanted to and most of the power would be there.

How long is your car taking to start up when you hit the "START" button?

How is your idle? Is it rough or has is changed since the car was new?

Boost Gomez · 02-02-2008, 01:17 PM

I just had the same problem last night and this morning.. Car seems to start up fine but goes into limp mode soon after I start driving. I've already had the fuel pump changed so I don't know what the problem could be. What do you guys think? (Sorry for thread-jacking)

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BMRADCT Enlisted Member 1 Rep 31 Posts Drives: '08 e90 335xi Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Chicago, IL iTrader: (0)	Turbo failure?? The other night I started driving home after my car had been in the cold all day and I noticed it wasnt accelerating like it should. Literally felt like someone had swapped my 335 engine for a civic 4banger. I pulled over and restarted it and it has been fine since. Can this be a problem or is there some sort of safety feature shutting off the turbos when they are very cold still?
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BMRADCT Enlisted Member 1 Rep 31 Posts Drives: '08 e90 335xi Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Chicago, IL iTrader: (0)	Hmm I didnt notice any other lights but it had been a long b---- of a day so might have just missed it. My car is still stock with 1800 miles on it. Thanks for the diagnosis
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Boost Gomez Colonel 51 Rep 2,361 Posts Drives: C63 AMG Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami iTrader: (0) Garage List 2007 BMW 335i [0.00]	I just had the same problem last night and this morning.. Car seems to start up fine but goes into limp mode soon after I start driving. I've already had the fuel pump changed so I don't know what the problem could be. What do you guys think? (Sorry for thread-jacking)
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