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      10-21-2012, 04:30 PM   #1
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Hey guys, my yellow check engine light has been on for almost a year now, i brought my car to the dealer after i hit a coyote they said the code they read was for a misfire due to a bad coil. I got my car back after a month in the body shop. Now my car runs like a tractor, very rough idle and anytime i accelerate i feel it missing. Does anyone else find it strange that the coil went out completely while at the shop. I never had a rough idle before or any misfires like this. I bought a coil today from Bavarian auto on ebay $35 shipped not bad considering they wanted $350 to replace it i will try to post a video i took with my iPhone later.
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      10-30-2012, 01:11 AM   #2
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Did you get this resolved? I have rough idle too and I'm trying to hunt down the problem. Dealer replaced VANOS solenoids, but the problem still exists.
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Yep it was a bad coil. #5 cylinder misfire. Ordered from bav auto on eBay for 35 bucks. Took about 45 minutes from opening hood to closing it. Not at all a 350 dollar job. If it is a coil it should be real doggy when u give it gas. My rpm was real twitchy when driving at a constant speed. One way to find a bad coil is with the car running pop the locking cap on each coil. 1 at a time. If the car runs worse than that coil was good. Reconnect and try the next one. It's not as drastic change as I would have thought running on 4 cylinders instead of 5 but you can tell. Once I got to #5 and popped the cap there was no change to my idle...winner. Let me know if u need anything else
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Got a 06 325i with 136,000. Just started rough idle and sluggish. Enigne light for service came on last night. Does it hurt to drive the car so I can get it to a shop. Not up to doing the work and we have some good reasonable shops in Wash. DC area.
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Don't drive the car with a misfire. You could damage the cats and those are expensive.
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Just had the same problem with mine, N51 motor but i believe everything internally should be the same to an N52 just exhaust pipe modifications, as i just read in the AA exhaust thread, but yea had a rough idle outta no where would misfire on WOT and bog down at cursing speeds took it into the dealer and ended up being #4 coil pack was shot, actually had oil inside the cylinder and the spark plug hold was also flooded with oil and i was leaking air out of my valve cover gasket, as they did a smoke test and realized that, but since then knock on word cars running fine no problems so far, hope this helps you guys oh and I'm around 80k mileage wise
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FYI my SES light is still on I guess it may be some other reason its on unless BMW has to turn it off? Im not to concerned.
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It will clear after 3 starts without the error occurring. The SES light will remain on until then or until it is manually cleared. The shop you took it to should have cleared it.
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Don't drive the car with a misfire. You could damage the cats and those are expensive.
Driving on one bad coil isnt going to hurt the car

Edit: and you dont need cats anyways
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Driving on one bad coil isnt going to hurt the car

Edit: and you dont need cats anyways
Depends on the state. And why would you knowingly destroy part of you car? You can also end up clogging the cat which will require you to remove it or replace it. Driving with a misfire will also cause vibrations which can shorten the life if the internals.

Replacing a coil is so easy and cheap. There is absolutly no reason you should be driving with a dead one.
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Still haven't resolved my rough idle problem - E90 328xi with 87K miles. It occurs mostly with the AC and fan off - the whole car shakes, the engine looks like it's going to jump out. Sometimes I see white smoke too.

This started occurring 2 days after I went to the dealer to do a coolant flush, oil change (to non BMW LL01 oil!), and transmission oil change. After a while CEL is on. Went back right to the dealer, they said the VANOS solenoids are bad, so they replaced those (on my $ of course), but problem still exists. Then they said the oil filter cap is broken and denied they broke it 2 days ago, ok, so I pay for a new cap.

After this mess, problem still existed, though the CEL never came back. I also often hear high pitched noises, as if a plane is landing, while in the driver's seat.

INPA shows some errors in the history, like ebox fan problems, but the status is "OK" right now, so not sure if any of the problems are relevant.

I also had rather weaker AC after retrofitting CCC idrive, 6FL and BT. Now I have to explicitly choose only the vent settings to the front blowers (the middle button), otherwise the fan is blowing somewhere else that makes no difference in the cabin.

Any ideas what could be the problem? I love to work on stuff myself, but I do not have a garage so I can't do any work involving fluids. But seems like even the dealerships cannot be trusted. Indie shops nearby are a joke - e.g. they only use non BMW LL01 oil and "if you bring your oil we cannot warrant our work, don't blame us if the oil leaks"
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I cant believe they charged your for the oil cap...that seems crazy to me. Same thing with the vanos, if they said that was the issue and it wasnt they should have put your old one back in and figure out what the real issue was. Do you have another shop around? from previous experience if you bring it to a new one and tell them how horrible the last shop was they should try to make you happy.
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Thanks for the reply Foreman05. I am a bit hesitant to go to another dealer, as the one I went to is already one that is highly rated (Peter Pan BMW). Somehow I feel like it's similar to finding a new dentist... ><

Happy holidays!
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Yep it was a bad coil. #5 cylinder misfire. Ordered from bav auto on eBay for 35 bucks. Took about 45 minutes from opening hood to closing it. Not at all a 350 dollar job. If it is a coil it should be real doggy when u give it gas. My rpm was real twitchy when driving at a constant speed. One way to find a bad coil is with the car running pop the locking cap on each coil. 1 at a time. If the car runs worse than that coil was good. Reconnect and try the next one. It's not as drastic change as I would have thought running on 4 cylinders instead of 5 but you can tell. Once I got to #5 and popped the cap there was no change to my idle...winner. Let me know if u need anything else
Hi, What was the color of that Spark plug you had an issue with the coil? I have a miss, changed the spark plugs and one of them is foul. Im thinking I have a bad coil?
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Sorry I didn't replace any plugs just the coil. A fouled plug should be black and most Likely wet with unburnt fuel.
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Just out of interest, found this - a good way to diagnose a faulty coil pack...

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Just out of interest, found this - a good way to diagnose a faulty coil pack...

Thats what i did, worked like a champ!
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Just had the same problem with mine, N51 motor but i believe everything internally should be the same to an N52 just exhaust pipe modifications, as i just read in the AA exhaust thread, but yea had a rough idle outta no where would misfire on WOT and bog down at cursing speeds took it into the dealer and ended up being #4 coil pack was shot, actually had oil inside the cylinder and the spark plug hold was also flooded with oil and i was leaking air out of my valve cover gasket, as they did a smoke test and realized that, but since then knock on word cars running fine no problems so far, hope this helps you guys oh and I'm around 80k mileage wise
did you have a SES light?

im having the same symptoms. When idling, the car sputters/shakes/hiccups most of the time and when i go WOT it misfires. no SES light tho and occasionally it behaves normally
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did you have a SES light?

im having the same symptoms. When idling, the car sputters/shakes/hiccups most of the time and when i go WOT it misfires. no SES light tho and occasionally it behaves normally
SES light would only come on if i was driving and had a misfire under accel or WOT. but if i turned the car off then on again it cleared the light. And same occasionally it behaved normal. like the funny thing that day to me was i took it to my dealer and as soon as i pulled into the service bay, like no rough idle nothing and had to rev the nuts off the car to recreate the misfire. sounded good tho hearing the PE in a service bay lol but still made me cringe when i heard if misfire. but most likely my friend you have a leak in your valve cover gasket.
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SES light would only come on if i was driving and had a misfire under accel or WOT. but if i turned the car off then on again it cleared the light. And same occasionally it behaved normal. like the funny thing that day to me was i took it to my dealer and as soon as i pulled into the service bay, like no rough idle nothing and had to rev the nuts off the car to recreate the misfire. sounded good tho hearing the PE in a service bay lol but still made me cringe when i heard if misfire. but most likely my friend you have a leak in your valve cover gasket.
yea, sounds like a good place to start with a smoke test. i cant even try to disconnect each coil and check cuz the car acts normally. maybe i shud misfire and then try that. Car has been behaving on WOT recently, except yday i misfired twice.
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