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Before I go tearing my new lpfp out, any other options? Car dying constantly.
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05-01-2013, 06:43 PM | #1 |
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Before I go tearing my new lpfp out, any other options? Car dying constantly.
I had a Walbro installed about 3 weeks ago at a reputable local shop. Ran about 1 tank of 91, then 1 1/2 tanks of e85 through it. A week ago I came home from a trip and the car had been sitting outside for 5 days and it was very cold. With the e85 not liking cold weather it took about 10 minutes and several cranks for it to start, but it finally did. However once it did start it stumbled and sputtered for a minute or two. Two days ago after running the e85 low I switched back over to the 91 octane map (done by Jake at PTF) and it stumbled and quit the first time I started it up. I chalked that up to the little bit of e85 still in there causing something funny.
Today, I was stuck in traffic for an accident and the car was idling for about 10 minutes until it died. Now it will start up, idle for about 15 seconds (I watch lpfp on the COBB go from 18psi or so drops to 9-10) and it dies. Sometimes it throws a cylinder injection shutdown code. Mostly just low fuel pump plausibility and low pressure. Is there anything it could possibly be other than the lpfp? I'm probably going to have to have it towed back home or to the shop. It won't run long enough to get on the highway right now. Thanks! |
05-01-2013, 08:34 PM | #2 |
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One of our members here had a similar problem of the car just dying, I believe it turned out to be a kinked line from the LPFP or something about the return line disconnected. Eitherway it was a simple fix.
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05-01-2013, 09:25 PM | #3 |
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It should be holding a steady 72psi at idle so you def have an issue open it up
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05-01-2013, 11:02 PM | #6 | |
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http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=821304 http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=826645
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05-02-2013, 05:58 AM | #7 |
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Does it happen on low fuel tank or always. You should monitor lpfp pressure
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05-02-2013, 08:09 AM | #8 |
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What are the exact codes you are getting? These: 2AAF 29F2 AND 29F3?
If so it's what @BASELINE said. Low pressure sensor: 13537614317 http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showphoto.do?id=13537614317 |
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05-02-2013, 08:49 AM | #9 |
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Could be the sensor to . Easy to check with inpa.
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05-02-2013, 09:13 AM | #10 | |
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2a2d - Fuel low pressure system 29dc - cylinder injection shutdown 29f2 - high pressure fuel system, fuel pressure 29e1 and e0 - mixture control I was able to limp the car back to the shop. It was about 50 miles from where this started happening up in the mountains. At one point it died and I literally coasted downhill 4 MILES to Georgetown!! I've passed this info on to the shop and I'm sure they can fix it easily. I have to assume the pump isn't dead if it would work for a while sometimes, and fuel pressure was pretty constantly 9-10psi sometimes a bit higher. I assume that would also explain why it died after idling for so long. Hopefully it's just the line. Thanks for the responses! |
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05-02-2013, 10:01 AM | #11 |
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I would definitely have your shop replace the low pressure sensor. When mine went out my car behaved just like yours. I was driving from Tampa to Orlando and as soon as I got off the highway and stopped at a light the car stalled. Started it back up and stalled again after a few seconds of idling. To get the car to my friend's house I had to keep the RPMs above 1k/1.5k so it wouldn't stall. When it got dropped off at the dealership the tech told me that it wouldn't even start and they had to push it into the bay.
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This might be worth replacing anyway just for piece of mind if the car has some good mileage on it. (50,000 +).
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05-02-2013, 01:46 PM | #13 |
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I would not trust a shop to do a Walbro in tank DIY. If you are going to use a shop the $100 inline DIY is probably a better bet as it's harder to mess up. It should work fine for cars up to 500rw.
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05-02-2013, 02:43 PM | #14 |
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I would go that route if I were to do it again, but this is a reputable shop in the area (and on this board), they've done them before, and they already did this one once so I'd rather not have them completely remove it and start over. I think they just need to fix this issue. I can order another low pressure sensor as well. How easy it that to replace if I do it myself?
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05-02-2013, 03:33 PM | #15 |
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or ripped line... I had the issue before. same exact codes. and a lot of backfireing.
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12-11-2018, 09:20 AM | #17 |
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Going through this issue now what torn hose was it. I'm getting same exact code and car stalls while driving. When i get to quarter tank car would stall and i would need to put gas in it for it to start again at quarter tank.
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