Hello all.
Have had my bimmer for about 5 months now and have never had a problem with it outside of a minor bit of intermittent squealing from the new belt I had put on (possibly loose? and doesn't happen all the time).
Was broke last week and had to drive her to work and ended up with 6 miles on the range display when I made it back home. Didn't get paid for an additional 5 days so she sat in the driveway until then. Went to crank her today and she wouldn't crank (only tried twice) so I ran to the store and grabbed some premium and took her back up to 5 gallons in the tank.
Now, she will crank right up but is idling rough (with a low rumble) and almost tries to choke down while still in park. If I back up and drive, while I am still driving at idle speeds it's acting very sluggish and tries to choke down until I put my foot on the gas a bit at which time it straightens right out.
If I drive down the road a bit, after hitting approximately 30mph, it starts driving and riding like a top again. (doesn't choke down at stops, idles normally, no problems whatsoever). When I pull back up in the driveway and put her in park, she continues to idle perfectly. However, when I cut her off and fire her back up, the problem starts right back up again until I drive a few hundred feet.
This is the only time I have run her under 30 miles on the range calc and I always run premium gasoline.
Any ideas as to what my problem is or possible fixes?
Thanks in advance,
Jasn
Also, the bimmer has 177k miles on her.
Idle problem is only happening upon cranking. Once driven for a minute, the problem stops until I turn the car off and starts again upon cranking (even if I immediately restart).
When the idle problem is happening, the muffler is making a sputtering sound and the card is rumbling/shaking noticeably.
UPDATE: Went out this morning after she sat all night and she would try to crank but I had to put a small but steady flow of gas to keep her cranked til she warmed up. Still stumbling hard while in idle and I'm certain she would probably run fine once I got her warmed up and on the highway but I don't want to drive her anywhere until I get some opinions for fear of causing any more damage.
Any help or suggestions you guys can give me is very much appreciated. Also, feel free to ask any questions you may have in regards to more information I may need to supply. Thanks.
Also, I'm new to the forum.
Have had my bimmer for about 5 months now and have never had a problem with it outside of a minor bit of intermittent squealing from the new belt I had put on (possibly loose? and doesn't happen all the time).
Was broke last week and had to drive her to work and ended up with 6 miles on the range display when I made it back home. Didn't get paid for an additional 5 days so she sat in the driveway until then. Went to crank her today and she wouldn't crank (only tried twice) so I ran to the store and grabbed some premium and took her back up to 5 gallons in the tank.
Now, she will crank right up but is idling rough (with a low rumble) and almost tries to choke down while still in park. If I back up and drive, while I am still driving at idle speeds it's acting very sluggish and tries to choke down until I put my foot on the gas a bit at which time it straightens right out.
If I drive down the road a bit, after hitting approximately 30mph, it starts driving and riding like a top again. (doesn't choke down at stops, idles normally, no problems whatsoever). When I pull back up in the driveway and put her in park, she continues to idle perfectly. However, when I cut her off and fire her back up, the problem starts right back up again until I drive a few hundred feet.
This is the only time I have run her under 30 miles on the range calc and I always run premium gasoline.
Any ideas as to what my problem is or possible fixes?
Thanks in advance,
Jasn
Also, the bimmer has 177k miles on her.
Idle problem is only happening upon cranking. Once driven for a minute, the problem stops until I turn the car off and starts again upon cranking (even if I immediately restart).
When the idle problem is happening, the muffler is making a sputtering sound and the card is rumbling/shaking noticeably.
UPDATE: Went out this morning after she sat all night and she would try to crank but I had to put a small but steady flow of gas to keep her cranked til she warmed up. Still stumbling hard while in idle and I'm certain she would probably run fine once I got her warmed up and on the highway but I don't want to drive her anywhere until I get some opinions for fear of causing any more damage.
Any help or suggestions you guys can give me is very much appreciated. Also, feel free to ask any questions you may have in regards to more information I may need to supply. Thanks.
Also, I'm new to the forum.