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1998 528i 209000 miles 5 speed.
Noticed the last couple of times when I figured it up it had a lump to it at idle. Drove great last night to get gas, check tire pressure, etc. Took off this morning and from Memphis to Tuscaloosa... flawless. After the second stop down there the check engine light came on. Nothing really changed and we started home. 70 miles from Memphis we stopped to get gas. Fired it back up and it was like it had dropped a cylinder. I limped her home. Not much power, bumpy at best but perhaps fortunately it was a 45 degree rainy night. Got home and ran out there with the Peake tool and the code is 11-41. Camshaft sensor. Does the 98 528 only have one? It does not say intake or exhaust... |
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>, ReddDawg > wrote: > 1998 528i 209000 miles 5 speed. > Noticed the last couple of times when I figured it up it had a lump > to it at idle. Drove great last night to get gas, check tire pressure, > etc. Took off this morning and from Memphis to Tuscaloosa... flawless. > After the second stop down there the check engine light came on. > Nothing really changed and we started home. 70 miles from Memphis we > stopped to get gas. Fired it back up and it was like it had dropped a > cylinder. > I limped her home. Not much power, bumpy at best but perhaps > fortunately it was a 45 degree rainy night. > Got home and ran out there with the Peake tool and the code is 11-41. > Camshaft sensor. Does the 98 528 only have one? It does not say intake > or exhaust... Sounds exactly the same as when my crank position sensor failed. The limp home mode can use either, IIRC. Think on the early models the cam sensor only really tells the ignition trigger it's on the right cycle, since it's not a wasted spark system. But could be wrong. ;-) -- *It sounds like English, but I can't understand a word you're saying. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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"ReddDawg" > wrote in message ... > 1998 528i 209000 miles 5 speed. > > Noticed the last couple of times when I figured it up it had a lump > to it at idle. Drove great last night to get gas, check tire pressure, > etc. Took off this morning and from Memphis to Tuscaloosa... flawless. > After the second stop down there the check engine light came on. > Nothing really changed and we started home. 70 miles from Memphis we > stopped to get gas. Fired it back up and it was like it had dropped a > cylinder. > I limped her home. Not much power, bumpy at best but perhaps > fortunately it was a 45 degree rainy night. > > Got home and ran out there with the Peake tool and the code is 11-41. > Camshaft sensor. Does the 98 528 only have one? It does not say intake > or exhaust... Get the OBDII Scan Tool, it will tell you specifically if it's the intake cam sensor or exhaust cam sensor. I don't know why they need two cam sensors because if they know where one cam is, they also know where the other one is -- due to the miracles of mechanical devices that are conntected together, if you know where one of the devices is, you know where the other one is. In any case, I recall the Intake Cam Sensor to throw a P0340 code. My friend has an '00 323, and her car needed the Intake Cam Sensor. Her symptoms were a little different than you describe. The sensor was easy to replace at home. |
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I went out there today and cranked it to see what happened. Smooth
idle. I DID re-set the fault codes last weekend... think it may be ok for a few until it warms up or something? I guess all I can do is drive it until it does it again, hope for the same code and take it from there. Thanks all |
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"ReddDawg" > wrote in message ... > I went out there today and cranked it to see what happened. Smooth > idle. I DID re-set the fault codes last weekend... think it may be ok > for a few until it warms up or something? > > I guess all I can do is drive it until it does it again, hope for the > same code and take it from there. > > Thanks all The BMW code and the OBD II code might be different, so I'm not sure what you're dealing with. But, if you are having trouble with the Intake Cam Sensor, it's going to fail entirely at a very bad time -- 2:00am while your wife is chasing you down the street swinging a golf club at the windows -- and it can get very ugly. The OBD II data port is located (generally) in the area where your left leg would be while operating the clutch pedal. Look along the bottom edge of the dashboard, and there will be a connector that is either clearly exposed, or behind a cover that's clearly marked DATA PORT, or something to that effect. The Intake Cam Sensor will give a code, P0340. The sensor is easy to replace, remove the cover from the oil filter canister, take out two screws and find the connector to unplug -- this is the most difficult part of the job, and a flashlight might be required. Install the new part, and assemble in the reverse. It should take less than a half hour, and the guy that does it for a living can do it in 5 minutes. |
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I hid the golf clubs but around here no one speaks German. (works on
BMW) I cleared the code (Peake) and drove it again. Same code but the idle is not bad... parked it. Ordered part. Thanks! |
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