wrecked my bmw need help!!!

97mreaper · Mon, Nov-09-2009, 01:30:44 PM

ok last night i was coming home from the track and my tires were bald and it was real foggy and dewy. i was doing about sixty and started sliding and next thing i know my passenger door is hitting a 4x4 wooden sign:facepalm.so i get it towed to my house and come out the next day to take a look at it go to try to start it up and it starts up then shuts off the only code it was throwing was maf so i unplugged the maf and tried it again it started then shut off again so i held the gas to the floor started it and the rmps jump all over the place but it would stay running as soon as i let off the gas it would shut off...does anyone know what could be causing this nothing hit the motor that i can seei looked undef the car but it didnt look like any wires were ripped out or anything like that....thanks

Shock(/\)ave · Mon, Nov-09-2009, 02:02:03 PM

Have the car towed to a proper mechanic... and don't you dare pick it up until you get a fresh set of tires mounted on the car.

BleedsBlue · Mon, Nov-09-2009, 03:10:17 PM

There goes another one

kwipp · Mon, Nov-09-2009, 03:39:45 PM

post up some pics.

kwipp · Mon, Nov-09-2009, 03:44:10 PM

btw wouldnt a good track inspection have not passed you to drive with worn out tires?

OahuMPower · Mon, Nov-09-2009, 04:28:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kwipp

btw wouldnt a good track inspection have not passed you to drive with worn out tires?

track tires dont have much tread to begin with, and if he was driving home on the track tires, and was dewy (sp?) out, would be very easy to lose it. There probably wasnt enough heat in the tires, being worn almost to nothing (but still good on track, just not on the street)

another one bites the dust

JPoland · Mon, Nov-09-2009, 05:56:25 PM

Is it done for then?

It could be a vacuum leak which given the code and the description would make sense.

TomS2 · Mon, Nov-09-2009, 06:18:20 PM

The beautiful thing about my M3 compared to my 944s is that I fit seven tires inside the trunk and the car along with a jack, small toolbox, drill, cooler, etc. and I drove to and from the track in absolute comfort with room for a full sized passenger.

With just a roll bar in the 944 I had to remove the rear wiper to get four tires in the car and then it was practically impossible to get a passenger in the car.

Z3MCOUPE · Mon, Nov-09-2009, 08:40:28 PM

We need to see pictures

Titan 3 · Mon, Nov-09-2009, 08:53:59 PM

Sucks, bro. These things have been dropping like flies.

Mon, Nov-09-2009, 01:30:44 PM	#1
97mreaper Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 9 Reputation: 0	wrecked my bmw need help!!! ok last night i was coming home from the track and my tires were bald and it was real foggy and dewy. i was doing about sixty and started sliding and next thing i know my passenger door is hitting a 4x4 wooden sign:facepalm.so i get it towed to my house and come out the next day to take a look at it go to try to start it up and it starts up then shuts off the only code it was throwing was maf so i unplugged the maf and tried it again it started then shut off again so i held the gas to the floor started it and the rmps jump all over the place but it would stay running as soon as i let off the gas it would shut off...does anyone know what could be causing this nothing hit the motor that i can seei looked undef the car but it didnt look like any wires were ripped out or anything like that....thanks

Mon, Nov-09-2009, 03:39:45 PM	#4
kwipp Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,721 Reputation: 0 Location: Lauderdale	post up some pics. __________________ 04 lsb/blk pm if interested.

Mon, Nov-09-2009, 03:44:10 PM	#5
kwipp Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,721 Reputation: 0 Location: Lauderdale	btw wouldnt a good track inspection have not passed you to drive with worn out tires? __________________ 04 lsb/blk pm if interested.

Mon, Nov-09-2009, 05:56:25 PM	#7
JPoland Broken My Wallet Join Date: Aug 2008 Age: 28 Posts: 2,362 Reputation: 0 Location: Atlanta	Is it done for then? It could be a vacuum leak which given the code and the description would make sense. __________________ ~Joe

Mon, Nov-09-2009, 06:18:20 PM	#8
TomS2 Banned Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,413 Reputation: 0 Location: cranium in spinchter	The beautiful thing about my M3 compared to my 944s is that I fit seven tires inside the trunk and the car along with a jack, small toolbox, drill, cooler, etc. and I drove to and from the track in absolute comfort with room for a full sized passenger. With just a roll bar in the 944 I had to remove the rear wiper to get four tires in the car and then it was practically impossible to get a passenger in the car. __________________ Sincerely, Tom I upped my standards, so up yours. Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life. I worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty. xx

Mon, Nov-09-2009, 08:40:28 PM	#9
Z3MCOUPE Gort! Klaatu barada nikto. Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 7,493 Reputation: 0 Location: NH	We need to see pictures __________________ 2000 Z3 MCoupe, '01 LSB E46 M3, '99 VW GTI VR6, '06 Audi A4 2.0T, Andrew (camdinans3) '95 M3 Avus

Mon, Nov-09-2009, 08:53:59 PM	#10
Titan 3 Force fed 2.5L ~ 98 M3 Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 34 Posts: 443 Reputation: 0 Location: W. Palm Beach count down...	Sucks, bro. These things have been dropping like flies. __________________

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