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03-06-2009, 03:21 AM | #1 |
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HPFP or turbo? Feels catastrophic!
I took delivery of my new 09 135i 5 days ago and all was going swimmingly well until under moderate acceleration I heard a loud hissing sound with severe loss of power. No warning lights came on. It had been starting instantly beforehand. I'm still running it in so haven't done anything crazy and it's only done 400 miles.
My gut feeling is that a turbo or both are screwed but I have read a lot about HPFP failure. The whole situation feels pretty catastrophic and I can't see a good outcome. It's being picked up today and I'm fuming! Anyone heard of such early problems or further advice? |
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Mine should be delivered within the next couple of weeks so I hope the same doesn't happen. Sounds like maybe something wasn't installed correctly at build
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03-06-2009, 02:30 PM | #4 |
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Got it sorted by the BMW recovery/rescue guy. There was a loose clip on some "plumbing" as Mad said. May well have been an intercooler pipe. He reckoned it wasn't fitted properly in the factory. He assured me no damage was done and when we took it for a test run it was back to normal torquey acceleration without the hissing. I'm simmering down now and am grateful it was nothing more complicated or damaging.
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03-06-2009, 03:04 PM | #5 |
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Glad you got it all fixed and are back behind the wheel
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glad it was taken care of.. i was gonna say if it was a blown turbo you would of heard a really loud hissing noise and white smoke coming out of the exhaust.. glad it was something semi simple
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03-15-2009, 01:22 AM | #9 |
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Sorry to bring this back from the dead, but how loud was the hissing? Could you hear it with your windows up?
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03-15-2009, 07:31 AM | #10 |
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Well she's fully run in now and I am really enjoying the full potential. What an amazing car!
Mega Man - yes I could hear the hissing with the windows up. It was like a hand dryer in a public toilet (rest room to our friends over the pond). It was coming from the engine bay on the left side. Dan |
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03-15-2009, 09:35 AM | #11 |
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^^^Yeah when I read the initial post I immediately thought "Piping going to the intercooler". Especially since you had that loss of power but the vehicle was still running fine otherwise.
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03-15-2009, 12:24 PM | #12 |
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Ah, I have a "whistling" sound when I'm pushing full throttle. It's only audible with the windows down, I'm assuming this is turbo spool.
Just thought I'd find out for my own piece of mind. Congrats with getting your car repaired and running strong!
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