I am living in Northern Alberta and my scan tool is in Nova Scotia. I am 5 houirs driving from a BMW dealership and the local bandits where I live charge $140 to $175 an hour for services rendered. I am going to try to get a scanner on Jan 2 as soon as I can get a hold of the Mac or Snap-On dealer.

You are right about the parts end. It could be one thing or a combination of things. I am a licensed Truck and Coach mechanic and a licensed Machinist, but I never assume on anything, especially when I am familiar with diesels and not gasoline engines. I figured on what you surmised with O2 sensors thrown into the mix.

I will get back to you in a couple of days. It is New Year's Eve. Raise a glass!

I figure I will replace the O2's regardless. I was looking for them yesterday, but didn't want to throw parst at this. I am going to order off of E-Bay from a source of mine, Bosch only, as soon as I get a reply back.

I read your bio. I know it is easy to be BSer online, but I travelled around to round out my trades and desires in them in Canada and the US. If you like old things, then eventually you will like new things. I moved to Northern Alberta to get into the tarsands, for the money. Why so? I want to build a house that incorporates a few things that I learned over the years: ICF building construction, blacksmithing and stained glass. You are obviously mechanically minded. Try things that are mechanically unrelated and you will always be fresh.

I got a code reader and the following codes showed:

P0300

P0301

P0302

P0304

P1174

The last one being the most important. What does it mean in terms of a part that is bad, or not, or a wiring issue.

I got a code reader and the following codes showed:

P0300

P0301

P0302

P0304

P1174

The last one being the most important. What does it mean in terms of a part that is bad, or not, or a wiring issue. Also, the spark plugs and wires are new. The most annoying thing about this is the rough idle settles out after the car warms up. Before anyof this happened I renewed the rubber intake duct hoses from the MAF back this summer. They were cracked from. There wasn't any problem with the idle then, it was just a preventative measure.

Kellie:

I didn't know what had happened to you in regards to not responding and contacted another tech with justanswer and he answered. He said the same thing you stated. I checked things over again and found the CCV hose had opend up underneath on the valve end. The idle immediately evened out once covered.

Like I mentioned, being in -35C weather it was near impossible to diagnose. I put a temporary patch on the split till a new part comes in.

Troy,