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Hello everyone!

First of all let me introduce myself. My name is Nick, I'm 19yrs old and I come from the Netherlands. Before you might think I'm a spoiled brat: the M Roadster isn't mine, it's mums .

I do have a question though. Recently I was driving the Z3M and when I got off the highway, something strange occured. At low rpm the car was kind of hassitating, you could feel it was holding back and he refused to react on the gaspedal. When I pressed the pedal harder, the engine released 'full power' again a didn't had the problem anymore. My guess is that the fuel injectors are putting to much fuel to the engine, because of the sound the exhaust makes. A kind of sound you sometimes hear at a rally when downshifting, a serie of small "explosions". I think it's the sound of unburned fuel hitting the exhaustpipe.

Is there someone who can help me out? My dad also has felt it and he thinks it's quite annoying.

To make it easier, here a some specs:

Z3 M Roadster, 1998, with euro specs (321hp)
aprox. 30k miles
Fuel is unleaded 98 octane.

-No engine mods
-No exhaust mods

Thank you all for your help,

Regards,



(I'm very sorry, but I'm dutch so I don't know all the grammar and words. Hope you still know what I'm talking about )

EDIT: I seem to have made a misstake in my username too, stupid me
   Reply » M Roadster is holding back

There must be at least one out of the 72 viewers who has an idea?

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There must be at least one out of the 72 viewers who has an idea?
Apparently not...

If the engine has developed a fault code in the DME, your local dealer should be able to determine its cause.

Most of the viewers on this forum have never seen the engine in your (European) car, and therefore would have no experience diagnosing its misfire. Good luck though!

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There are so many possibilities of what could be causing it that it would be difficult to give you a meaningful answer. For example, it is probably related to fuel or electrical. You might try a gas additive that removes water from the fuel system to see if that helps. Otherwise, you should take the car to a competent mechanic who would have a code reader or otherwise be able to diagnose the problem. Good luck.

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Thanks anyway guys!

We're going to the dealer next week to sort it out. I was hoping that this was a known problem, so that there was a sollution. Although we can't fix it by ourself, it had reduced the labor costs

Just an other question:

Isn't the s54 (the US version with 315 ? hp?) the same as the european? My guess is that they don't build different engines just voor the US only, so this must be the same.

Ciao!

Nick

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Isn't the s54 (the US version with 315 ? hp?) the same as the european? My guess is that they don't build different engines just voor the US only, so this must be the same.

Ciao!

Nick
Your 1998 M likely is engined with the S50 (B32)... that powerplant was not marketed in America.


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