So here's my day. Ill try to explain everything as well as I can.
I pulled out of my driveway today to go to work which is about 2 miles away. The OBC says I have about 50 estimated miles left on the tank. No problem. I'll get gas at my usual Shell after work which is about 4 miles from work. Halfway to work, my fuel light goes on. Again, no problem, I'll get gas after work. I park and walk into work.
I walk out of work and turn on my car. Somehow, now I only have 40 miles left on the computer. I realize I probably should not have let it get this low. So I pull into the gas station with no problems. At this point I've only driven with the light on for about 4 miles. I fill up, start my car, the car dies. I wait a few minutes, the car starts fine, and I am on my merry way. On the way home, my car starts chugging under acceleration! After a few miles, It is back to 100% normal. No more problems, or so I thought!
This next part isn't really relevant to the car per se, but it could have potentially been the icing on the cake. My car is an outdoor car. It sits outside all the time, and the national weather service alert on my phone says SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING! QUARTER SIZED HAIL! So now I am freaking out that on top of whatever damage exists inside my car, there will now be huge dents in it too. So I went outside and parked my car under a tree and put some cushy blankets on it to soften the blow of any hail.
Luckily, no hail occurred. Just a monsoon and some pretty cool looking lightning. Crisis averted. :thumbup:
So I then I go back outside and take my car for a little test drive. Under acceleration, it felt a bit chuggish (is that a word?) but nothing too bad. I pull into my driveway to find that my car now will not rev past 3000 RPM at a standstill.
Things to know:
-2004 330ci with 78,000 miles.
-None of my check lights are on.
-This is the only time I've ever had the fuel light come on in my 2 months of ownership.
I have a few theorys:
-I may have damaged my fuel pump. Keep in mind I only drove on the light for about 4 miles. Might that have just been enough?
-My idle control valve needs to be cleaned?
-My Mass Airflow Sensor is going bad?
-New fuel filter?
-It could have just been a complete coincidence and nothing is wrong with anything related to fuel.
What a bad day. :thumbdwn: I'm taking it to my Indy first thing tomorrow to get my OBD read. I'll post asap for those of you who care.
Thanks for reading! I needed to vent a bit.
I pulled out of my driveway today to go to work which is about 2 miles away. The OBC says I have about 50 estimated miles left on the tank. No problem. I'll get gas at my usual Shell after work which is about 4 miles from work. Halfway to work, my fuel light goes on. Again, no problem, I'll get gas after work. I park and walk into work.
I walk out of work and turn on my car. Somehow, now I only have 40 miles left on the computer. I realize I probably should not have let it get this low. So I pull into the gas station with no problems. At this point I've only driven with the light on for about 4 miles. I fill up, start my car, the car dies. I wait a few minutes, the car starts fine, and I am on my merry way. On the way home, my car starts chugging under acceleration! After a few miles, It is back to 100% normal. No more problems, or so I thought!
This next part isn't really relevant to the car per se, but it could have potentially been the icing on the cake. My car is an outdoor car. It sits outside all the time, and the national weather service alert on my phone says SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING! QUARTER SIZED HAIL! So now I am freaking out that on top of whatever damage exists inside my car, there will now be huge dents in it too. So I went outside and parked my car under a tree and put some cushy blankets on it to soften the blow of any hail.
Luckily, no hail occurred. Just a monsoon and some pretty cool looking lightning. Crisis averted. :thumbup:
So I then I go back outside and take my car for a little test drive. Under acceleration, it felt a bit chuggish (is that a word?) but nothing too bad. I pull into my driveway to find that my car now will not rev past 3000 RPM at a standstill.
Things to know:
-2004 330ci with 78,000 miles.
-None of my check lights are on.
-This is the only time I've ever had the fuel light come on in my 2 months of ownership.
I have a few theorys:
-I may have damaged my fuel pump. Keep in mind I only drove on the light for about 4 miles. Might that have just been enough?
-My idle control valve needs to be cleaned?
-My Mass Airflow Sensor is going bad?
-New fuel filter?
-It could have just been a complete coincidence and nothing is wrong with anything related to fuel.
What a bad day. :thumbdwn: I'm taking it to my Indy first thing tomorrow to get my OBD read. I'll post asap for those of you who care.
Thanks for reading! I needed to vent a bit.