bov pipe popped off

mkPOTO · 08-17-2009, 11:22 PM

So I was driving today and I heard a loud pop and the went into limp mode. I was litterally 2 minutes away from my house and I drove to my house and parked. I checked under the hood and saw the pipe off. I was wondering if it did any damage to my car and I think i will have it towed to bmw to have them check out the car. Will my car be okay? What should I have BMW look at?

NightStalker · 08-18-2009, 12:28 AM

can you temporarily put the pipe back on with the metal straps from home depot?
maybe without the pipe its limping?

mkPOTO · 08-18-2009, 12:31 AM

It didn't come off the tb but by the stock intercooler pipping, just want to make sure I didn't f something up by driving home which was 2-3 minutes away

335iheLLraiseR · 08-18-2009, 12:31 AM

youll be okay except for the limps.

M3SWEETNESS · 08-18-2009, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by mkPOTO

It didn't come off the tb but by the stock intercooler pipping, just want to make sure I didn't f something up by driving home which was 2-3 minutes away

Your car is fine, if you didn't go into limp all you would have done is run really rich. I wouldn't worry about it other than if the car wont go out of limp mode. Happen to my SRT-4 and I drove a tad further than 3 mins... popped the charge pipe back on and good as new. I'm sure the Limp mode more than covered anything that would have affected the car in a bad way.

alq80 · 08-18-2009, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by 335SWEETNESS

Your car is fine, if you didn't go into limp all you would have done is run really rich. I wouldn't worry about it other than if the car wont go out of limp mode. Happen to my SRT-4 and I drove a tad further than 3 mins... popped the charge pipe back on and good as new. I'm sure the Limp mode more than covered anything that would have affected the car in a bad way.

sorry for the noob Q but what does it mean to run rich or lean?

EagleEye CA · 08-18-2009, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by alq80

sorry for the noob Q but what does it mean to run rich or lean?

Fuel ratio. Better to run rich than lean btw.

driftdriven · 08-18-2009, 04:37 PM

Are you running a tune? Or is it completely stock? Kinda curious if you have higher than factory boost setting that caused this.

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driftdriven Captain 54 Rep 905 Posts Drives: BMW 135i Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	Are you running a tune? Or is it completely stock? Kinda curious if you have higher than factory boost setting that caused this.
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