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fulghie · Jul 10th, 2002, 01:55 PM

Bought our baby late Friday eve...Sunday AM, hopped in for a spin and died in the driveway. Towed Monday...was told it was a loose quick connector. Drove away happily and died again a mile away! It turns out to be the fuel line coming off the sending unit on the left side, and we aren't the first. Engineering has no permanent fix in mind, so a zip tie strap is keeping us on the road (we hope) until BMW tech comes up with something better.
Add this one to your list!...which is becoming pretty scary. No wonder BMW isn't paying for rental cars during repairs unless we foot the bill. Did anyone buy the extended warranty for it? Why should we have to?!?!

daro911 · Jul 11th, 2002, 06:25 AM

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Originally posted by fulghie
Bought our baby late Friday eve...Sunday AM, hopped in for a spin and died in the driveway. Towed Monday...was told it was a loose quick connector. Drove away happily and died again a mile away! It turns out to be the fuel line coming off the sending unit on the left side, and we aren't the first. Engineering has no permanent fix in mind, so a zip tie strap is keeping us on the road (we hope) until BMW tech comes up with something better.
Add this one to your list!...which is becoming pretty scary. No wonder BMW isn't paying for rental cars during repairs unless we foot the bill. Did anyone buy the extended warranty for it? Why should we have to?!?!

You don't need the extended warranty what you need is a spare car

GOOD LUCK you are going to be needing it in bucket loads

Clutch Cargo · Jul 11th, 2002, 11:34 AM

fulghie, can you post a picture of the fuel line showing your zip-tie fix?

tia

fulghie · Jul 11th, 2002, 05:09 PM

Regarding pic. request: The temporary fix was done by BMW. Tim's out of town; I seem to remember he asked how to fix it if need be, and it's of course in a hard place to get to...if it's accessible we'll borrow a digital camera and post. He did say it was due to fuel line pressure, and the service dept said they knew of several others with problems as well. Will definitely update when BMW tech. decides if there's a better way!

Jul 10th, 2002, 01:55 PM	#1
fulghie MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Cleveland OH Local Time: 07:16 AM Posts: 25 Offline	fuel line fiasco Bought our baby late Friday eve...Sunday AM, hopped in for a spin and died in the driveway. Towed Monday...was told it was a loose quick connector. Drove away happily and died again a mile away! It turns out to be the fuel line coming off the sending unit on the left side, and we aren't the first. Engineering has no permanent fix in mind, so a zip tie strap is keeping us on the road (we hope) until BMW tech comes up with something better. Add this one to your list!...which is becoming pretty scary. No wonder BMW isn't paying for rental cars during repairs unless we foot the bill. Did anyone buy the extended warranty for it? Why should we have to?!?!

Jul 11th, 2002, 06:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
daro911 MINI2 Senior Join Date: May 2002 Local Time: 01:16 PM Posts: 488 Offline	Re: fuel line fiasco Quote: Originally posted by fulghie Bought our baby late Friday eve...Sunday AM, hopped in for a spin and died in the driveway. Towed Monday...was told it was a loose quick connector. Drove away happily and died again a mile away! It turns out to be the fuel line coming off the sending unit on the left side, and we aren't the first. Engineering has no permanent fix in mind, so a zip tie strap is keeping us on the road (we hope) until BMW tech comes up with something better. Add this one to your list!...which is becoming pretty scary. No wonder BMW isn't paying for rental cars during repairs unless we foot the bill. Did anyone buy the extended warranty for it? Why should we have to?!?! You don't need the extended warranty what you need is a spare car GOOD LUCK you are going to be needing it in bucket loads Too many freaks not enough circuses Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint and he has to touch it.

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Jul 11th, 2002, 11:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
Clutch Cargo MINI2 Regular Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Near NYC Local Time: 12:16 PM Posts: 348 Offline	fulghie, can you post a picture of the fuel line showing your zip-tie fix? tia

Jul 11th, 2002, 05:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
fulghie MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Cleveland OH Local Time: 07:16 AM Posts: 25 Offline	Regarding pic. request: The temporary fix was done by BMW. Tim's out of town; I seem to remember he asked how to fix it if need be, and it's of course in a hard place to get to...if it's accessible we'll borrow a digital camera and post. He did say it was due to fuel line pressure, and the service dept said they knew of several others with problems as well. Will definitely update when BMW tech. decides if there's a better way!

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