04 Mini Cooper CVT would not start

[mulcher]

Well my wife drove the MC around town, stopped for lunch (car parked for ~ 1hour), came out and it would not start, it cranked just fine & sounded like it would turn over and it would die. Tried at least 10 times. Called roaside and they towed it 100 miles to the dealor. At the dealer it started just fine and they can't find a problem.

Any ideas a to what was wrong?? It had 3/4 tank of gas and all electronics worked (windows gps, etc). We are worried about getting stuck again. SInce I can't pick up the car for 2 weeks, the dealer said he would start it every day to see if it dies.

Mulcher

[Capsaisin]

If the car doesn't start it should register the problem/fault in the ECU? Did your dealer not check the ECU for residual fault codes?

[mulcher]

He said there were no faults. All I can think of is bad gas?

[mulcher]

Well drove over 100 miles to pick it up after they could not reproduce it, after 20 miles and stopping for lunch it would not start again. Mini roadside took it back, it started at the dealer again the next morning! After I SLOWLY explained what happened, they finally reproduced it. The engine had to be at operating temp (Drove for 20 min), then stop and wait about 15 min. It would not start for the dealer (no code was produced). They are replacing the fuel pump. Hopefully this will be it!

Mulcher