P2E8D, P2AAF, P29CF, OK to limp home?

tharptroy · 02-24-2014, 09:49 AM

I have OFT Stg 0, The car has been running fine with it so far.

Earlier this week, I was at WOT in 2nd gear, about 4500 RPM and I felt the engine stutter.

Service engine soon light came on, and engine was running rough.

However, When I re-started the car in my driveway, everything was OK, so I did not investigate too much.

Today on my way to work, someone was merging into me, so I accelerated out of the way, unfortunately the syptoms came back.

I tried letting the car sit and re-starting it, but service engine light and rough idle/running persist.

Should I have it towed home, or do you think it will be OK to drive it home (15 miles)?

Thanks in advance.

BlackBB6 · 02-24-2014, 10:40 AM

I had similar symptoms and it was my HPFP, could be that or your cyl 1 injector. P2E8D is related to the battery cable recall if you haven't gotten that done. I can't comment on whether its ok to drive on it, I wouldn't personally.

tharptroy · 03-11-2014, 12:54 PM

Thanks for the input.

I went ahead and towed it to the house.

When I checked the codes at the house, I had the following:

P2E8D
P2AAF
P29CF
P29D2
P30A5

I cleared the codes, restarted the car, the following 2 came back:
P29D2
P30A5

Based on this, I had a pretty solid lead on it being a cylinder 6 misfire.

Went ahead and replaced all of the plugs with NGK plugs, verified that cylinder 6 ignition coil was bad and replaced it.

I have tried and have not been able to get any new error codes, car seems to be running well.

Overall I would say this was the easiest car problem that I have ever solved, I can only hope that most of my troubles go this way!

02-24-2014, 09:49 AM	#1
tharptroy Private First Class 15 Rep 137 Posts Drives: 2009 335i Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dallas, TX iTrader: (2)	P2E8D, P2AAF, P29CF, OK to limp home? I have OFT Stg 0, The car has been running fine with it so far. Earlier this week, I was at WOT in 2nd gear, about 4500 RPM and I felt the engine stutter. Service engine soon light came on, and engine was running rough. However, When I re-started the car in my driveway, everything was OK, so I did not investigate too much. Today on my way to work, someone was merging into me, so I accelerated out of the way, unfortunately the syptoms came back. I tried letting the car sit and re-starting it, but service engine light and rough idle/running persist. Should I have it towed home, or do you think it will be OK to drive it home (15 miles)? Thanks in advance.
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BlackBB6 Lieutenant 65 Rep 554 Posts Drives: E92 335i 6MT Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Dallas iTrader: (2) Garage List 2008 BMW E92 335i [8.00]	I had similar symptoms and it was my HPFP, could be that or your cyl 1 injector. P2E8D is related to the battery cable recall if you haven't gotten that done. I can't comment on whether its ok to drive on it, I wouldn't personally.
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03-11-2014, 12:54 PM	#3
tharptroy Private First Class 15 Rep 137 Posts Drives: 2009 335i Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dallas, TX iTrader: (2)	Thanks for the input. I went ahead and towed it to the house. When I checked the codes at the house, I had the following: P2E8D P2AAF P29CF P29D2 P30A5 I cleared the codes, restarted the car, the following 2 came back: P29D2 P30A5 Based on this, I had a pretty solid lead on it being a cylinder 6 misfire. Went ahead and replaced all of the plugs with NGK plugs, verified that cylinder 6 ignition coil was bad and replaced it. I have tried and have not been able to get any new error codes, car seems to be running well. Overall I would say this was the easiest car problem that I have ever solved, I can only hope that most of my troubles go this way!
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