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Ian Scantlebury

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Hi everyone please can you help I’ve been having lots of work done on my z3 over the last 9 months and haven’t been driving it but I turn over the engine every Sunday and yesterday the engine management light came on my son has a plug in fault finder and the faults that r showing I don’t have a clue what they are and how serious they are so could someone let me know thanks ian from London
 

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t-tony

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Hi everyone please can you help I’ve been having lots of work done on my z3 over the last 9 months and haven’t been driving it but I turn over the engine every Sunday and yesterday the engine management light came on my son has a plug in fault finder and the faults that r showing I don’t have a clue what they are and how serious they are so could someone let me know thanks ian from London
Hi Ian, has your son cleared these fault codes?, and if so have you run the engine to see if they came back again?

Tony.
 

mrscalex

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Those are generic error codes. From a multi make reader. Enthusiasts tend to talk in BMW specific codes as they are more specific. Pulled using a BMW reader (good news is they are cheap enough if you decide to get one). So we'll be a little less familiar with those codes on here and the advice will consequently be more generic.

P1619 is generally associated with the thermostat. Possibly a failed temperature sender. But what it specifically means on a Z3 I don't know.

The P0155 is as it says generically associated with an O2 sensor. But from experience O2 sensor codes on Z3s are set frequently from intake leaks in rotted rubber pipework. I also have my suspicions the P1619 might even be caused by the same thing. This would be consistent with going nowhere and a fault suddenly appearing. Changes in temperature, rubber rotting past point of air tightness etc.

Anyway, as Tony says, important to clear the codes first. And try again, especially given work has recently been carried out.

PS - would give your post title a bit more detail rather than just 'Z3' then it will help attract those who may have suggestions to make.
 
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