hi just bought this car always wanted one had in one the road for a day and it craps out
went to the car after work tired to start it - almost started the sounded like it stalled. just cranks now wont turm over

scanned it is pops the codes p0222 p0123-tps

so take apart the trottle body give it a little clean-put it back on- now it almost turned over- but didnt- check it and its is not setting it self when turn key so ---
got get anouther throttle body- put it on - still just cranks wont turn over.

a little extra??
do these cars have an imobilized- i just bought the car i got only 1 key and its not working(the fob) changed the battery still wont work-- merh

tried the reset for the ecm and tried a trick some one posted about syncing the potentiometer? nothing still

HELP ME PLEASE!!

 

hi so hopefull by posting my progress people will have better answers and or learn from my mistakes/ misfortunes-


i have no spark there is power going to the coil from the harness but no spark-

the center wire of the coil harness shows power but the outer 2 have nothing- are these grounds?
help did i mention im a girl :O and im loosing my mind lol
my brother is helping me diagnose over the phone

 

i was curious as to what fixed your ride... could you give us an update plz?

 

You really dug this up. I doubt the OP will come back to post anything. U prolly have better luck emailing directly.

 

well daily... very nice to meet you. to start, i am a master, L1 technician that specializes in European cars in the US market; i currently have the title of Shop Foreman at a high-end shop in Dallas,TX. i have a problem child on my hands in the form of an r53 S with P0123 and P0222. i have already replaced the throttle body, performed the wiring over-lay from T/B to DME, and had the DME re-flashed (or at least the gent dispatched to our shop said he did... but don't get me started on him!) per the TSB. i have tried everything with the available resources but keep chasing my tail. thank you for the advise... i will try to email them. if you know anyone that could help, or point me in the general direction, it would be greatly appreciated.
When i find the problem and correction, i will gladly post since these two codes seem to plague the Mini community

 

Don't those 'Diagnostic Computers' just suck? Providing you know what is wrong the computer will tell you its fixed. Oh for the good old days.........

 

This is dumb but have you tried swapping the battery out? Minis are notoriously strange (electrically) when the battery is not tip top.

There are even stories of them refusing to take a jump start when the battery is dead.

Both the codes you posted are throttle position sensor...so swapping the TB should have solvef the issue.

I don't have anything else to offer..but I like collecting knowledge for when/if I ever need it.

Thank you..and good luck

 

For me, one of the throttle body wire was disconnected when we put the engine back together