Has anyone in this forum had a issue with with there DME? A few weeks ago about 4 minutes after leaving work on my drive home my car goes into limp mode, I pulled over and plugged in my access port to see what's up. A must of had 10 codes came up, a few had to do with the map sensor. I took it to my trusty mini shop and they came back to me that it's the DME, the owner is a good friend of mine so I don't think he would bs me. He also said it's a common issue with BMW's, just wondering if anyone else has had this issue before. I'm about to fix and get rid of this car

 

Might it be the oil sensor wicking issue that may have damaged your dme ?

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Not sure but we did fine a blown fuse that fixed about 5-6 codes that had to do with the map sensor, now there's a few old codes left. I'll post what they are tomorrow

 

Wicking is not uncommon for todays ECM vehicles. My experience was with Mercedes and Bentley. Any control unit connected to a sensor with oil one side can suffer this effect if the sensor starts to leak into the plug.
Can you tell what sensor failed or what the source of the oil was; trans or engine?

 

I will post more details tomorrow

 

Details?

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Sorry, were changing the motor harness. He narrowed it down to a short

 

So no oil at the oil solenoid?. My cars DME was going crazy until I replaced the solenoid valve and cleaned up the wiring harness with electric contact cleaner. Been running great for the last 5,000 miles.

 

Do u have pictures?

 

Yes. Top photo solenoid valve with exterior wire full of oil. Also valve was very loose and parts could be spun easy. Bottom photo is MINI's fix wire I did not use. My car is an early 2013 and they released a updated valve 3 months after my build date.

 

What does that solenoid do? Is it located under the intake manifold?
My has gone kooky going full rich at WOT.

 

No the solenoid is in the oil pan and part of the oil pump.

 

Can you describe this and does it do it on the stock map?

 

Just to give a update on my 09 jcw, we changed out the oil soaked harness and the problem went away

 

The solenoid valve and oil soaked wiring harness is part of a recall. Dealers call it an oil leaker. You could of had it fixed under the recall at no charge.

 

Doubt it, I have a mini tech that works on my car that would have told me unless ur last name is Cooper and u know more then him?

 

I do believe that there is a something on it either a TSB, campaign or a full recall.

 

Maybe something is in the works but I know there isn't a recall on the issue I had unless the poster right before me just issued it in the last month

 

It might not be a true recall but it maybe a TSB or a campaign where MINI will cover the cost IF you ask or complain enough.

I've seen reports of this problem on this forum but the cars might have still been under warranty.

It might be worth looking into MINI could issue you a refund or partial refund.

 

I will definitely look into it, Thanx for the info