Check engine light on the track, Vanos timing problem???

Petros · 07-06-2014, 10:22 PM

Just came home from the track where I was driving pretty good till the car threw a check engine light, something which is becoming a common occurrence with this car

When I came home I scanned the car and found 2 codes, the generic OBD code P000A, and BMW code 271A. It seems to have something to do with intake vanos timing on bank 1. What can be the cause of this? Bad camshaft position sensor? Possible oil starvation on the track? No, my oil level never went down below the minimim but the temps were quite high at over 130 Celsius. I cleared the codes and obviously I don't have a clue if the problem will happen again or not. And no, there are no unusual sights, sounds, or odors from the car.

Titan_br · 05-21-2017, 09:37 PM

I have this. Did not got on track but on road.

No one to help ?

Olly-R · 05-29-2017, 10:49 AM

best to look at the live data for camshaft position of all 4 cams and see the real time position of these cams on a proper diagnostic computer, i bought my car with these codes, new solenoids no change, in the end 2,000 miles latter it went to limp mode and my inlet bank2 cam sprocket had failed/broke up!

Titan_br · 06-01-2017, 03:16 PM

I am following live and the vanos stuck on 133 degrees, it moves from 133.1 to 133.6 etc, but does not follow the nominal position for 117 for example...
it does not lose power i think (nothing I could notice - mine is Supercharged) but still very weird.
I already change vanos 1 to 2 and 2 to 1, and still error on bank 1.

Titan_br · 08-29-2017, 05:22 PM

Anyone can help me? I have the 271A..

BPMSport · 08-30-2017, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Titan_br

Anyone can help me? I have the 271A..

Have someone with the proper tools perform a VANOS system test. Probably a problem with it. If it's only moving .5 degrees while the other bank has more movement, that's indicative of a problem.

Titan_br · 08-31-2017, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike Benvo

Have someone with the proper tools perform a VANOS system test. Probably a problem with it. If it's only moving .5 degrees while the other bank has more movement, that's indicative of a problem.

Thank you.

I will use bmw insta D to perform VANOS Testing

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Petros Banned 62 Rep 1,381 Posts Drives: M3 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Canada iTrader: (1)	Check engine light on the track, Vanos timing problem??? Just came home from the track where I was driving pretty good till the car threw a check engine light, something which is becoming a common occurrence with this car When I came home I scanned the car and found 2 codes, the generic OBD code P000A, and BMW code 271A. It seems to have something to do with intake vanos timing on bank 1. What can be the cause of this? Bad camshaft position sensor? Possible oil starvation on the track? No, my oil level never went down below the minimim but the temps were quite high at over 130 Celsius. I cleared the codes and obviously I don't have a clue if the problem will happen again or not. And no, there are no unusual sights, sounds, or odors from the car.
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Titan_br Private First Class 12 Rep 149 Posts Drives: M3 E92 with AA Stage 3 SC Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil iTrader: (0) Garage List 2011 BMW M3 [0.00]	I have this. Did not got on track but on road. No one to help ?
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Olly-R Registered 2 Rep 2 Posts Drives: E92 M3 07 Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: UK West Sussex iTrader: (0)	best to look at the live data for camshaft position of all 4 cams and see the real time position of these cams on a proper diagnostic computer, i bought my car with these codes, new solenoids no change, in the end 2,000 miles latter it went to limp mode and my inlet bank2 cam sprocket had failed/broke up!
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Titan_br Private First Class 12 Rep 149 Posts Drives: M3 E92 with AA Stage 3 SC Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil iTrader: (0) Garage List 2011 BMW M3 [0.00]	I am following live and the vanos stuck on 133 degrees, it moves from 133.1 to 133.6 etc, but does not follow the nominal position for 117 for example... it does not lose power i think (nothing I could notice - mine is Supercharged) but still very weird. I already change vanos 1 to 2 and 2 to 1, and still error on bank 1.
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Titan_br Private First Class 12 Rep 149 Posts Drives: M3 E92 with AA Stage 3 SC Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil iTrader: (0) Garage List 2011 BMW M3 [0.00]	Anyone can help me? I have the 271A..
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