Ok so here are the issues I'm having:
About 2 weeks ago I filled up the Beast (I hardly let it go down to 1/4 tank and I use 93 all the time) and the car would turn over but not fully start and then die. After about 10 attempts it finally started with no sputtering or any other driveable issues. This has happened about 5 more times since. My first thought is fuel related, though just to note my MAFS are about 22k miles old and I had my indy clean them out last month that cured a hesitation under WOT in 1st gear. My plugs, air filters are fairly new and my fuel filter is about 28k miles old so I have one for my indy to change out ASAP. Car currently has 139k miles and I believe I have the original fuel pump.
About two weeks before I had the starting issue, my drivers side halo lights stopped working. I figured it was a short since I had this same problem on my e39 525i on both sides, however, last night my xenon light began to flicker and stopped working. I turned off the car, went back out and restarted it and turned on the lights. The xenon light was lit but more of a blueish color and began to flicker once again then turn off. After doing some research it could be a number of things such as a short, ballast, xenon bulb (though that it was a module, not a bulb that controlled the xenon-newb question). Yes, my fault for being lazy and not getting the halo lights fixed in the 1st place so I made a call to my indy last night to see when he can check on my starting issue's and my drivers side halo's/xenon.
Also, I believe my battery/alternator are original, though those wouldn't be causing my starting issue's. As far as codes coming up:
E6: Drive-by-wire, throttle position failure (cleared last week and hasn't returned)
E8: Evaporative emissions purge valve functional check (keeps returning) so I assume its the fuel tank breather valve stuck under the plenum that could be causing my starting problems.
About 2 weeks ago I filled up the Beast (I hardly let it go down to 1/4 tank and I use 93 all the time) and the car would turn over but not fully start and then die. After about 10 attempts it finally started with no sputtering or any other driveable issues. This has happened about 5 more times since. My first thought is fuel related, though just to note my MAFS are about 22k miles old and I had my indy clean them out last month that cured a hesitation under WOT in 1st gear. My plugs, air filters are fairly new and my fuel filter is about 28k miles old so I have one for my indy to change out ASAP. Car currently has 139k miles and I believe I have the original fuel pump.
About two weeks before I had the starting issue, my drivers side halo lights stopped working. I figured it was a short since I had this same problem on my e39 525i on both sides, however, last night my xenon light began to flicker and stopped working. I turned off the car, went back out and restarted it and turned on the lights. The xenon light was lit but more of a blueish color and began to flicker once again then turn off. After doing some research it could be a number of things such as a short, ballast, xenon bulb (though that it was a module, not a bulb that controlled the xenon-newb question). Yes, my fault for being lazy and not getting the halo lights fixed in the 1st place so I made a call to my indy last night to see when he can check on my starting issue's and my drivers side halo's/xenon.
Also, I believe my battery/alternator are original, though those wouldn't be causing my starting issue's. As far as codes coming up:
E6: Drive-by-wire, throttle position failure (cleared last week and hasn't returned)
E8: Evaporative emissions purge valve functional check (keeps returning) so I assume its the fuel tank breather valve stuck under the plenum that could be causing my starting problems.
