Re: 2001 530i E39 Repeated Misfire Error Codes - Limp Home - IME

Floyd Rogers wrote:
> "mark barron" <mbarron@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>>> The spark plugs are 100K items and you're really close to that.
>>> IME, 60K is a better interval - my mileage improved markedly
>>> after changing them at 120K (were changed originally at 60K).
>>>
>> Dear Floyd,
>>  I thank you so much for taking the time to reply. Being a novice,
>> I can not figure out what the 'IME' is after search both Bentley
Volumes
>> and using Google searches. I thought it might be Ignition Monitoring 
>> somethingorother, but that theory has not produced a module with that 
>> acronym. Could it be the lambda sensor?
>> Thanks again. I will have new plugs tomorrow. I have one new coil and
one 
>> new coil-to-plug connector to use in tests. Obviously, I will carefully

>> examine differences in the six coil-plug assemblies.
> 
> IME is the net abbreviation for In My Experience.
> 
> FloydR 
> 
> 
Thanks Floyd. Talk about a dumb question!