1st Gen R53 Cooper S Most liked posts in thread: P2096 woes

  1. Dave.0

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    Resetting adaptives might solve the problem and clearing that code -- its a hard code. i.e. you need bavtech tool or similar, or stealership.

    When you say air bubbles pre-cat do you mean the header was leaking. Or leaking at the header/cat-back gasket? Assume you have OEM header.
     
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    P2096 tests

    I stuffed a rag and an air line up the tail pipe and pressurized to 10psi, I sprayed soapy water on all the joints...I had a circumferential crack on the pre cat to collector weld. Probably because I neglected to replace the top motor mount. Not sure if this was the root cause. Only other oddities are a chattering evaporator purge valve, but no evap codes. The chattering sounds like a valve tap, and theoreticall could be a vacuum leak if the gas cap is bad. I've read some gas cap codes were deleted by dealers since they were a nuisance.:mad2:
     
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    Hopefully that's causing it. Such a PITA code. Good luck.
     
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    Had my adaptations reset by BB&Z in NJ, tech had to do it twice...good guys very fair. I'll keep forum posted if it returns. Thanks guys.

    Bb&z auto repair 1167 rt 23 south
    Kinnelon n.j 07405
    973-291-8785
     
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    Hope everything works out going forward.