Strange Power Loss

[Threehz]

Just now when I was coming home from class and pretty soon after starting my drive, I was leaving from a stop and there was almost no power. Engine was running fine but when I pushed the gas nothing was happening felt like driving through deep mud...

It went away after I had momentum. It came back when I had to start from a stop but not every time.

No other signs except maybe a weird smell? Burning/fuely smell?

I've had a 1222 CEL code, it usually doesn't come up but has come up a few times since owning the vehicle.

Any ideas what would cause such a loss of power? It felt as if fuel wasn't getting to the engine or something?

[///digitalme]

check your fuel pump!

[bmwm42]

check your afm aswell

[Threehz]

Well my fuel pump is leaking heavily through the top, issue possibly found?

Does the fuel need a perfect seal to create pressure? (I'm just guessing a reason why it would cause the driving issues)

[bmwman91]

Whether the leaky fuel pump is the issue or not is totally immaterial at this point. It is a HUGE safety risk and you should fix that before doing anything else!

[Threehz]

Don't worry I'm going to attack that issue in a minute.

[AndrewBird]

Did you take off with it in third gear instead of first?

[Threehz]

Actually Nitro I thought about that when it first happened. I said shit, did I throw it in third?

But it came up a few times and threw a CEL as well. I'm pretty certain it was my fuel pump issue that caused it.