RE: <E30> Quits without warning/89 325IC

["John Crowe" <crowej@xxxxxxxx>]

My wife's 528 did the same exact thing, and it seemed to happen more often
when she was running the A/C in stop and go traffic.

The fix for her car was the fuel pump relay - a $7.50 part.  I've also heard
people
say the main relay ($15) will do the same thing.


John
87 528e
85/86 524td->528e conversion (done!)
79 320i SCCA ITB

>Hello to all:
>Being a rather new BMW owner 3 months,I was hoping to find an answer to
>a weird  problem I have been having with a 89 325IC 98,000 miles,also
>owning a 83 Jaguar XJ6 I am used to strange problems, but this one is a
>little scary.
>The problem is that the engine will suddenly die for no apparent reason.
>It has happened while at idle and also while driving at anywhere from 10
>to 60 miles per hour.It will immediately restart without any problem,one
>time doing about 60 it died then came back on its own in about three
>seconds.This was the only time it did that usually all the idiot lights
>come on and I have to turn the key to restart.It doesn't happen often
>about 10 times in the three months.Other than that it runs very well and
>smooth.
>If anyone can share some wisdom on how I can test further or what might
>be the cause it would be greatly appreciated.Thanks to everyone.Alex
>Lynch.(beanhead@domain.elided)

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