Re: 1992 318i rev limiter?

["Mike Theuri" <mikesoft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The electronic rev limiter will work when accelerating but not
when down shifting. The only experiences I can relate to is that
I had an 86 325e that would not go to 2nd from 5th (someone
was trying to prove this to me) but instead the little that was
left of the clutch gave in but never did it allow the gear to engage.
I had an 88 Audi 80 Quattro and I do recall the same thing
happening when I accidentally made a mis-downshift and it
didn't engage and that saved my engine. My theory is that it
may have a mechanism to prevent accidental mis-shifts but
I believe that if someone really wants it to mis-shift, then applying
extra force will do it.

Mike Theuri
93 318i

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Bauman" <bmw@domain.elided>


> > Insurance is saying she must have intentionally overrevved the engine by
> > downshifting from 5th to 2nd or something, and are questioning whether
> > she knows how to drive a stick...
> >
> > My first comment was that every german car I've ever owned (Audi & VW)
> > has a rev limiter builtin.  I know that newer BMWs have a top speed
> > limiter as well.
>

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