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Re: Car dies after normal driving (archive)
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Posted by Jeff E on July 16, 2001 at 07:54:55:

In Reply to: Re: Car dies after normal driving posted by Chris W. on July 15, 2001 at 21:11:49:


I had a similar problem last year. I'd be driving the car when it would start stumbling and hesitating. Then I could feel that the engine was dead, but since the car was still moving, it would coast while being slowed down by the engine compression. When the car died, it wouldn't start for a while, but if I kept trying, after a few minutes it would start up.

I read some of the posts on the message board about the problem, and there were a number of possibilities. I noticed in my case that the problem tended to happen more often on really hot days, and there appeared to be a "click" sound coming from the passenger side of the engine bay when the engine died, so I thought it might be the fuel pump relay. I bought a new one and installed it.

So far no more problems, but I haven't had a chance to drive my M3 very often this year. Since this was an intermittent problem to begin with, I can't be sure if that was it. HTH

Chris W.




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