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Engine management / Re: Engine Dies, Starts Up After Sitting a Few Minutes.

« on: November 27, 2013, 05:39:06 PM »

Thanks for the advice.

All electrics work, no anti-theft, key switch is a little loose but it's always been that way.

I messed with the connections under the back seat & the DME fuse link off the battery & other wires while the engine was running. Everything seems tight, car didn't stall. I cut the ignition, turned the key 'on' & it's throwing a '1444' code. Which I found thru this board means 'no fault'. I then took it for a 20 minute drive so I could check the fault code if it stalled (thanks to user kowalski's for his 'fault code' post). No stall this time, Murphy's Law... I need to get back to work now. I'll drive it further later when I have more time. Those codes will come in handy, I wish I found this board sooner...

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General Topics / Re: How many miles do you have? [NOW WITH POLL!]

« on: November 27, 2013, 02:42:15 PM »

odo stuck at 239,895 since 2010

runs better than new with the TMS chip in there, much wider power band for one,,,

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Engine management / Engine Dies, Starts Up After Sitting a Few Minutes.

« on: November 27, 2013, 01:23:20 AM »

Hi I'm new here. I've searched through the forum and saw a few helpful threads, but nothing that covered my problem exactly. I'm more of a tinkerer than a mechanic so hopefully this makes sense.

Anyways here's the deal, My '91 318is has ran great with no real issues in the 3 years I've owned it.

A couple weeks ago I was sitting at a red light and the engine died. It would turn over when I turned the key and sputter a little bit but not start. I pushed it into a shopping center parking lot & popped the hood, nothing looked obviously wrong. I jiggled some wires, turned the key and it started right up. I figured it was some kind of loose or corroded connection.

The next day it happened again on the freeway, not idling this time. Instead of messing with the wires I called AAA. While waiting for the tow truck I turned the key & it started right up. My house was off the next exit so I drove it home.

I checked all the fuses & connectors. Unplugging plugging back in etc. Took it for a drive & it happened again. It seems to do it after about 5 miles or so.

I took it to a mechanic who admittedly said it might not be the problem but the front crankshaft seal was leaking oil on to the crankshaft position sensor. I had them both replaced.

I just now drove her home and low and behold that wasn't the problem (at least that leak is fixed though).

~7 miles later stalled at a red light, wouldn't start. I put my hazards on, waited 3 minutes and it started.... 

Any Idea's? There seems to be a lot of m42 wizards here. This seems like a gremlin of sorts. I'm looking forward to daylight tomorrow, some other threads had some helpful hints with other similar issues not specific to this one though.

Thanks

tl;dr see title