M42 sputters

[Frederic318is]

Hi

I'm new here, I'm from Belgium and I drive a E30 318iS. What else? (Can I present myself and my car here?)
Now I have a little problem that is quite frustrating and I don't want to renew all kind of things if I don't have a good guess that that thing is the problem.
Sometimes the engines loses all of it's power, it dies for a second and then immediately picks up again. Sometimes it's a single occurence sometimes he does it a few times in a row(in a matter of 10 seconds).
At first I thought that the gas pump was the issue, but now I'm doubting that. Otherwise I can think of the air meter.

Any other thoughts, someone who has/had the same problem?

Thanks in advance!!!

[xbyte]

I have the same problem on mine right now, i suspect it to be the lamda becouse it goes away at the very moment i press full throotle.

[Asterian]

Hi. Maybe this thread will helphttp://www.m42club.com/forum/index.php?topic=7757.0

[91 318i]

Plug wires. One of mine had a hole in it causing this exact problem as well.

[DesktopDave]

Thanks for posting the solution!