I had a weird issue that happened this morning - I'm at the office and haven't had time to diagnose - so i thought Id reach out to anyone that has had a similar issue.
My 91 BMW suddenly loss power yesterday on the way to work - loss idle, died, started, drove but stumbled at idle for a 1/2 mile or so. I pulled into a parking lot and then it started idling fine. Went to work (a couple of hours) Stared and drove 30 miles home with no issue.
This morning - started car and let it idle for 10 minutes, idled fine - begin to drive and the car stumbled when leaving driveway. It ran poorly (stumbling idle) -and then experienced a total loss of power. Car would not go above 1500 RPMs - and would not rev - so put foot on gas to keep car moving around the block, but RPMs stayed constant and the car pulled itself around the block at 1500..
Pulled back into driveway -car was idling - parked in the garage.
Any thoughts on this condition?
Does the E30 have a "Safe Mode"?
I don't have my Bentley here at work - but I wonder if the Crank Position sensor could be bad? Does a bad Crank sensor cause this type of issues?
NO Codes. Vacuum is pulling at 16 (normal) no problems with hoses, or boots. I recently changed the timing belt (500 miles ago) - so maybe disturbed the wiring on CPS?
My 91 BMW suddenly loss power yesterday on the way to work - loss idle, died, started, drove but stumbled at idle for a 1/2 mile or so. I pulled into a parking lot and then it started idling fine. Went to work (a couple of hours) Stared and drove 30 miles home with no issue.
This morning - started car and let it idle for 10 minutes, idled fine - begin to drive and the car stumbled when leaving driveway. It ran poorly (stumbling idle) -and then experienced a total loss of power. Car would not go above 1500 RPMs - and would not rev - so put foot on gas to keep car moving around the block, but RPMs stayed constant and the car pulled itself around the block at 1500..
Pulled back into driveway -car was idling - parked in the garage.
Any thoughts on this condition?
Does the E30 have a "Safe Mode"?
I don't have my Bentley here at work - but I wonder if the Crank Position sensor could be bad? Does a bad Crank sensor cause this type of issues?
NO Codes. Vacuum is pulling at 16 (normal) no problems with hoses, or boots. I recently changed the timing belt (500 miles ago) - so maybe disturbed the wiring on CPS?
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