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ciffy107bmw
11-21-2006, 09:04 PM
I was driving home tonight and out of nowhere while I was pulling hard in second gear, the car jerked pretty bad. It felt like the car momentarily shut off. So I just kept driving like WTF was that. It happened again about 10 seconds later but I was in third. I know that I am asking a very vague question but is there anywhere that I should start looking in particular? The car has 201,000 miles on it and has been running great since I got bought it about a year ago. I want to keep this car going for much longer so I need some help. Im pretty sure its nothing major and it just needs some maintenance done.

On a side note, I have redone the entire suspension, so the car is driving great right now. I have never had a problem with it running so I have never done any maintenance on the engine except for oil changes, spark plugs, and air filter. Like I said before though, I think I just need to do some maintenance.

Matt at Dunlop
11-21-2006, 09:08 PM
Stupid question on my part... The "car momentarily shutting off" wasn't you bumping the rev-limiter in 2nd gear and again in 3rd gear a few seconds later...was it??

If not...where in the RPM range were you when it happened?? Did it happen at the same RPM in each gear??

Matt

ciffy107bmw
11-21-2006, 09:15 PM
No I wasnt bouncing the rev limiter lol. I was hard on the gas in second and I think it happened at around 3-4k. Im not exactly sure because it caught me completely by suprise. Im also not sure if it happened at the same rpm in third. Its werid though because I have been driving the car all day and nothing at all. This just happened out of the blue.