Car Cutting Out

Anyone got any ideas....

Last couple of times out the car (E34 3.8 M5) runs fine then suddenly stutters with momentary loss of power - while driving.... When this happens the Service light comes on briefly. A quick blip of throttle & she seems to right herself and runs on fine. Apart from this happening three times in the past fortnight it's been running fine with mostly long m/way runs.

I was wondering about dirt in the fuel but couldn't understand why the inspection light would come on. BTW The fuel was around the halfway mark and I'd filled it at the same place I always do.....

could it be an interruption to the main DME power supply? This might  cause the service lights to come on again (as they do every time the ignition is turned on. The main DME relay on a number of BMW models is known to go bad like this, and I think your car may be one (not absolutely certain, I'm a 6er driver myself)

cheers

bmwcrazy wrote: check all relays as this was happening to me turned out to be ignition relay located under bonnet drivers side under plastic cover unscrew and you'll see three relays two white one green it was the white one with me all brown and green

Can anyone get a piccy of the location of this so I can yalk a friend throught the location???

only one i can find on work computer so ill post some later at home .           ; ;           ; ;           ; ;   

no this is not my engine before u all ask too dirty

dazz