Engine Died

Nordgeist · 06-13-2018, 10:39 AM

Anyone else have this problem? I was driving to work this morning in my Z4M, engine was still cold, and as I was about to pull onto the freeway my engine cut out. Obviously the power steering was gone so I pulled over and turned it off, then restarted and everything was fine.

This is the third time it's happened, seems to happen every 4-5 months, with no other issues.

Mechanic suggested it's the crankshaft sensor, he's going to look at it later, but does anyone have any experience with this?

StickMon · 06-13-2018, 10:10 PM

If it was angry enough at a sensor reading to shut the engine down cold, it should definitely have stored a code.

If there's no code stored, then I would suspect some sort of intermittent electrical connection.

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Nordgeist Enlisted Member 33 Rep 44 Posts Drives: 2006 BMW Z4M Roadster Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: San Diego, California iTrader: (0) Garage List 2006 BMW Z4M [7.00]	Engine Died Anyone else have this problem? I was driving to work this morning in my Z4M, engine was still cold, and as I was about to pull onto the freeway my engine cut out. Obviously the power steering was gone so I pulled over and turned it off, then restarted and everything was fine. This is the third time it's happened, seems to happen every 4-5 months, with no other issues. Mechanic suggested it's the crankshaft sensor, he's going to look at it later, but does anyone have any experience with this?
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