i had the same problem. i didn't read the other responses, so maybe someone had already told you this. it happened to me after i went to the car wash (too lazy to wash it myself, the one time. never again) the engine was cutting out on me while driving home, and it completely stopped at one point and wouldn't start again, after waiting for a bit, it did start. i got home, and a couple minutes later had to leave again, and the same things happened. i removed the DME (behind the black padding on the left side of the engine compartment on the firewall) and opened it and found that it was wet. i let it dry for a day or so and put it back in and it worked fine, i got lucky.

how can i prevent it from happening again? you might ask yourself. EASY!

if you reach behind the engine you will feel sort of like an L-tube coming out from the firewall. it starts out round at the fire-wall, then points down towards the floor and gets narrow, sort of like an end on a vacuum cleaner. rip that out!!! it's a drain that BMW had made, but it gets clogged after a couple of years with dirt and crap because of the narrow end. BMW's fix to this is take the engine out, clear out the current drain, drill another hole to the left of that drain, and put a second one in. car companies trying to make money off of costumers now. if you take the old one out and just leave the hole there, the water will get out perfectly fine, with no chances of ever getting the dme flooded again! hope this helps.

1997 black bmw 740il (black betty)
1995 black jeep yj (black widow)
1993 dark blue bmw euro-spec 320i sedan (in the graveyard)

• engine cuts out at 1500rpm (pic) (url) - shagrat69 2007-11-28 15:11:24 (391 views)
  • found the problem!!! - shagrat69 2008-02-15 15:59:29 (173 views)
    • Re: found the problem!!! - philisme 2008-02-22 17:05:01 (133 views)
      • Re: found the problem!!! - shagrat69 2008-02-22 22:29:29 (108 views)
  • DME!!!! - philisme 2008-02-12 01:13:10 (126 views)
    • Re: DME!!!! - shagrat69 2008-02-14 18:59:19 (107 views)
      • next step - shagrat69 2008-02-15 00:10:55 (127 views)
        • Re: next step - philisme 2008-02-15 01:47:28 (96 views)
          • Re: next step - shagrat69 2008-02-15 13:51:18 (134 views)
  • Re: engine cuts out at 1500rpm - shagrat69 2007-11-29 11:16:33 (202 views)
    • i got more info - shagrat69 2007-11-30 10:19:43 (242 views)
      • Re: i got more info - shagrat69 2007-12-17 18:05:27 (186 views)
  • If it was me I'd start with the Camshaft sensor. If that doesn't work than - mahmudb 2007-11-28 23:24:15 (209 views)
  • Your interface is messed up. - kfister 2007-11-28 19:31:46 (262 views)
    • Re: Your interface is messed up. - shagrat69 2007-11-28 21:22:25 (205 views)
      • Sounds like it doesn't support L-line - kfister 2007-11-29 00:29:19 (243 views)
  • sry guys this if for my E36 - shagrat69 2007-11-28 15:14:13 (191 views)