motorproblem - E28-Forum

I have a 528i from 1985.I drove 30.000 km without problems and now i have a big problem.It started a few weeks ago.Sometimes at the rpm is falling down and i have to go from 3 gear to 2 gear.My radio is also going out.After going down in gear the problem was gone.But wen i start the engine and the rpm meter is going down without driving you can't get it lose anymore.When you put the pedal to the metal it sounds like fireworks and it feels like its running on 4 cilinders.
Most of the time they had to pull me lose because starting was not an option.
Last week the was not going over 2000rpm.after that he was stottering.I turnd off the engine and sinds that time he won't at all.Some one told me thefuel filter had to be replaced so i did but the problem is still there.I am desperet.
please help me.Sorry for my bad englisch but i'm a dutch guy.
Karl

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Als Antwort auf: motorproblem von Karl am 14. Februar 2001 10:15:13:

I have a 528i from 1985.I drove 30.000 km without problems and now i have a big
problem.It started a few weeks ago.Sometimes at the rpm is falling down and i
have to go from 3 gear to 2 gear.My radio is also going out.After going down
in gear the problem was gone.

The radio went off at the same moment when the motor problem occured?

Maybe then you have a problem with the connection from battery-minus to the mass of the car. There is a thick unisolated cable which sometimes breaks loose by vibration.

Andreas

BTW your link doesn´t work

Als Antwort auf: Re: motorproblem von Andreas am 14. Februar 2001 12:40:14:

I have a 528i from 1985.I drove 30.000 km without problems and now i have a big
problem.It started a few weeks ago.Sometimes at the rpm is falling down and i
have to go from 3 gear to 2 gear.My radio is also going out.After going down
in gear the problem was gone.

The radio went off at the same moment when the motor problem occured?
Maybe then you have a problem with the connection from battery-minus to the mass of the car. There is a thick unisolated cable which sometimes breaks loose by vibration.
Andreas
BTW your link doesn´t work

Thanks for your reaction.I prove the cable and it was still intact.
It appears only in the cold wintertime.

Als Antwort auf: motorproblem von karl am 14. Februar 2001 18:47:30:

Thanks for your reaction.I prove the cable and it was still intact.

Sorry, I wasn´t exact about it. I meant the cable which connects the motor to car mass. Not easy to find.

It appears only in the cold wintertime.

Winter means wet conditions and water makes electrical problems worse. I´d really check for a mass problem first, because it´s most probable the cause and the least expensive one.

Andreas

Als Antwort auf: Re: motorproblem von Andreas am 14. Februar 2001 20:54:04:

Thanks for your reaction.I prove the cable and it was still intact.

Sorry, I wasn´t exact about it. I meant the cable which connects the motor to car mass. Not easy to find.

It appears only in the cold wintertime.

Winter means wet conditions and water makes electrical problems worse. I´d really check for a mass problem first, because it´s most probable the cause and the least expensive one.
Andreas

thanks for your help you guy's.It was fluidproblem in the ignition.
my little girl is spinning like it use to do.