please help!! Noob question...

[mr_roboto]

Hello everyone from NZ.....

driving back into town about an hour ago in my '87 320i...doing about 60 kmh.....no problems...then sudden loss of power, stuttering along I pulled over to let let traffic past, then hobbled around in second gear until I lost power in that gear too...
I popped the bonnet expecting the worst, but the only thing I could detect was a slight whiff of petrol(leak?) from the injector nearest the cab firewall...
Anyway, after 5 or so minutes I turned her over again and was able to drive off with no problem at all.
I can't get this car into the garage until tuesday 1st March(small NZ town, only one bimmer specialist)....what do you think guys? A bad batch of fuel? Injector problems?And do I drive her between now and 1st March, as I have never had this problem before.

Cheers MR_R (bloody hot here by the way )

[Adammcf]

Could be a fuel pump or injector problem?
I had something similar in my Astra and it was a dodgy connection to the fuel pump.

It was scary when it happened to me though as I was on the fast lane of the motorway at the time and came to a sudden stop and had to use the starter to pull it off the road as much as possible!

[scintaar]

Sounds like dirt in your fuel line somewhere.... check the fuel filter to see if it's dirty/ blocked. That's usually where the problem manifests itself.
If that's what's wrong, chuck some fuel detergent additive in a full tank, change the filter and go for a run!!