I'm getting the car ready for the 650-mile trip to the Highlands Motoring Festival in North Carolina, June 8-11. BMW is the featured Marque with 15 of the 85 cars invited to the event.
The engine needed cleaning so I attached a low-pressure nozzle to the hose and cleaned the typical dirt & grease off the carbs and engine block. I tried to not get the 123 Distr. and coil wet.
20 minutes of hose and 1 hour of compressed air & towels and the engine compartment was dry looking.
The car started up as usual. The next morning,I drove 15 miles up to 80 MPH to a C&C. Two hours later, driving 50-60 MPH after 10 miles the engine stropped. Then a few minutes later the engine started and I drove about 100 yards and the engine stopped again. I opened the hood, and checked the wires at the coil. All was correct and the coil was not even warm. The engine started and I drove the car to a gas station and waited in the Costco line 10 min. with the engine idling as usual. The car ran fine for the 5 miles home.
The red Bosch coil was replaced with a black MSD coil about a week ago and this was the first time the car was run on the road with the new coil.
I asked my mechanic to check the ground wire on the coil back to the fuse block. All was fine. The inside of the Distr. cap was dry.
Any thoughts on what might have caused the engine to stop twice and then run like nothing happened?
The engine needed cleaning so I attached a low-pressure nozzle to the hose and cleaned the typical dirt & grease off the carbs and engine block. I tried to not get the 123 Distr. and coil wet.
20 minutes of hose and 1 hour of compressed air & towels and the engine compartment was dry looking.
The car started up as usual. The next morning,I drove 15 miles up to 80 MPH to a C&C. Two hours later, driving 50-60 MPH after 10 miles the engine stropped. Then a few minutes later the engine started and I drove about 100 yards and the engine stopped again. I opened the hood, and checked the wires at the coil. All was correct and the coil was not even warm. The engine started and I drove the car to a gas station and waited in the Costco line 10 min. with the engine idling as usual. The car ran fine for the 5 miles home.
The red Bosch coil was replaced with a black MSD coil about a week ago and this was the first time the car was run on the road with the new coil.
I asked my mechanic to check the ground wire on the coil back to the fuse block. All was fine. The inside of the Distr. cap was dry.
Any thoughts on what might have caused the engine to stop twice and then run like nothing happened?