at BMTEC this morning, informed them that the nice AA man said it was porbably the Crankshaft Sensor that had gone haywire.

After telling Andy this and describing what had been happening to the car i.e. drive for about 20 mins and then the engine cuts out, try to restart and it turns over, but the engine does’nt fire, wait 30 mins before trying again and it starts, he agreed that it was most likely the sensor.

So after leaving it and waiting most of the morning, he rang back and informed me that upon inspection it was the sensor and then telling me they had none spare in stock, I’ve had to leave it with them overnight and they’ll start on it when the part arrives tomorrow, feel quite naked without my car…..

The guestimate for the repairs are about £180, £30-40 for the sensor and then about £110 for 2 hrs labour, which is pretty cheap compared to if I’d taken it to a BMW Garage, if it had’nt been for a taxi driver telling me about BMTEC, i’d probably never have heard of them, thank you Mr Taxi driver