hi can anyone help me please? my problem is happening most mornings when on my way to work i will try my best to explain without it sounding to confusing so here it goes, im driving down the link road doing about 60-70 mph as i approach the roundabout and press in the clutch ready to change down gears the oil and battery light come on and the rev counter drops to 0 but the car still running and not quite stalling i dont think cause normally got Music up quite load then when i get it in gear and relase the clutch the lights go off and the rev counter comes back alive, this is happening on average a couple times a week maybe once a day or sometimes once on the way to work and once on the way back, i wouild really appreciate any help anyone can give me or at least a couple ideas, look forward to getting a reply many thanks peps.

Check all the air hoses for cracks/splits

also give the idle control valve a clean.

maybe a shot in the dark but could be an air flow meter, sounds similar to my french poo Traffic and that was an air flow meter.

ok thanks to you both for that i will check all them out tomorow and see if it sorts anything, thanks again

ok, who doctored my post...... lol

It's automatically done David !!

The ign lights will light up if the alternator isn't spinning fast enough - Your very low tick-over will cause this... Follow the tips given.

i like that ..... now gonna get me guessing what other manufacturers will come up as.......Lol

Its an ol' BMWOC thing. Its the bannd word ever since Gav had a little 'Episode'....

Check your battery terminals mate, same thing happened to me after buying the car. Thought id bought something dodgy but later found it was a very loose terminal. Only took me a whole 3 weeks with this annoyance to find the cause =(