Hi Brian thanks for your response, yep the issue is a poor idle, I haven't driven it yet, just started it up after doing the work. I observed that the idle was smoother if not good after the car was warmed up compared to when it was cold. I guess I have an open loop issue and the ecu compensates for...

UPDATE: Compared my ICV with a good one, the good one doesn't rattle when I shake it all... mine rattles a little. This isn't what I've seen online which is weird. Replaced the intake elbow and made sure all hoses were seated right. The bottom one connected to the TB heater had come off and the area...

UPDATE: I removed the ICV, and it doesn't pass the shake test. Looks like it might be jammed closed. The vane looks about 2mm from being fully closed, using two small screwdrivers I can "walk" through a bit of rotation into a more open position (this means I walk it through fully closed before it op...

Did you change the tensioner also? Check the zone wiki I think it is covered in there under dieseling Yes, the tensioner was done about 5k ago. Couldn't find dieseling in the wiki :/ In the work that's been done there's a lot of scope for getting the timing out of whack. True, however I made a cam ...

No solid bits, but the general area had black particles in the oil, which I'm assuming is nylon dust from the rails being worn down. No bits of chain rollers or other metal. The old chain was fully intact. After starting the RPMs sit around 800 for a few seconds before dropping and the car wants to ...

Hi All, '91 318iS with an M42, car has abut 300K km on the clock. Ran fine -although a bit hot- until I opened it up, now when I start it, its loud and shakes pretty bad. Sounds more like a tractor than a car :/ Stomp test gave me the 1444 code which I read online means no issue. List of what I've d...

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Some updates: Found a spoiler for cheap on Craigslist: same color, $40 and just 25 minutes away can't go wrong. I don't think the old one had any paint left on it: http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc431/KhabraDBR9/IMG_20150611_193345.jpg New lip spoiler it doesn't even look like the same one, muc...

Hi everyone, new member & first time E30 owner here, pics of my car: http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=261967 I figured I'd start a thread here instead to keep track of my progress as I plan on doing a bit of work on my car this summer. 1991 318is, 285k km Diamond Schwa...