316i idle/stalling problem help!!

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olifen10
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Fri May 09, 2014 7:14 pm

Hello guys I have recently bought a G reg 316i manual and I am having a mass problem with it and it's doing my head in please help

When the car starts all is well sounds good ticks over good with the needle just where it should be starts first time every time

As soon as you put the smallest amount of pressure on the throttle it starts to splutter and the revs go down car starts to shake eventually it saves it's self, pretty annoying though.

If you give it a lot of revs all is swell revs beautifully and goes back down to idle fine

If you try to drive the thing it stalls you can get it to move ether by revving it a lot or moving very very slow with the clutch, stalls wayyyy to easy

I hope someone has experience this problem and can help me it will be much appreciated as it's my first car and I just wanna get driving the thing!

thanks Ollie
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Fri May 09, 2014 10:33 pm

I'll jump on that tomorrow see how I get on :)
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Wed Jun 04, 2014 7:48 pm

Leaking breather pipe was the issue thanks to a previous owners bodge :) frustrating finding the pipe though aha
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