whats happening here then????

[noney82]

any ideas anyone

[Cloggy Saint]

vacuum leak? knackered icv?

[fuzzy]

you didnt fit that ebay wonder resistor did you?

[noney82]

you didnt fit that ebay wonder resistor did you?

lol no fuzzy it did it last night but after a while it cleared

[Richy325iTouring]

icv
intake boot

vacum leak

[Chris-W]

Vacuum leak - probably not intake boot.

[noney82]

i'll have to clean ivc and throttle bodies out i think to. hope you like my pet chicken
lol

[noney82]

i put my hand over the intake just before the filter and the engine nearly cuts out, where the vacum side of things???

[Royalratch]

You missing the air flow guide boot from the front passenger side grille?

Sounds like it's choking...

[jmc330i]

You missing the air flow guide boot from the front passenger side grille?

Sounds like it's choking...

You mean the bit that goes between the airbox and back of the headlight?

Mine doesnt have this fitted at all and is running fine.

[Templ8e30]

I would have thought that a vac leak woul give a constant engine speed.

I had a knackered idle control valve with the exact symptoms, it would also cut out after 30 seconds or so and wouldn't restart unless the ICV was disconnected. Second hand ICV sorted it.

Cheers,

Iain T

[Royalratch]

Had a split intake boot (AFM to Throttle) that was leaking air and caused crazy erratic idle. Once revved it was a bit better.

Replaced it and it's fine. They also have a hole underneath that needs to be plugged and the new boot does not come with it so use the old one.

[noney82]

can someone send me a pic of the icv just so i know i looking at the right thing. The thing that worried me was as you can see on the video the mpg gauge reving up to arond 50 but when you rev ya car normal to the same revs the mpg gauge doesnt go that far

[Templ8e30]

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=13&fg=15

Part number 5.

Cheers,

Iain T

[noney82]

ahhhhh cheers iain i was right, to clean it out is just a case of spray some cleaner down it??

[Templ8e30]

Yup, that'll clean it.

However it may be bolloxed. Turn the ignition on but don't start her up, listen to the ICV, it should buzz.

If it doesn't then its likely to be knackered.

Cheers,

Iain T

[chinchilla]

aww look at the likkle chicken!