e30 keeps dying???!?!?!?

[carlrst]

took the e30 out for a long drive today and it kept loosing all power, but as soon as you turn it off and on again, its fine.
And at a petrol station it idled realy bad, reving to 2500 by its self.

idle control valve? any ideas

[jon552]

sounds like throttle position sensor?
jon

[GrindCulture]

The ignition problem sounds like a DME relay fault.

[billgatese30]

moved to technical help, please try and help keep the forum tidy and post in the correct section.

[carlrst]

i will get it down the garage soon as, cheers

[jasonbold]

i'm not very good on the names of parts, but there is a pipe that connects to the back of the throttle, and mine come off before and the revs went up to about 2500. maybe someone knows what pipe i'm on about?

[carlrst]

the one that connects the air flow meter to the throttle body and idle valve, although it has got a hole in there