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Darren325is
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Tue May 28, 2013 9:49 am

Car seems to have developed a problem. On tick over it'll often rev between 500 and 1k revs.
Had a quick look in the throttle body and checked air pipes for leaks but all seemed fine. So I looked at the idle control valve. It didn't seem to make any difference if this was plugged in or not ?
It's got live to it though but how do I tell if its this that's at fault or not. Also, if it is this valve, where should I get one from and roughly how much are they ?

Car is a 1989 325is by the way.

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Darren
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