Just had the engine apart and did headgasket, head set, cambelt, throttle body, oil cooler, thermostat. Car runs very well except on tickover she seems to rock from side to side and seems to take deep breaths, sort of a in and out idle. Anyone have any ideas.
She was running fine before. I was going to put the old throttle body one and go from there.
Side to side rock
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DazzyA
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kam-325i
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It sounds like either an air leak on the intake side or a missfiring plug...
Also check the TPS connector, make sure the right one is pluged in...
Also check the TPS connector, make sure the right one is pluged in...
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could be air leak ,intake manifold,boot to afm,vac lines???
also is idle speed control valve clean????
also is idle speed control valve clean????
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Air leak 
Take the inlet off again and smear the gasket with all-in-one grease
Take the inlet off again and smear the gasket with all-in-one grease
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DazzyA
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cheers guys took throttle body off of manifold and gasket was busted, got a fair bit of oil in throttle body though!
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