Revs when clutch is pushed down!!???

Need technical Q/A then you're in the right place

Moderator: martauto

User avatar
DJHarvey
E30 Zone Newbie
E30 Zone Newbie
Posts: 7
Joined: Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:00 pm

Post Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:06 pm

Only recently have I had a problem with my e30 318i. About a week or so ago I pushed it a bit giving a bit of high revs off this rounabout and up this staight known as 'the mad mile'.

Then the next day I take the car out, and go to pull out of a side road, and as i go to shift from 1st to 2nd, the car revs really hard! I am thinking what the hell is going on, and that I must of just tapped the accelorator by mistake. But then later on I have the car stopped on an incline at a set of lights and have it in neutral, and the same thing happens! Then It stays reving around 2000-2500. Even when I pull it back into my drive it seems to over-rev slightly. This has been ever since I may have went a bit heavy on the 'mad mile'.

Does anyone have any idea of what the problem may be?

Cheers, Dan
jagtech2002
E30 Zone Newbie
E30 Zone Newbie
Posts: 140
Joined: Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:00 pm
Location: cheshire

Post Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:10 pm

could be the idle speed control valve stuck in an open position mate? :?