has your sport done this ??

Sat Apr 21, 2007 5:37 pm

i have a 325i sport, on 2 occasions in the past week when i start her up it revs it self up from normal idle speed to about 12000 then normal then 12000, without me touching the pedal, up and down she goes ,
even if i rev her up , thinking somethings sticking its still the same when i release the pedal; but!!!
if i switch her off and start her again shes fine..
whats going on ..
shes 89 f reg
96k on clock
seviced more than enough .
thanks brad

Sat Apr 21, 2007 5:40 pm

sounds like a sticking idle control valve to me.Take it off and give it a clean out with carb cleaner,not wd40

Sat Apr 21, 2007 5:41 pm

idle control valve i belive had this prob on my 325i se i just took it off cleaned it out and is working good now

Sat Apr 21, 2007 5:42 pm

I think we've all had this problem.....

Sat Apr 21, 2007 5:43 pm

yep ,should have been in tech section also !!

Sat Apr 21, 2007 5:43 pm

yip sounds like ICV to me

Sat Apr 21, 2007 5:49 pm

buster wrote:sounds like a sticking idle control valve to me.Take it off and give it a clean out with carb cleaner,not wd40

Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:37 pm

shnir wrote:i have a 325i sport, on 2 occasions in the past week when i start her up it revs it self up from normal idle speed to about 12000 then normal then 12000, without me touching the pedal, up and down she goes ,
even if i rev her up , thinking somethings sticking its still the same when i release the pedal; but!!!
if i switch her off and start her again shes fine..
whats going on ..
shes 89 f reg
96k on clock
seviced more than enough .
thanks brad

12000rpm

Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:39 am

were is the icv and how do you remover it? any pics

Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:23 am

Here's the ICV!!

Undo a 10mm bolt under the ICV on a bracket, and give it a twist and it should come free!!

Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:58 am

i've never had this problem, unil i read this thread, went to start her later that night and the exact thing you have described has happened!

Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:14 pm

dimebag_from_hell wrote:i've never had this problem, unil i read this thread, went to start her later that night and the exact thing you have described has happened!

Spooooky!

Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:32 pm

Actually, there's only one broken ICV in the country.

It's the evil ICV elves going from 325i to 325i swapping it to confuse and bewhilder us all.

Little bastards.

Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:42 pm

JohnnyThunders wrote:
dimebag_from_hell wrote:i've never had this problem, unil i read this thread, went to start her later that night and the exact thing you have described has happened!
Spooooky!

mine was fine for a couple of days then did it again .
at least nothing serious