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<E30> re:HELP ALL - Changed cam, got rough idle



Asger sez
>I resently bought a 1988 BMW 320i (E30) with M20 (six cyl) engine. The
>camshaft was very worn but apart from that it ran very well and had a
>smooth idle. So I changed the camshaft, rocker arms and rocker arm shafts
>and used parts from the german company Camko.
>The result of that was a very rough idle. I adjusted the idle on the
>airflow meter 

did you let the adaptive motronic computer learn the engine ?
ie: did you drive around for half and hour or something before messing
 with the afm ?

it *will* take a little while for the computer to figure out how to
make the engine idle well (with all the little air leaks, worn out stuff
 on a 10 year old engine)


(now that you've adjusted the AFM you may have screwed things up..)


chris pawlowicz
'89 325i
'74 2002

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