Re: <E30-M42> Idle not stable

["Allan Williams" <allanw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

It is a good idea to clean the ICV anyway. It is located beside the throttle
butterfly, it is kinda cylindrical - half black, half silver. It has a pipe
coming out one side into the cast alloy manifold, and the other goes into
the rubber air intake pipe. It has an electrical plug on it's end. If you
disconnect it from the car, and pour some kind of degreaser through it, it
should come out kinda dirty. I use plain old WD-40 or CRC. It takes off all
the crud, and leaves a tiny amount of lube there. I don't think you are
supposed to oil it though.

Good luck!

Allan :-)
http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/9040/

"Use the forks, Luke"


- ----- Original Message -----
From: <mdrainville@domain.elided>
To: <bmw@domain.elided>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 4:08 AM
Subject: <E30-M42> Idle not stable


>
>
> When my car is warm and I'm stopped at a traffic light, the idle jumps
+-200 rpm
> and then +-100 , +-50 , all that within 15 secondes and then it
stabilizes.
> When I was at the dealer for my subframe bushings I asked the mecanics and
he
> said it was problably the idle valve. Can that valve be repaired or
cleaned?
> Where is it located?
>
> Thanks
> Michel Drainville
> 91 318IC
>
>
>
>
>

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