 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | looove 04-16-2024 01:18 PM 04-16-2024 01:18 PM 0 Replies, 2,035 Views | |  |  |  |  05-20-2014, 05:06 AM | #1 | | Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 16 |  Back together after 9 months... Idling at 4,500 RPM?!
It took me 9 months to replace my clutch... Thanks to a frozen starter bolt that had to be cut out along with my will to live.
Anyway... I put everything back together, and I think I was pretty thorough. It started right up, much to my amazement, but hummed right up to 4,500 RPM and won't dip below.
I haven't run it for more than a minute at a time, so maybe it'll need to recalibrate some things... But I wanted to run it past the forum to see if anyone may have run into this issue and could offer some advice.
Let me know what you think!
Thanks!
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Vacuum leak/loose clamp/cracked boot or hose, stuck throttle cable, stuck cruise control cable.  __________________ 
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Thanks! I did check the cruise and throttle cables. I'll start with cracked/loose vacuum hoses... Thank goodness there are only 87 of them!
::m:: | | | | | 05-20-2014, 04:25 PM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Michigan Posts: 183 |
lol, no kidding.
Check brake booster vacuum hose and oil cap. I think it would be a pretty big leak to get you to 4500 rpm. | | | | | 05-20-2014, 04:28 PM | #5 | | Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 16 |
That's why I was thinking more of a "sensor" issue... Vacuum leaks normally make little bumps and rough idles, but this is my first BMW.
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Make sure you didn't accidentally swap the throttle and cruise cables, not stuck but their positions reversed on the throttle body. I did that once and it idled really high. __________________ ~Dave~
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Search | RealOEM | | | | | 05-26-2014, 09:48 PM | #7 | | Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 16 |
Someone had tightened the cruise control cable adjuster! Easy fix, but tough to find!
Thanks for all your suggestions! Purring like a german kitten again...
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