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<E36>:surging M50 engine
- Subject: <E36>:surging M50 engine
- From: "Aline and Robert Sverdrup-Yap" <sverdrupyap@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 15:01:47 -0400
Hi,
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> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 19:53:36 EDT
> From: <[email protected]>
> Subject: Help!!!!!! Surging M50 Engine!!!!!!!
>
> Hi all. Recently my 92 325is had a problem. The car was warm, and running
> perfectly. I stopped for lunch, and when I returned to start the car
after
> about 1/2 hour the engine started surging. It went from 500 rpm's to 3000
> rpm's. Up and down. It was so bad it was undrivable. I had the car towed
to
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Under a recall notice, I brought my car in to repair a faulty throttle body
cable. Apparently, this would get stuck and cause the valve to remain open
therefore allowing the engine to surge. It sounds like this is your
problem. Hope this helps.
Rob Yap
94 E36 M50tu
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