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    E36 lumpy idle & sticky throttle...

    Hi, Well I am no further forward, although I do have fuel pressure now, however still the same problem. I've taken the front timing cover/thermostat off (re the leak) 'trying to detect a leak between that front gasket and the very front off the head, I can see a place where the gasket is and...
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    E36 lumpy idle & sticky throttle...

    Hi mobrem, No more ideas! yet. I was most careful rebuilding /fitting the head and the inlet manifolds, and making sure all the electrical connectors went where they should. I'm more concerned over the head gasket. Which I performed like a medical operation! .The plugs were moist with...
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    E36 lumpy idle & sticky throttle...

    Thanks Tman I am in trouble with my m43 b18 head job. After putting it back together today I find I have two problems. One it will not start, feels like fuel starvation it wants to go but dies! after a second or two. I have bled the fuel rail, but am tired now so have come in. (on the wife's...
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    E36 lumpy idle & sticky throttle...

    Great! glad the stickiness has gone, mine came back again however about 3,000 later. My throttle on the side of the plenum has a outer thread adjuster to take up slack, however my engine is a S.O.H.C 8 valve. I have pressure washed these computer engines before and you can run into electrical...
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    E36 lumpy idle & sticky throttle...

    Hi, I had this sticky throttle problem, and ended up removing the plenum (butterfly flap) and cleaning it inside with a toothbrush and paint thinners. The thinners seemed to be the only stuff to get rid of the brown gunge around the edge of the butterfly and in the bore. I also stuck the...

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