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DISCUSSION => General Topics => Topic started by: Thurber on June 17, 2009, 09:42:06 PM

Title: Shot in the dark concerning an ICV.
Post by: Thurber on June 17, 2009, 09:42:06 PM

To repeat myself, this is a shot in the dark, but is there a cheaper solution to paying ~$175 for a new ICV--an alternate solution?

Perhaps I just have to face the facts...

Title: Shot in the dark concerning an ICV.
Post by: DesktopDave on June 17, 2009, 10:25:38 PM

I heard a rumor once that someone was taking them apart and fixing them.  Not sure though...let me check.

Title: Shot in the dark concerning an ICV.
Post by: Hodge on June 18, 2009, 06:53:40 AM

Spray the innards with carb cleaner...did that to both ICV's in my E30 and in my E36 and it worked wonders.

Unless it''s toast, it will work nicely.

Title: Shot in the dark concerning an ICV.
Post by: Thurber on June 18, 2009, 03:36:48 PM

hm... sounds like a good start thanks. How could I tell if it's completely blown?

Title: Shot in the dark concerning an ICV.
Post by: Blip Bavarian on June 18, 2009, 05:04:05 PM

there is a guy on R3V parting out an M42.  You could prob get a decent deal there.  Here's a link.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=138537 (http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=138537)

GL

Title: Shot in the dark concerning an ICV.
Post by: DesktopDave on June 18, 2009, 09:29:44 PM

You can use a 9v battery to test, but I don't recall which pins to test.  It's on here somewhere but I can't find it.

Title: Shot in the dark concerning an ICV.
Post by: carlos318is on June 19, 2009, 04:27:15 AM

I would be interested in this as the ICV on my other halfs E36 318is has been playing up for ages and it only seems to play up when cold I have cleaned it with carb cleaner and it will work for a bit and start to play up again:(

Title: Shot in the dark concerning an ICV.
Post by: beemer1 on June 19, 2009, 12:07:49 PM

I use to clean it once a year until I found out I had a bigger problem that was causing the idle problem, those damn vacuum hoses.  Ever since I fixed the (many) air leaks my problem never returned and the ICV stays clean.

Title: Shot in the dark concerning an ICV.
Post by: carlos318is on June 19, 2009, 06:07:06 PM

Thanks beemer1 I will have a look and see what I can find