Help plz...car is barely running

[doigal]

Just worked out the problem with mine, cracked idle bypass hoses - some of them are a bit fiddly to get to, but for the moment i've just covered them in duct tape until BMW open here in oz again on monday morning.

Its fairly easy to miss it and i was just about to start ripping the throttle body apart and then i saw the cracks, taped them up and seemingly its running fine again... dont know how i missed them the first time!

Hope it helps!

[bmwman91]

I will check that out.  All looked good when I had it off, but I may have missed something.

Still have to check over the coolant temp sensor.

I THINK I felt a little shuddering when I was driving with the MAF, but it could be bumps in the road combined with my paranoia!

[nuvolarossa]

Hi, my 318is e36 has now same problems as your: idle low and stalling, stumble at low load and poor output... all it's beginned in a gear change. The car after the change of gear has stalled and shut off. Now it's near impossible to drive. I've checked the plugs, removed the cat and started without it. I had a RRFPR and the car was extremely rich. Now I think that the cat is clogged and the engine is full of carbon deposits. There are misfires and the car sound like a lawnmower:confused: like a two stroke and very irregular even at idle.:eek:
help me

[doigal]

The other thing that i just found on mine is that the exhaust is cracked at the front of the muffler - thats also causing some problems with backpressure and what not!

[silverblades181]

Any news Bmwman91? Did the MAF fix it?

[Nathan]

have you replaced your fuel filter lately? Might be clogging things up and forcing the car to push more fuel through creating all sorts of instability.