My 98 318ti has been acting up the past 2 days. While driving in 3rd gear around 20mph, the rpm kept bouncing into redline back and forth rapidly, but the engine wasn't actually revving as if it was in redline. It went away later in the day, but it reoccured today. The car also stalled once in the middle of a turn. What could be the problem? Could it be a broken speedomter?
Help, erratic rpm surge
- Thread starter cgrizzly888
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if you open your hood, on the left hand side there is a panel right on the firewall....take a philips screwdriver and remove the panel. slide the computer out and disconnect. inspect the pins for corrosion and if you are saavy enough, open it and check for cold solder joints. not sure where the throttle clips are on a 318 BUT all you have to do is follow the intake up to the throttle body and you will see a metal link that goes to the spring that opens and closes the throttle door. inspect those links and clips....there should be 2 of them