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Old 11-18-2010, 09:15 AM   #4
emartin12

Name: emartin12
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Originally Posted by Manolito View Post
Vacuum leak is a good suspect. Vacuum leaks that are tough to find and are most noticeable during warmup can be at the intake manifold gasket.

I have problems with rough cold idle on three of my four high mileage 3-series cars. They appear to be combinations of several small problems. Two repairs that I did this year that helped, but did not eliminate the rough cold idle were:
1) Replaced the cam position sensor on one of my '97s
2) Replaced the secondary air pump check valve on the other '97.

Who knows, if I do each of these repairs to the 'other' car, perhaps I will completely correct the cold rough idle on the e36s.
What has me confused is that it throws no codes and competely levels out after a rough idle of only 4 to 5 seconds as it idles down from startup.
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