DirtE30 - 1990 BMW 325i

[Senor_Taylor]

Look at the plastic clip on the throttle cable dummy

I ALREADY DID AND IT'S NOT BROKEN REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Yeah, but I didn't look at the one for the cruise control... That one was twisted around and the throttle was stuck about 10-15% open. I disconnected it and zip tied it out of the way. Bought some injector clamps and cut the fuel hose, slid it up further, and clamped it down. Haven't seen any fuel leak, but it's also not cold so the hose is decently pliable. Finally, I did the stomp test to confirm the CEL code was 1223 which is a coolant temp sensor. I decided to check the sensor on the radiator and realized the clip was broken and the pins weren't pushed in all the way. Pushed them in and the CEL went away immediately. Disconnected the battery and let the car learn itself again. The idle is better but still has a slight miss at idle and hesitates a tad when blipping the throttle. Other than that, it drives better than it ever did. The weather is perfect today so I'm not sure if that was 100% the fix. We'll see when it gets cold. 

The oil leak from the oil cooler is getting worse. I guess when you fix one leak, the others just get worse. Also, it really needs all new vacuum hoses. They are all rock hard and full of cracks.