u/bimmer5624

Couldn’t be more impressed with these rims. Makes the car feel like a true 90’s sports sedan rather than an autobahn commuter. Thank you all for the tips

Recently addressed some ignition and cooling system faults. She should be completely up to speed. Except now I’m more so looking for the minor things. I’ve noticed a slight rattle while the vehicle sits at idle. I adjusted my valves maybe 5k miles ago.

Just wanted your guys opinion and experience. Enlighten me oh wise ones.

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Was doing my typical drive home when I noticed my clutch felt off. It was particularly sticky around the engagement zone. 30 miles later and all of a sudden it returned back to normal.

She only felt sticky with the car running. Tested it while parked and the pedal had its typical return.

Do you think maybe it’s a hydraulic issue? Or possibly my return spring is shitting the bed? I think the ultimate culprit could’ve been a sticky slave cylinder.

Enlighten me oh wise ones.

Over the weekend I completely rewired my front and back speakers to install a modern harness. Ran a fresh wire through the dash and underneath the carpet, added a couple of connectors and voila! I now have a Blaupunkt RCM 82 DAB installed with some fresh speakers and she sounds incredible.

I think she matches perfectly. No original wiring was removed or cut. I just introduced new wiring while using the existing harness.

It appears I’m having some minor cooling issues at idle. She’s always at perfect operating temp on the highway but when I encounter traffic or light driving with more frequent stops, she seems to heat about 1/4 of the way to the 3rd mark before red.

Thinking it might be either the fan clutch not pulling in enough air during lower speeds or the auxiliary fan not doing its job.

Enlighten me oh wise ones!

So I noticed an increase in my normal idle RPM. She typically sits around 550-650 RPM at idle. Car surged upwards of 800-900 while parked. Pulled off the MAF and ICV. Cleaned it up and did the same with the throttle body. To my surprise there was no difference. Idle RPM remained high.

Read the Bentley book on the TPS and attempted to adjust it. It took hours and I never got any continuity out of 2 and 18. Eventually I got it but after tightening it down I had the same symptoms again after about 20 miles. I adjusted my throttle body cables and made sure they were perfect in tension. I don’t believe my throttle body is open in the slightest. I’m starting to think the TPS itself has gone bad. Why can’t I get any continuity out if this thing. Do I just suck at adjustments or what?

I need your guys knowledge, a 30 minute fix has taken me hours and I’ve still not been able to resolve this.