hi all ive just bought myself a nice wee 1996 316i coupe but when i went for a drive tonight it thought it was a kangaroo :unsure: lol but only in first gear anyone have any clue on what it could be lol any help greatly appreciated thanks

Some more Revs?

Im usleess lol

lol gav cheers mate tried to get it to spin a bit thats how i noticed lol

dave.the same gav above me changed my accelerator cable as mine was kangarooing all the time.before trying that though try spraying a bit of wd40 on the gas peddle and make sure your matt isnt in the way of it.

by the way the cable was 14 quid from sytners and providing you know a gav or can do it yourself it only takes 30 minutes

hth mate

Did you switch Traction Control off?

hi all ive just bought myself a nice wee 1996 316i coupe but when i went for a drive tonight it thought it was a kangaroo :unsure: lol but only in first gear anyone have any clue on what it could be lol any help greatly appreciated thanks

Sticky throttle butterfly valve causes that sometimes (Ref: My Passat)

Sticky throttle butterfly valve causes that sometimes (Ref: My Passat)

I was going to suggest that too.........

Honest.

daz...i have also heard that too

but its only in first gear does that not make any difference lol

When she was in 1st it used to kangaroo un till I took the throttle body out and cleaned it. I also remember cleaning the TPS Thats also attached but, in theory all that can do is play shenanigans with the revs. Hmm where's Dabzy-spanner-boy when ya need him eh?

mine was in 1st n 2nd.still does it a bit but new cable has improved it

Sticky throttle butterfly valve causes that sometimes (Ref: My Passat)

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so how do i fix this lol sorry im not the brightest

mine was in 1st n 2nd.still does it a bit but new cable has improved it

Throttle body, clean clean time them Mart?....

Will have a look when you get THEM SPRINGS!

gav.....yam a fookin rock star son.

thanks all for the help greatly appeciated ill try cleaning throtle body and stuff tomorrow and hopefully she will be runnin brand new again lol

gav....yam a rock star son......nice one

Don't need to be the sharpest tool in the shed so don't worry. Yours is only a 4pot petrol engine so it should be quite basic to look at. You should be able to identify a throttle body in there somewhere (The thing with the spinny thing that if you twist it, it revs the engine). In there is a butterfly valve that can get gunked up with all sorts of rubbish. If you can take the snorkel like plastic pipe that is attached to it (connecting to your air-box) off, You should be able to get a cloth in there after spraying it with some cleaner whilst opening the butterfly by hand on top.

thanks all for the help greatly appeciated ill try cleaning throtle body and stuff tomorrow and hopefully she will be runnin brand new again lol

Let us know the result mate...and don't forget to hit DazH's Green + if he was right

Good luck

gav....yam a rock star son......nice one

Just remembered where your throttle body is from changing your rev cable...

Do it your self...

where mate?

lol

will do mate cheers all

Remember where I tried to hook the cable off when removing..??

Thi bit that was a right b*****d...

Well..

Down there lol.

Ill sort it..."Have No Fear, The Gav Is Here"

DazH will be spot-on, trust me... Teaching him well ;)

well had the throtle body off the car completely was a right mess so cleaned it all so it was nice and shiney but its still doin it been told it could be a clutch problem something to do with a mising tooth on a cog or summit but to be honest i have no clue what the guy was talkin about lol

anymore suggestions would be greatly appreciated lol