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Wayne Wilken Posted on Mar 16, 2015

Why does my Bmw 320i goes 100% but when stoping at a stop light for about 15 seconds the car revs start to change and when i pull off it fells like the car is riding on 3 cylinders, i then stop turn the ignition off restart the car and then the car sounds 100% again. took it to bmw and they checked all the coils all ok took out catalytic converter still doing same thing what can it be black box or what

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Replace spark plugs and look at coils. Sounds like a misfire at idle. Car is trying to keep idle high enough with 1 or 2 cylinders misfiring. Car compensates then revs up as the cylinders catch and run again. These cars often have bad coils. Scan car and look for codes 301 through 306. Replace all plugs and if misfire comes back then replace the coils on the cylinders that occasionally misfire. Look at boots and spring wires on coils and replace coils that have bad boots.

  • Car Barry Oct 05, 2015

    Code 301 is cylinder 1, code 302 is cylinder 2, etc.

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