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Thanks DMS et al,

You actually called it first!

Thanks again to everyone for their comments and ideas!

Blaise,

Thanks for the advice, it turned out to be golden!

When I was disassembling the air hoses on the intake, I found that the hose clamp on the accordian hose closest to the intake was positioned such that the screw head actually had jammed the linkage partly open. I had assumed the linkage ...

So my sons and I pushed the car home last night! Just over a mile with the last 1/4 a nice uphill gradient.

Today, I could not see anything obviously wrong under the hood.
The throttle linkage was not sticking but I sprayed some penetrating oil inside the cable sheathing and on spring/coils on the ...

Sorry, to be more specific, I pulled the injector rail because one of the connecting hoses from the rail to the injector was leaking. The injectors were flow tested and came out fine. I replaced all the connecting hoses from the rail to the injectors, the big rubber rings around the base of ...

Hello again,
I just rebuilt my injectors last week.
Tonight as I was driving down the street, my engine starting revving uncontrollably high. I had to pull over and shut off the engine (luckily only a few blocks from home). When I restarted my car, the engine immediately revved high. It was too dark ...

Thank you all for the parts tips! Unfortunately as far as car parts go, I live in northern Alberta, Canada. Our NAPA's do not carry close to the same inventory as the stores in the states. I called the dealer and BMW Canada stopped carrying these parts about 10 years ago. I think the parts tech said ...

Well, Mr. Murphy was hard at work. When I picked up my injectors after having them tested, they worked fine so the tech did not rebuild/replace anything. It was of course late Friday afternoon and I scrambled around trying to find the small injector seals and larger rubber (cushion?) rings. The BMW ...

Thanks to everyone for their excellent comments and advice, especially with respect to safety! (yes, the Haynes manual also suggests burning off the hose with a soldering iron).

I found a shop about an hour away from me that will test and rebuild each injector for $20/ea. I've used FI cleaners in ...

Hi!

I have a 79 528i with the L Jetronic? FI system and could really use some advice (good or bad, I'll take it all :+). It looks like one of the short pieces of hose that come from the fuel rail to the top of the injector is weeping. Also, it looks like both ends of the hose have pressed fittings ...