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Message: <blockquote data-quote="carlsberg" data-source="post: 626067" data-attributes="member: 21454"><p>you guys think that yea?... hhmm, its about the only thing i havint swopped yet !!, i have one in stock from my 90k milage halfcut-----------but just to be clear, this only happens when the car has been run and is hot....... switching off and immediate re start is no problem, however, switching off and leaving it for lets say a roti and teh tarik stop, thats when she fires straight away, the engine RPM surges, then drops off...sometimes stalling, sometimes picking up again and then a normal idle...     i was thinking its the idle control valve, ive taken mine off, and cleaned thoroughly with carb cleaner, but there's no difference, do these ICV 's go bad?... i dont have one to swop in, my halfcut is a slightly later model...     I have had one other issue which may be connected, its a random engine cut out, only for a millisecond, and only on a steady cruising throttle opening, its like all cylinders die for a fraction of a second... only happens sometimes, and then clears after a few 'hic-cups'....  i think ive cured this with replacement cam position sensor......  a few road tests have resulted in zero 'hic-ups'...... but it doesnt happen enough to make me think ive cured it..   i wonder if both issues are connected....... are the fuel pumps on E36 know to give trouble like this?</p></blockquote><p></p>