Date: June 04, 2003 at 13:45:56
From: Patrick, [kessen.demon.nl]
Subject: weird BMW 324td problems

Hi all, I drive a BMW 324td (1989) and it is smooth sailing but..... in 1st gear it goes all the way up to approx. 4800rpm in 2nd gear it gets cut of at approx. 4400rpm in 3rd gear it gets cut of at approx. 4200rpm in 4th gear it gets cut of at approx. 4000rpm and in 5th gear it gets cut of at approx. 3800rpm I've looked at the fuellpump but that's allright I've changed the dieselfilter(original) so that can't be the problem There are no errorcodes in the motormanagementsystem (my dealer checked) The idlespeed is nice and clean, feels wellbalanced, the engine feels wellbalanced up to wenn it gets cut of. What happens is that the revmeter just won't go further and the fuellconsumptionmeter drops to approx. 10l per 100km and sticks there no matter how deep I push the pedal. Sometimes letting the rpm drop a bit and pusinh the pedal deeper gets me a bit further then the described rpm but never much. I've tried adjusting the turbo a bit and this is what happened": Setting the lever shorter got me at higher rpm levels(a bit) but the car smoked a lot more Setting the lever longer makes allmost all smoke dissapear (only smokes a bit when I shift gears when I'm trying to go fast) but doesn't noticably change the rpm problem. I also mounted a new original airfilter but that doesn't solve the problem either. I also changed the fuellhoses and all vacuumhoses into new ones but that also doesn't change anything. The engine doesn't consume oil, there is no coolingsystem leak. What's wrong here? I can't seem to figure it out. Do you have any ideas? Patrick btw. when I drive a normal 120kmh constantly the car consumes about 7.5l per 100km so that doesn't seem too bad either.