very high idle - Thanks (archive)

Thanks to all who gave suggestion / solutions. I sprayed the throttle area with WD-40 but did not see anything out of place. The ride home was uneventful. Maybe my mind playing tricks but thought I might have had better / crisper throttle response then ever before.

Hope thats the last I here from it,

Michael (back to the M5 project)

Hi guys. I'm reposting this from E34 board becuse I know there are good techs over here. Thanks for any help you can give me with my problem(93 525i auto).

Car started and ran fine then 1/2 hour into my commute the idle jump WAY up. At a stop light with car in drive it had a reading of 1300, rock steady. BUT if I shifted up to neutral or park WHAM -2500 RPM! You can imagine what the tranny sounded like when I shifted back to drive. It is time for inspection II but nothing else was needed or known to be wrong.

(I just remembered something else. When I was driving down the highway and lifted up the gas, the car continued on as if in cruise control. It made me think my floor mats had slid up onto the gas pedal. No such luck :)
Please help,

Michael

88 M5
93 525i

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