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Thread: idling problems ...intake gasket??

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    Quote Originally Posted by jstew4u
    I noticed that I forgot to put on one of the intake to cylinder head gaskets...I am also getting fault code 1215 ...(mass air flow sens)...and my main problem is that when I start the car it revs really high..withou accelerator depression... would not having this gasket cause my motor to generate this fault code..and rev like this?"???
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    Default idling problems ...intake gasket??

    so I have tried cleaning icv ..checking for vaccum leaks...and I noticed that I forgot to put on one of the intake to cylinder head gaskets...I am also getting fault code 1215 ...(mass air flow sens)...and my main problem is that when I start the car it revs really high..withou accelerator depression... would not having this gasket cause my motor to generate this fault code..and rev like this?"???....

    thanks everyone JAMES 1990 525i m20

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