Fluctuating Idle Issue - S54 swap

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  • DesertBMW
    E30 Enthusiast
    • Aug 2011
    • 1011

    #16
    Originally posted by E30Strube
    These are the last codes:

    P1122
    P1222
    P0506
    P0030
    P0050
    P0036
    P0223
    P0122
    P0056
    Do you have PAsoft 1.4? You should be able to dump software from DME, then send it to me, I will see if there is something wrong with the tune.

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    • E30Strube
      Advanced Member
      • Jul 2008
      • 181

      #17
      As a follow up to this, I seem to have solved the idle issue (P1122, P1222, P0122, P0223, P0506) by replacing the TPS and adjusting the TBs. The car still goes into "safe" mode (won't go past 4000rpm). After connecting the car to a BMW scanner, the O2 sensors are not active. To the ECU, they are basically not there. I'm not sure why they wouldn't be reading.

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      • nando
        Moderator
        • Nov 2003
        • 34827

        #18
        Originally posted by DesertBMW
        Do you have PAsoft 1.4? You should be able to dump software from DME, then send it to me, I will see if there is something wrong with the tune.
        PAsoft can't do anything with MSS54 other than read/reset codes.
        Build thread

        Bimmerlabs

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        • E30Strube
          Advanced Member
          • Jul 2008
          • 181

          #19
          As a follow up to this...I figured out the problem. I spliced in a new connector for my O2 sensors and soldered the connections. Apparently that was the issue with the car going into limp mode. I cut out the soldered joints and used BMW butt connectors with heat shrink insulators. After changing them out, the O2 sensors activated and the car went into closed loop like it should. For the idle issue, I changed the TPS and adjusted the TBs. Once that was done, no more codes and the car runs like a champ.

          I'm still amazed that a few simple solder connections could cause these issues.

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          • 328ijunkie
            Forum Sponsor
            • May 2007
            • 3961

            #20
            ^Notice the factory doesnt use solder anywhere

            they crimp everything.

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