Excelleration / Idle Problems when hot!?

[E30_Pare]

So after todays Ojai drive I get home after cruising the freeway. I pull up to the red light on the exit and my idle starts freaking out on me. Stays at 1k then drops to 500 and keeps freaking. I get off the light and I can't excel for crap and the car is hesitating like someones choking it. I get home and pop the hood to check whats up. What I find is that this little box is ticking like a bomb. After it stops ticking I take it around the block and its all normal. Whats going on!?


Shine some light on what this is.

[KenC]

It's your main relays... take the cover off and you'll see them. Maybe one is malfunctioning?

PS it's "acceleration"

[Danny]

No vacuum leaks?

[E30_Pare]

It's your main relays... take the cover off and you'll see them. Maybe one is malfunctioning?

PS it's "acceleration"

I was thinking the same thing. Like one of my relays was toast since it was freaking out.

Sorry my brain was malfunctioning when I spell acceleration. lol

No vacuum leaks?

Actually I just changed all my cracked and bad hoses. I was having this hesitating problem before, but when I changed my fuel pump and hoses it temporarily fixed it.

[SoopaGhetto]

It's your main relays... take the cover off and you'll see them. Maybe one is malfunctioning?

PS it's "acceleration"

the main relay for the m10 is under the steering wheel/dash area.

under the cap should be fuel pump relay with some others that escape me at the moment...

[KenC]

Well if it's the fuel pump relay, that may be your problem. I'd replace the FPR and filter while you're at it too.

[E30_Pare]

Well if it's the fuel pump relay, that may be your problem. I'd replace the FPR and filter while you're at it too.

Filter was replaced a few months ago so I'll get my hands on a FPR. Thanks!

[e30trooper]

i know this is off subject but e30 pare, where did you find that bumper for your car looks nice with the diving bords? I wanna get something liek that for my 84 after i push in the bumpers a lil