Symptoms: aberrations in throttle response and cruise control behavior.
Alternate symptoms: zip ties holding control cables to bracket 65711369784.
Parts to replace:
- Cruise Control Cable (#65711370164), $26.43 at the dealer (BMWCCA discount included)
- Accelerator Cable (#35411153001), $27.29
- Rubber grommet (part #35411152331), optional
- Bearing (see below), optional
In case someone forgot, here's the main reason NEVER to use zip ties in the car: in a very few years, they become brittle and shatter, sometimes upon a slightest touch. The hotter the climate, the faster it happens.
ACCELERATOR CABLE
Described in sufficient details in E28 Bentley Manual (17:16). A few details beyond that:
- You might want to replace the grommet (part #35411152331), for it is also rubber and old. In case you forget, it's not that difficult to do afterwards, too.
- Follow Bentley Manual instructions to release that grommet literally - it looks like it'll come out easier in the other direction, it won't.
- In order to get the old cable out and new in, you'll have to unravel a bunch of wires and hoses it is in the middle of. Get some ties to but it back together (no zip ties, remember?)
- While doing that, take a look at water tank expansion tank to breather pipe hose (part #17121119294 - mine fell apart as I touched it.
- Take a look at the bearing (part #13541747519, but yours may be different) - it is plastic, and most probably has become brittle by now.
Coming soon
