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    Question How to adjust throttle cable?

    does anyone know how to adjust throttle cable on E39?
    thanks
    i dont have asc system.i have dsc.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jamesdc4 View Post
    Do you have one? DBW?
    i am not sure.i thought drive by wire is standard on late E39 models
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    Look up my thread under the title "ASC Indicator light on/Solution Found" dated 10 16 2009, I don't know how to repost it here. it even has pictures of how to stop it from ever getting loose again. hope it helps, if this is what you are looking for. OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ACCELERATER CABLE? Which the e39s don't have.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gurmukhbhogal View Post
    Look up my thread under the title "ASC Indicator light on/Solution Found" dated 10 16 2009, I don't know how to repost it here. it even has pictures of how to stop it from ever getting loose again. hope it helps, if this is what you are looking for. OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ACCELERATER CABLE? Which the e39s don't have.
    yah accelerator cable ...from gas pedal to throttle body
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    Quote Originally Posted by ganzibye View Post
    yah accelerator cable ...from gas pedal to throttle body
    You don't have one, it works with an electrical signal, I think.

    Great!! HOW DO YOU ACHIEVE THAT?
    Last edited by gurmukhbhogal; 03-16-2010 at 02:00 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

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    Pre 09/98 540's are cable throttle, post are drive by wire. Not sure about the 528? Maybe wire also if you have DSC.

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    1996-98: cable throttle
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    1996-98: cable throttle
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    DBW doesn't mean a mechanical wire connects the throttle body, it means the pedal has a sensor and that sensor feeds an electrical value to the DME. The DME then uses a motor to open/close the throttle body corresponding to the signal it recieves from the pedal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gurmukhbhogal View Post
    You don't have one, it works with an electrical signal, I think.



    Great!! HOW DO YOU ACHIEVE THAT?
    Go to the first page of the thread and copy/paste the URL from the address bar. When you post the forum software will automagically turn it into a link. It you want to get really trick you can use tags.

    Throttle cable adjust

    Tags look like this, remove the """": "["url=http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1328124"]"Throttle cable adjust"["/url"]"
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    Quote Originally Posted by bmw chris View Post
    Go to the first page of the thread and copy/paste the URL from the address bar. When you post the forum software will automagically turn it into a link. It you want to get really trick you can use tags.

    Throttle cable adjust

    Tags look like this, remove the """": "["url=http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1328124"]"Throttle cable adjust"["/url"]"
    THANKS chris

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    As often is the case, there are several flavors of DBW. '00 M52TU, and I suspect '99 is the same, is a hybrid. It uses a cable to actuate a potentiometer on the throttle body and then a motor opens throttle.

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