Engine surges while holding accelator steady....

[M5Fanatic]

Please help! Each time when pushing accelator down my engine surges into higher RPM's as its suppose to... I have a 1989 BMW 535i. Can anyone tell me what it possibly could be? Thanks in advance...

M5Fanatic

[maci4life]

yeah if you push the acelorator down it will accelerate the car. LOL

[Hoppy's535i]

automatic?

[d3ity]

its called a downshift...its supposed to do that.

[M5Fanatic]

Originally posted by Hoppy's535i@Sep 2 2004, 02:14 PM
automatic?

Yes, Hoppy's535i... it is an automatic. Do you have any idea what causes this to happen?

[M5Fanatic]

Originally posted by maci4life@Sep 2 2004, 01:23 PM
yeah if you push the acelorator down it will accelerate the car. LOL

Maci4Life??? Obviously you have trouble reading... "engine surges while holding accelator steady" does NOT mean "pushing down the accelator". ...it's ok, I am familair with the idiots in Canada.

[d3ity]

it was a dumb question to begin with...oh wait, there are no dumb questions

just inquisitive dumb people.

[Torque]

Your question is really dumb; don't try to blame other for your inabillity to put your thoughts down in writing.

[e36_m3_Turbo]

its not a dumb question. shit happenes to peoples cars right, even urs. anyways,it could be a number of things. for one ur fuel pump.

[broketiltuesday]

If it's an automatic then there is a button, "kickdown", beneath the gas pedal. When you floor it or press the switch, the transmission drops a gear. This will make the car accelerate faster, as it's in a lower gear and when you come off the gas, the automatic transmission re-engages as normal and shifts you up to a cruising gear.

Because the car's in a lower gear so it will do more rpm / mph. This is the reason for the surge. It's normal.