1973 BMW 2002
100 MILES
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Without any sign my BMW ceased to idle. It sstarts ok and drives under power smoothly, however when I come to a stop sign it will not idle and dies. Any thoughts and comments on where to look before I start a painful and expensive trial and error process.
Michael Feldman
Dec 21, 2012 at 6:31 PM
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Is there a Weber carb in there? Check the anti dieseling solenoid, the long skinny thing with a wire going to it, see if there is power with the key on.
Dec 22, 2012 at 4:32 PM
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I am not sure where this component would be. How do I check to see if power is getting to it?
Dec 24, 2012 at 6:35 PM
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yes it does have a weber. one individual said that it should be replaced as they have a very short lifetime...
Dec 24, 2012 at 6:39 PM
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Weber carbs have an online site, go there and see where the valve I speak of is. And the chap that said something about a short life span might have meant the original Solex carb, the Weber is quite durable.
Dec 25, 2012 at 4:10 PM