Hello everyone, I just bought my first BMW 2002. It's a 1972, Verona red, auto (converted to 4-speed). I've been interested in '02s for awhile now and was finally in a position to buy one. I was looking for something that needed work so I could fix things and make it my own. I also wanted to avoid as much body work/rust repair as possible. I think this one fits the bill nicely.
As far as I can tell, I am the 4th owner. This car started out in the Reno/Tahoe area, then moved to TN w/ the
So after driving the '02 to and from work and around town I've found some more issues that need to be addressed. First off, a bolt in the guibo had been replaced at some point. Either it was torqued down too much or installed wrong but there is a huge split in the rubber so that needs replacing. Also, my wife was following me to work the other day and said there was white smoke coming out the exhaust. It smells like burnt oil, so I bought a compression tester to see if that was the issue. After
So after driving the car for a few days and poking around under the hood I started to figure out what needed to be fixed right away. The engine was running very rough and didn't want to idle until completely warmed up. Even then, the engine would surge when idling. My first thought was vacuum leaks. Sure enough the gasket between the #4 intake runner and cylinder head was basically gone. Some of the vacuum ports were also covered with tape. So, off with the intake manifold. While I was at
