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    No-Start When Hot/hot Start Issues

    in BMW 2002 and other '02

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    Wires are <year old, starting fluid nogo, or, more realistically, same effect as just regular gas. 

     

    Spec'ed out all the parts to replace the innards on the vac advance dizzy and it came out to around ~150 bucks. For that price, 180 for a brand new unit from IE seems right on the money. 

    No-Start When Hot/hot Start Issues

    in BMW 2002 and other '02

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    There's *some* semblance of spark, as it tries to fire, kicks a few, and struggles, it'll barely kick over and keep going with the throttle fully depressed. Set to TDC, checked gap, etc. Everything seems correct. 

     

    I had a similar but not quite the same issue with this dizzy in the past, grounding issues. From everything I can tell, it's an OEM '76 Vac advance unit. Going to go nuclear option and ordered a new 008 with electronic ignition from IE. 

    No-Start When Hot/hot Start Issues

    in BMW 2002 and other '02

    Posted · Edited by CharlieG

    Gruppe, 

     

    I'll get the basics out of the way. '76, mostly stock M10 motor, desmogged. Stock vaccuum advance dizzy, mechanical points, standard OEM-ish coil less than a year old. Stock mechanical fuel pump of indeterminate age, replaced at some point, but never by me in the ~5 years I've owned the car. Weber 38/38 downdraft carb, electric choke, new as of September 2013. 

     

    Had a no-start symptom a year ago that ended up being the little grounding wire inside the dizzy on the advance plate. Cleared that up and car has run fine since then, with the only issue being if it sits for a few days. Car will take 25-30 seconds to crank, and then fire. Once started up, I can shut it off and it fires back up no issues. If I start the car every day, it's fine, minimal crank time. Let it sit a week or so, issue returns. This issue also seems to occur after I've run it for a while, park and try and start back up - aka stop in to the store for 30 minutes or so. I've also noticed on long road trips it does start to stumble a bit after a few hours of highway driving. 

     

    So, on the surface I'm thinking fuel issue. 

     

    Anyways, took it out this weekend from inside the garage, fired up fine, drove it around for a couple of hours, ran great. Left it parked outside overnight, came back outside the next day. Now, hot weather, ~85 degrees or so, direct sunlight ,so the car is definitely hot. Go to fire it up, and car just cranks, cranks and cranks. Nothing. Pull dizzy cap off, check grounding wire, adjust that, nothing. Play with timing a little bit, nothing. If I advance it a good bit, it tries to fire when I hold the throttle down, but won't stay running. With the engine off, I can give it gas and there's definitely fuel coming into the carb, so I'm not quite sure which way to go. 

     

    So, on first guess, I'm thinking the fuel pump has finally given up the ghost. Going to go ahead and order a fresh mechanical one and all the trimmings, but just wanted to toss it out there to see if any one had any other ideas. 

     

    Thanks. 

     

    -Charlie

    Price guidence

    in BMW 2002 and other '02

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    Keep the car, sell the 5 speed and some goodies for a down payment, get one of these:

    http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/displayPage.action?pageParameter=modelsMain&vehicleCode=MZ2#/home

    Or...

    http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/searchresults.jsp?lastBeginningStartYear=1981&num_records=25&search_lang=en&page_location=findacar%3A%3Aispsearchform&search_type=both&distance=100&address=94109&marketZipError=false&make=MINI&model=COOPER&make2=&start_year=1981&end_year=2013&min_price=1&max_price=15000&seller_type=b&transmission=&engine=&drive=&doors=&fuel=&max_mileage=&color=&keywordsrep=&keywordsfyc=&keywords_display=&sort_type=priceDESC&body_code=0&certified=&advanced=&highlightFirstMakeModel=&showZipError=y&default_sort=priceDESC&systime=&isFlashPlugin=true&sownerid=66656547&dma=SAN_FRANCISCO-OAK-SAN_JOSE_NO&rdm=1331151991595

    -Charlie

    New BMW redundancy rediculousness

    in BMW 2002 and other '02

    Posted

    Look at an e30 325is vs. 325ix; hard to tell unless you are an enthusiast. I bet they're quite a bit different underneath. That said, i can't quite pinpoint why i find these cars unattractive and unappealing. M seems to be managed by big pussies these days.

    Not exactly an apt comparison. Outside of the AWD components, oil pan and strut towers, an E30 ix is the same as a non-AWD E30.

    The X1 is the crossover/small SUV version of the 1 series. Related in the same way an X3 is related to a 3 series. Based off of the same platform, but pretty much different cars.

    BMW_X1_1_600_c-600x400.jpg

    2012_bmw_1series_hatchback_12-thumb-530x312-12222.jpg

    About 6-8 inches taller, longer, more ground clearance and interior space.

    -Charlie

    (UPDATED 2/7/12) Is this 02 a good buy?

    in BMW 2002 and other '02

    Posted

    I'm certainly with C.D. on this. If your experience and skill set would make you comfortable doing an automatic-to-5-speed conversion by yourself in your garage, $1,000 is possible; but if you're paying someone else to completely overhaul an automatic, or do the conversion, think $2,000.

    Oddly, Granatrot-metallic seemed almost as common as Sienabraun-metallic back in the day (PA, NJ, NY, CT corridor). But it's pretty un-common today. The two Granatrot-metallic cars for whom I knew the owners were both automatics with beige interiors; probably entirely accidental but automatics were very rare in my experience.

    Steve

    According to the importation numbers, Granatrot was actually pretty rare in the states, looks like 300 of them were imported from 74-76

    And yea, CD, you're correct, that's a faded Granatrot car, looks identical to mine.

    -Charlie

    Weber 32/36 Manual Choke part ID..

    in BMW 2002 and other '02

    Posted

    Gruppe,

    Got one here. Weber 32/36 DG(e?)v carb with a manual choke on it. Got a broken piece that renders it no longer able to adjust the butterflies on the choke/carb via the cable. Upon inspection it appears to be the little piston-ish arm as show in the picture, as it's sliding all around and appears to have no connetion to anything anymore, looks like it has seperated.

    Exhibit:

    http://www.charliegrafton.com/pics/2002/carb/chokepart.jpg

    Yea, huge pic and highlighted.

    So, I've been poking around the pierce manifolds site, and I have struck out on trying to figure just WTF this part is considered, and how I would go about ordering a replacement.

    Can anyone take a look and try to point me in the right direction?

    Thanks

    -Charlie

    ready to give up and buy a 128i, what would you do ?

    in BMW 2002 and other '02

    Posted

    Ha! You should talk to my boss! Got a flat on a cross country road trip in Kansas...Tire Rack fed-ex'd him a replacement, but nobody within 500 miles knew how to mount it. Flat bedded his car to Missouri to get the tire mounted...Five days all told. Sold the car on the spot and got on a plane. Lifetime BMW driver will never have another. Sorry for the threadjack.

    Sadly, that probably would have been the case on any BMW with modern huge wheels if you get a flat out in east bumblef*ck, run flats or not. The 10/hr monkeys down here at discount tire can mount a runflat, so not sure why others couldn't. A lot of shops just won't touch anything larger than a 17 or 18 these days, so you run in to lots of problems.

    -Charlie

    ready to give up and buy a 128i, what would you do ?

    in BMW 2002 and other '02

    Posted

    been looking for over a year for a 1972 BMW 2002

    white/blue/sunroof, problem is all Ive seen are modified or restored

    (Rusty repairs) I want a stock original and to me no upgrade is good

    for $ 30,000 I can buy a new 128i but I want to travel with the car and

    run flats are not right

    Thanks to the blogers here who have saved me from a few Frankenstien

    restored

    any ideas ?

    Gary York

    What is the fascination with a '72 specifically? Outside of the swappable bumper parts, pretty much everything from a 70-73 is the same. Finding a set of stock springs and 13 inch steelies isn't hard if you want to get the stock floaty ride back. Swap the bumpers to a 72 and you'll have a car that 95% of people wouldn't be able to ID year wise without the VIN anyway.

    As for runflats, if you're going on a long cruise with the car, who cares? The modern ones that BMW has been using the last few years are fine. They ride smooth enough and don't tramline like crazy like the old ones did. They still kinda suck on real twisty stuff, but it's not a deal breaker. Besides, it's nothing 800-1000 bucks and a trip to tire rack can't fix.

    -Charlie

    525i non-running issue question

    in Off-Topic

    Posted

    How did the shop verify "lost compression"? Did they actually run a test?

    You don't have nikasil, that issue only affected the early 3 & 4 litre V8s, and was pretty apparent by 20-30k miles. The heads were either replaced or the issue wasn't present.

    What was the car actually doing to you?

    -Charlie

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