Re: one for the carb boys....

["Allan Williams" <allanw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Don't ask me where to look, but it sounds like the idle jet is blocked. It
only really uses the circuit at idle (Although it can affect top end
performance sometimes) but it sounds very possbile.

On some newer old VW (Super beetles actually) there was a electromagnetic
cutoff to stop run on after switching off the ignition - perhaps your car
has one of these also, which is a somehow faulty.

Sorry I can't be any *real* help :-)

Allan :-)
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- ----- Original Message -----
From: S. Murphy <scm1@domain.elided>
To: <bmw-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 10:39 AM
Subject: one for the carb boys....


> Hi all,
>
> Here's a good one for you to ponder.
> 316 carburettored model. Symptoms: car starts fine, runs for 3 - 4 seconds
> and then dies! Restarts immediately and does the same. However, if the
> engine is kept above 2500 rpm it runs continuously, only below 2500 does
it
> cut out! I have stripped the carb down, cleaned the jets and it still does
> the same. Any ideas?
>
> Sean
>
>
>

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