Who knows how to work on carburetors? - Houston-Imports.com

bimmerman74 · 04-23-2012, 03:15 PM

I got a 1974 BMW im trying to get back on the road. IDK if it has a vacuum leak or what but car runs rough. Know anyone who can help?

Boosted2.0 · 05-04-2012, 11:29 AM

We can, but I don't have much free time any time soon.

If you are interested in figuring it out yourself, go buy a couple cans of carb clean and spray it around the baseplate or anywhere you might have a vacuum leak. If the idle bumps up then it is a vacuum leak.

What kind of Beemer is it? 2002?

04-23-2012, 03:15 PM	#1
bimmerman74 n00b Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: H Town Posts: 20 Car: 1974 BMW 2002, 4dr E36	Who knows how to work on carburetors? I got a 1974 BMW im trying to get back on the road. IDK if it has a vacuum leak or what but car runs rough. Know anyone who can help? __________________

05-04-2012, 11:29 AM	#2
Boosted2.0 DD Performance Research Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sealy, TX Posts: 122 Car: 2013 FR-S	We can, but I don't have much free time any time soon. If you are interested in figuring it out yourself, go buy a couple cans of carb clean and spray it around the baseplate or anywhere you might have a vacuum leak. If the idle bumps up then it is a vacuum leak. What kind of Beemer is it? 2002?