I bought a 1973 BMW 2002 a few years back. It's a nice California car that I
bought cheap due to a smashed nose. While I will fix it, I decided to get it
registered and drive it. So today I took it out and it blew a coolant hose. The
hose was replaced and I thought all was well until it started
Make sure the water pump shaft isn't broken, or that the fan turns.
Peter
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The fan turns. How do I check for a broken water pump shaft?
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On May 7, 2013, at 6:25 PM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net wrote:
Make sure the water pump shaft isn't broken, or that the fan turns.
Peter
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Water flow in the radiator. Make sure the thermostat opens too.
I love 2002's, but all of the ones around here have long ago died from
rust. Last one I saw had both rear spring towers nearly gone.
Peter
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Ah yes thermostat! I'll check that next.
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On May 7, 2013, at 6:33 PM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net wrote:
Water flow in the radiator. Make sure the thermostat opens too.
I love 2002's, but all of the ones around here have long ago died from rust.
Last one I
I had purchased a BMW 2002 new in 1970, loved the car for its roominess
handling, but hated it for the overheating and rust prone problems. I knew of
two other folks locally at the time who also had overheating problems on their
2L engine. I did a coolant flush job, replaced the radiator,
dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
I bought a 1973 BMW 2002 a few years back. It's a nice California car that I
bought cheap due to a smashed nose. While I will fix it, I decided to get it
registered and drive it. So today I took it out and it blew a coolant hose. The
hose was replaced and I thought
Well the needle brushed up against the red before and after the hose blew. I'm
a bit concerned for a blown head gasket.
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On May 7, 2013, at 8:58 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
I bought a 1973 BMW 2002 a few years back. It's a nice
dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote:
Well the needle brushed up against the red before and after the hose blew. I'm
a bit concerned for a blown head gasket.
Well, if it had a reputation for running hot at 60-80,000 miles back in the
day...
Certainly a lot of 6 cylinder BeeEmVay engines had
What was sorta' odd regarding the overheating in the '70 BMW I had was that
what convinced me to purchase the car was that I had a friend who was racing
one in SCCA at the time but, in hindsight, I'll bet he had the engine opened up
periodically and never reached the mileage for it to start
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