Idle problem

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Ride_on
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Re: Idle problem

Post by Ride_on » 04 Oct 2013 01:04 am

Thats the head part number, the engine type is on the front plastic timing belt cover, but the label sometimes comes off.

Does it have a choke? Ie a knob you have to pull beside the steering wheel, to get the engine running properly when it is cold? If not then its injection, B200E

I would check the throttle is closing properly first, the big round thing that the accelerator cable is attached to. Pop off the linkage arm to let it close freely without interference from a sticky cable.
1980 345 DL_______1987 360 GLE (project car restored to GLT spec and B230FT'd)
1984 360 GLT______1987 360 GLT
1983 360 GLS______1989 360 GLE
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macplaxton
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Re: Idle problem

Post by macplaxton » 04 Oct 2013 12:28 pm

Ride_on wrote:Thats the head part number, the engine type is on the front plastic timing belt cover, but the label sometimes comes off.
That jogs my memory of a B230A in a 240 DL estate I had once-upon-a-time.
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