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Wanna Help with me with my carburetors?

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Hi Im Dave and I got my second BMW in March.
Used, of course :)
But there's an issue... with the carburetors: When I start cold I use the choke like anyone else -or is supposed to be done-, after 3 min turn it off, then the bike stalls completely. So, in order to make her run and go I have to leave the choke on, sacrificing a lot of my fuel economy and nice sound of the muffler due to high rpm when deaccelerating, sometimes when the engine is hot enough I can turn the choke off and the bike will be fine, but once I give her some gas it tries to stall, and w

Do anyone knows whats going on?
Any tips?

Help me please [-o<
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Re: Wanna Help with me with my carburetors?

Post by boxermania »

Dave Medellin

Yes there is a problem with your carburetors, I'm assuming that you are running the early Bing's as they were a handfull....just a bit of levity since there are no carburetors on your bike, but fuel injection. I'm assuming you have a R1150R or similar.

Based on the information in your post you need both an idle and TB sync....no offense, but do you know what I'm talking about? If you do get to it, if you don't let us know where you hail from and maybe some of our posters can help you out.
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Thanks for replying
I have a 2002 R1150R
And is it only the BMW dealer the capable of fixing that? :(

I know in carburetor based engined what are you talking about, but I dont know if that works the same with EFI

If it just something of adjusting a idle/TB? needle, maybe I can

Im from Greenville NC, there are some 1150's here, but owned all by rich ppl who can afford all can of maintenance at the 70mi away dealer -or they are scared to get grease-, so I try to do it all on my own, as far as my ability goes, I know how to say ''I cant"
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Here is a link with all the things explained. http://home.mindspring.com/~jabrooks/ I think you can do the synch without getting any grease on your hands.http://www.r1150r.org/board/posting.php ... =2&t=15063#
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Post by Lobo1625 »

Being able to perform a sync on the throttle bodies is one of the keys to a smooth running bike. It requires minimal tools and about a half hour of your time. A manometer is the only part you may not have, but fear not it's easy to get/make. There are manometers out there for sale, but with 15 feet or so of clear rubber hose and a yardstick, you can make your own. Here is the site I visited on how to make one, but basically you take your length of clear hose (1/8" or 3/16" inside diameter, and someone speak up if I'm wrong on size) and find the mid way point. Tape it to the yardstick with the middle of the hose in a loop at the bottom of the stick and run the hoses up to the top. Clear packing tape works really well to hold everything together, then just fill it up part way up with fluid. I used Sta-Bil so if/when it gets sucked into the engine there is nothing to worry about, plus it's thin so it gives great response and it's easy to see.

As far as tuning goes, MAKE SURE you have a fan sitting in front of your bike to keep it cool. Without this you will most likely overheat the bike and could destroy it. Take the bike for a quick ride and get it up to normal operating temperature then come back and park it on the center stand and set your fan up. The ends of the manometer connect to the vacuum nipples on the bottom of the TB's. Disconnect the hoses and move them outta the way if there are any there (they go to the emissions canister) pinch the hoses shut when you start the bike or you'll suck all the fluid out of your manometer. The process for the rest of the sync is covered in the link provided by MCollect is a great resource. The manometer replaces the twinmax they use, but both do the same thing. Hope this 'short' :lol: post helps and doesn't scare you off!
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