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owners manual BMW 3 E21
owners manual BMW 3 E21 - year of production: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 - BMW 3 E21 316 318i 320 323i owners manual EN
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"L ::>ldlll/lY1I1tJ engine
Startingoff Tostarttheengine,turnthe ignitionkey fly and the mixturewill be weakened
clockwiseto position3 untilthe engine considerably.Neverdepresstheaccelera-
fires.Do notallowthe engineto turnover torrepeatedlyorsuddenly,as thiswillonly 1
withoutfiringfor longerthanabout20 injectstillmorefuelintothe intakemani-
seconds.Whentheignitionkeyis released fold. I
it willspringbackautomaticallyto posi- Inveryseverefrost,protectthebatteryby I
tion2. Whentheenginestarts,itsspeed limitingthefirststartingattemptto about J
• will rise to a relativelyhigh figurewhile 20seconds.Beforetryinga secondtime, I
warmingup. j
waitabout20to30secondstopermitthe I
batteryto recover.The secondattempt I
To makestartingeasier, particularlyin shouldnotbe muchlongerthanthefirst.
conditions,switchoffall current-
freezing BMW318i, 323i j
consumingitemsand press down the The fuel injectionengineof this BMW
Beforeyou operatethe starter,always clutchpedal(manualgearboxcars). modelis equippedwith an automatic
makesurethatthe gearshiftleveris in The automaticchoke mechanismwill startingand warming-updevice.
Neutral. automaticallyreducetheenginespeedto , Starting
On cars fittedwithautomatictransmis- a normalidle speedwhen the coolant Whenstarting,a magneticvalvecontrol-
siontheenginecan onlybe startedwhen thermometerneedlehas reacheda point led by the ignitioncurrentis openedso
the selectorleveris in the 'P' or 'N' betweenthe2 coloredzones. thatfuelis injectedintotheinletmanifold
position. for a certainperioddependingon the
Ifthestarterhastobe operated,a second temperatureof the coolant.The fuel/air
time,the ignitionkey mustfirstbe retur- mixtureis enrichedfurtherwhile the
ned past position2 to position1. This engineis warmingup by meansof an
BMW316,320 deliberatedelayis includedto preventas electricaland coolantheatedbimetallic
YourBMWisequippedwithanautomatic far as possibblere-engagementof the spring.
chokecarburetorwithheat-sensitiveby- starterpinionwhilethe engineis still Whenstarting.donotdepresstheacce-
Try to preventdamageto the
pass startingsystem.Please note the turning. leratorpedalat all. It is possibleto start
followingoperatinginstructions: flywheelring or starterpinionteethby drivingimmediatelyafterthe enginehas
waitinguntilthe enginehas ceasedto fired,runningat a mediumenginespeed
Iftheengineiscold,theacceleratorpedal rotatebeforeoperatingthestarter. only.
shouldbe depressedfullyonceor twice
beforestarting;if theengineis at normal If the enginewill not startor fires only Aftertheenginehas started,thetelltale
operatingtemperature,holdtheaccele- intermittentlyafterseveralattempts,try lampsforbatterychargeand oil pres-
ratorpedalhalfwaydown.Iftheengineis againwiththeacceleratorfullydepres- sureandthebrakepadwearindicator
• hot,depresstheacceleratorfully. sed.Thiswillforceopenthechokebutter- shouldgoout.
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