740 B200E Stalls & won't restart.

Joined: Jan 30, 2007 Posts: 5

Hello, I have a 1987 740 estate B200E. Usually start no problem. But Twice in the last month, when driven about 2 miles from cold, it has stalled when I have stopped in traffic and refused to restart. After about 45 minutes it started again. (It used to have a very high idle speed but when MOT'd they adjusted it and now it sometimes idles correctly at around 900rpm, but sometimes much slower and sounds on the point of stalling.) Any suggestions please. Regards Tim Woods

External Since: May 14, 2008 Posts: 45

Tim wrote:
> Hello, I have a 1987 740 estate B200E. Usually start no problem. But
> Twice in the last month, when driven about 2 miles from cold, it has
> stalled when I have stopped in traffic and refused to restart. After
> about 45 minutes it started again. (It used to have a very high idle
> speed but when MOT’d they adjusted it and now it sometimes idles
> correctly at around 900rpm, but sometimes much slower and sounds on
> the point of stalling.) Any suggestions please. Regards Tim
>

What injection system does this have? US 740s were all LH-Jet but the
Euro stuff had some weird configurations. How's the engine wiring
harness? Unless those are different over there, they always rot.