Enthusiasts will always find a way. One constant source of worry about newer old cars with more complex technology, plastics, and computers, is that the components will fail and thus turn the cars into effective paperweights. But ingenuity can make short work out of finding replacements or workarounds, as we see from the repair to the fuel injection system outlined in this ad for a 1981 BMW Alpina B7 Turbo sedan for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description:
not a coupe, is a rare find, and it can be used as a daily driver if you don’t mind its thirst for petrol.
Many BMW enthusiasts argue that the Pierburg DL fuel /injection system as well as its crank sensor are nowadays beyond repair or insufficiently fixed at best. The BMW 528i sensor is completely different from the Alpina one, which is out of production way way back, and no such spare part is currently available from Pierburg or Alpina. This was exactly the case with this car. A possible solution seemed to be a whole conversion of the fuel/injection system with a newer one only to ruin its originality. This seemed like the only possible solution when I got negative responses from Pierburg and Alpina
There came my friend, a master mechanic, Kazu and he kindly offered help. He added a custom-made 6-branched spinning sensor within a distributor to pick up signals. Details? Please ask me. To my surprise, he put the car back on the road, roaring and pulling hard as it used to. Alpina B7 turbo for every day.
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