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Yeah, I’m kind of late in replying, but there is another, rather simple reason for engine stall.

Troubleshooting for a friend decades ago, he had a tuneup which included replacing the distributor. The car ran great until it sat in traffic with the engine warm. It would just stall. Had to wait 10 ...

Reading through Josh’s E12 Revival and wonderful support herein, is a reminder that unintended neglect can disable an otherwise highly reliable machine.

One example, (since retiring here in Tennessee) is I have lawn and garden equipment that I didn’t have in my previous life. I learned via hard ...

When I acquired my latest E12, the PO said he had the whole car serviced a year before. That included the rear differential. Unfortunately the rear started to make growling noises since then. It was fine for the first 20-30 minutes before a the ghosts started moaning. He didn’t know what fluid was ...

Remco, that’s a fine example of a Euro spec E12. Jealous of the bumpers!! Feel free to share more photographs (when the weather is clear). Congratulations!

If it were ME, . . .
I’d pop the cover off again and recheck the clearances. I was taught to check the valves in firing order sequence, starting with cylinder 1 at TDC. Remove all spark plugs. Cool that your car is manual transmission, have it in top gear (4th, 5th). It gives you mechanical ...

Only a minor contribution to the discussion; orings need to be lubricated before installation, a minor scuff can easily lead to annoying leakage.

Make sure the lubricant is fully SYNTHETIC. Like bases are solvents for each other, so don’t use any petroleum grease or WD-40 stuff. Even if the oring ...

Regarding DIFFERENTIAL fluid.

I know this reply is LATE, but worth mentioning. Previous owner had a shop change his differential fluid with generic 75w90. That was a mistake, because the diff would then GROWL after 15-30 minutes of driving.
The remedy is to use HYPOID gear oil. I used Liqui Moly ...