Have you changed the thermo time switch and trigger points?
On 6/24/05, John Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am by no means a gasser expert, but the problem where it doesn't start
> after it has been sitting sounds like there is a fuel leak or a check
> valve that is letting fuel flow back into the fuel tank.
>
> No clue on the other stuff...
>
> Best of luck
> John
> '79 300SD
>
> On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, Ali Al-Abbasi wrote:
>
> > OK I am having some real funky issues with my 73 280SEL 4.5. The car has
> > never run right. When I first bought the car, the timing was way out and the
> > car ran bad and would pop. My Dallas mechanic addressed this and changed the
> > timing chain. The car then ran well for a while but now appears to be
> > running
> > super rich. Especially if left to idle for a while. I left it running at
> > idle
> > for about 15 minutes and it started choking up and chucking black smoke from
> > the tail pipe when I would pull off.Another strange problem is that if you
> > do
> > not start the car for a couple of days, the car will not want to start. You
> > would have to leave it to crank for more then a minute before it would
> > start.
> > Once it has started and left running for a few mins, then if you shut the
> > engine off and crank it again, it would start on the button.
> >
> > I have replaced the fuel pressure regulator and my mechanic replaced the map
> > sensor and some of the injectors earlier.
> >
> > Anyone seen these issues before? Any advice is appreciated.
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Al
> >
> >
> >
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