I replaced the longer fuel line to the inline fuel filter. It turned out to be aged and cracked. Result: no more shaking!
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net>wrote: > Adjust the rack dampner bolt. Be careful, as adjusting until you have > perfect idle can cause it to refuse to start cold from inadequate fuel > delivery. Eventually, you will have to just live with the shake as the > spring continues to degrade > > The 5 cylinder "shake" is longitudinal, which may appear to be side to > side, and the most common cause is a worn rack return spring which allows > the rack to oscillate in time with the engine vibration. That causes uneven > fuel delivery, making the side to side action. > > The real cure, of course, is to take the IP completely apart and replace > the spring, but it takes a full rebuild to get to it. > > Peter > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090816/fb2f6586/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com