My '92 300D 2.5T ran 3000rpm at 75mph Saturday --- sounds right on. On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 5:47 AM, Larry T <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Gang - > A couple of weeks ago I wrote about losing reverse. At that time, I > ordered one from Rusty and as soon as it arrives I will have it installed. > Meanwhile we still drive but we avoid places where we might have to back up > - fortunately, reverse still works pretty well when its cold. > > Now, the forward gears are getting slow to change at times - it has > delayed upshifts and yesterday when running at 75 mph on the interstate the > tach read 3000rpm - higher than it usually is at that speed IIRC. At the > stop light, I ran through the gears and they all worked that time but it > seemed to go into top gear very quickly and the accleration was sluggish - > like the turbo was not spooling up like normal. Perhaps it was because it > shifted into top too early - but the rpm's were in the 2500-3000 range. > Anyone know where I can find a curve showing how the turbo comes on line > with relation to engine rpm? > > Would the transmission shifting problems cause the turbo to go into > "limp home" mode? I'm not very familiar with the controls of this > engine/tranny - might be a dumb question - after all it's not an electronic > transmission. > > Thoughts? TIA - > > LarryT > 91 300D 2.5T -- > OK Don 2001 ML320 1992 300D 2.5T 1990 300D 2.5T 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager _______________________________________ 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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
