What! 85 in MI already? Summer's over already!? ;<)
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Esh" <michael...@mac.com>
To: "Okie Benz" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 8:29 AM
Subject: [MBZ] 1984 300D - won't start when hot.
Well it is summer again in Michigan and I am again having trouble starting
my car after it has been driven for while. The story:
Air temp of about 85 and I am driving my brother to the Grand Rapids
airport from Whitehall MI. About a 60 minute drive 95% expressway. I am
running the air conditioning and it is barely keeping up due to flaps
issues. At the 2nd stop light off the xway the car stalls in the right
hand lane of a two left lane turn, we are four cars from the intersection.
This was at about 4:30 p.m. (very hot and lots of traffic. I immediately
turn off the air conditioning and try to re-start. It cranks valiantly
however it will not fire. I try several more times without success. I
call for a wrecker and we begin to wait while "parade waving" to the
passers by who are very unhappy with us. After an hour of waiting, I flag
down a "Clarion Hotel" van and give him 10 bucks to drop my brother at the
airport. I get back in the car and wait for another 30 minutes, trying
occasionally to re-start to no avail. Wrecker finally shows up, loads
me up on the back of his platform and we drive to another 15 minutes to
his garage. I asked to use their battery booster and tried once more to
start the car and lo and behold it fires right up and runs like a dream.
I hop in and drive home with no problems. The car starts right up in the
morning without any problems.
As many of you know this car has been doing this in the summer for 2 years
now. I do not have the problem in the winter. While waiting at the garage
I loosened one of the feed lines at the injector and I did have fuel at
the injector. Could this hot starting problem be caused the valves being
out of adjustment? Any suggestions are very welcome.
Thanks in advance,
Mike
Michael E. Esh
michael...@mac.com
http://www.yugster.com/invite/138123
(C) 231.286.2344
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