I parked the car away in the garage for the winter since putting back the old fuel distributor in January. Weather is nice in the northeast so I decided to take the car out and give it another try. The car runs rough and there is still excessive while smoke. I rtealize the issue is beyond my capabilities and I need to find a good mechanic.
Anyone know a good mechanic who works on older Mercedes with Bosch mechanical fuel injections? I live in Westchester County (Hawthorne New York 10532) just outside of New York City. Second question....do you think it's safe to drive the car to a mechanic considering the smoke issue? There is a liquid soming out of the exhaust too which appears to be a combination of water and fuel. Thanks, Bob -----Original Message----- From: Robert Koziak <rkmerce...@aol.com> To: mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Sun, Jan 12, 2014 6:11 pm Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1990 MB 300E - Replaced Fuel Distributor - Running rough...help! Since changing the fuel distributor is really not difficult I decided to put the old one back on and see what happens. It started up pretty quick and ran rough with excessive white smoke. I assume that's the excess fuel in the system burning off. Have a party to attend so can't wait for it to burn off.......hopefully it's not too long. I will resume the quest tomorrow. Thanks to all! -----Original Message----- From: Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Sun, Jan 12, 2014 12:32 pm Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1990 MB 300E - Replaced Fuel Distributor - Running rough...help! Thanks Mitch. I'm still battling mine, I suspect I need to bite the bullet and take the fuel distributor off and clean everything up. Just put a new regulator on the alternator today, battery went flat between Monday (when it started at -4) and Friday night. Good thing it didn't poop out on me in the cold. Peter _______________________________________ http://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 _______________________________________ http://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 _______________________________________ http://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
