Any check engine lights? This car has all sorts of electronic sensors as well so could be any number of issues.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 17, 2018, at 2:37 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Check the air filter, if you have not already... Rough start and hard > stumble would tell me to look two places... Not enough air... or not enough > fuel... Rule # 1 for diesel is "Clean air, Clean fuel, Clean oil." > > Since it is belching black, that tells me you "may" be getting enough fuel > [clean or not, still a question] however, you may not be getting enough > clean air to make a start and idle.... as you accelerate above 3000 RPM, > air flow increases to overcome blocked air filter? > > Just a thought.... likely, you've already gone there. > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 10:26 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Sounds like an okie car to me >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jun 17, 2018, at 11:02 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> I started it up today, it belched smoke and wouldn't keep running, I >> finally nursed it to running and it was stumbling and rough below 3000rpm >> but after a few minutes it kept running at idle so I let it sit for awhile >> to charge up the battery and it got to running better. So I shut it off >> after awhile and worked on the SEC bulb sockets and messed with that. >>> >>> Decided to take it out to see if it would run OK and lo mirabilu dictu >> it is running fine. It still belches some smoke off idle and is a bit >> rough up to like 3000rpm but then runs fine above that. At about 60 it >> felt like it was getting up on the turbo and had some great acceleration, >> or maybe some nanny was making it run like it should. Anyway, no real >> problems. >>> >>> I'm wondering if that new tank of fuel stirred something up and now it >> is sorting itself out or something. I hope I can drive it OK until the >> tank is low then I'll pull the tank filter and see how goobered up it is. >> I'm thinking to put some biocide in the tank and see if that helps >> anything, though it seems OK now. Maybe some of that Liqui (Lubro? same can >> different name) Moly stuff too. >>> >>> Very strange. >>> >>> -- >>> --FT >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> 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 > _______________________________________ 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
