I stick to the schedule, so less than 15,000 miles, but I think it is coming due in 3,000 miles...so maybe it needs done. Would maladjusted valves cause all those problems? Chris
Barry Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Chris - How long since you did a valve adjust? Barry > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christopher McCann > Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 9:52 AM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Subject: [MBZ] low idle and pulsating idle when engine (not ambient > temp) iscold > > > So I drove the 1985 300SD for 300 miles the other day. No problems. > > Next morning, I start the car, need to depress the accelerator > to get it to start (it was not cold out) and once started, if I > left off the pedal, it would stall. After holding it at normal > idle for a minute or so, it would idle at low speed, but not > stall...unless I put it in gear. Once the engine is up to > operating temp, it idles perfectly normally and there are no > other problems... > > EXCEPT (this may or may not be related) about a year ago, the > idle started to slightly surge/pulsate until it got up to > operating temp...actually up to operating temp FOR A WHILE (like > 15 minutes of driving). This also is not effected by ambient temp. > > It was raining during the 300 miles of driving - doubt that had > anything to do with it. > > It now does this every time I start it when the engine is cold. > Ambient temp has nothing to do with it. > > Any ideas as to what is going on? > > Thanks, > > Chris > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -1985 300SD, 217K, "Wulf" -1982 300Dt, 117K, "little blue klatter box" -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, "One Banger" --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Oct 31 14:06:27 2006 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.190]) by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GeuG1-0006lB-0U for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:06:26 +0000 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l37so323128nfc for <mercedes@okiebenz.com>; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:06:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.131.1 with SMTP id e1mr1071871bud; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:06:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.98.1 with HTTP; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:06:19 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:06:19 -0500 From: TimothyPilgrim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] Can Kaleb Beat This? X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com> List-Unsubscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: </pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com> List-Post: <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:06:28 -0000 ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:16:47 -0500 From: "Michael Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Can Kaleb Beat This? To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sorry, but you do not have permission to use this feature. If you are not logged in, you may do so using the form below if available. ------------------------------ Whoops. Try this: http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2104/001yf5.jpg http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/2160/002yg9.jpg http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/4521/003lg0.jpg http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/4720/121276309842004100300amvk2.jpg http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4756/10001ig3.jpg http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/3816/10901xd3.jpg http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1005/pagode02ia7.jpg http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/642/schrott001yo7.jpg http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/3237/schrott002zh5.jpg http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/2043/schrott005gm4.jpg http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/7108/schrott010tm8.jpg http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7180/schrott023qg8.jpg Tim 1982 300TD Moby (for sale) 1991 300TE 4Matic Beulah
