Hello.
Am new here. Have inherited my late father's car, above, with 139K miles on the clock. Engine is in good condition, doesn't burn oil.
However, there's a couple of weird faults with it. Not sure if I should be posting these questions here but this seemed the best based forum. Please excuse me.
When the weather is cold & wet, when the engine is started in the morning from cold when I drive down the road the ASR light often comes on and the engine seems to cut out - but it doesn't and idles at a low 400rpm. The only way to get the car to move is to almost fully floor the accelerator and jerky progress can be made. When the iginition is turned on & off again it resets the problem but then it happens again a mile or so down the road. When the engine's warm the problem never happens. Cure is to leave the engine running for 20 minutes before driving away, first time every morning.
The second problem is a strange clonking sound from front nearside that comes up through the floor in the front passenger foot well. The local garage (not MB specialist) thought it was the shock absorber but when this was changed the problem is still there. It clonks every time the car goes over small bumps. On smooth roads it seems quiet though.
Any help from experts on what these might be will be greatly appreciated, or please could you direct me elsewhere for help.
Thank you.
Greg
Am new here. Have inherited my late father's car, above, with 139K miles on the clock. Engine is in good condition, doesn't burn oil.
However, there's a couple of weird faults with it. Not sure if I should be posting these questions here but this seemed the best based forum. Please excuse me.
When the weather is cold & wet, when the engine is started in the morning from cold when I drive down the road the ASR light often comes on and the engine seems to cut out - but it doesn't and idles at a low 400rpm. The only way to get the car to move is to almost fully floor the accelerator and jerky progress can be made. When the iginition is turned on & off again it resets the problem but then it happens again a mile or so down the road. When the engine's warm the problem never happens. Cure is to leave the engine running for 20 minutes before driving away, first time every morning.
The second problem is a strange clonking sound from front nearside that comes up through the floor in the front passenger foot well. The local garage (not MB specialist) thought it was the shock absorber but when this was changed the problem is still there. It clonks every time the car goes over small bumps. On smooth roads it seems quiet though.
Any help from experts on what these might be will be greatly appreciated, or please could you direct me elsewhere for help.
Thank you.
Greg
