Cutting out in D or R

[wtpfrd]

Hi All,

The other day i pulled up to a junction and the engine cut out. I restarted in N and it idled fine, moved it to D and it cut out again.

Managed to eventually get it to go by jumping on the accelerator as soon as I put it in D - I jumped forward, but managed to get home. Next few days it was fine - then today - same thing happened again - idles about 1100 in N or P (Normally sits around 700 when idling in D), as soon as I put it in D or R the engine just stalls.

Any suggestions as to what could be causing this?

It's a '95 C200 with about 99,000 miles on it.

Thanks for any help! Cheers

 

[television]

Hi and welcome, To me it sounds like the throttle switch in the air flow housing is not switching to the idle circuit.

 

[wtpfrd]

Little update to this - I've discovered the problem only occurs when I've got less than 1/4 of a tank of petrol!

Have spoken to a friendly mechanic and although very confused at first he seems to think it's a ?swirler? in the tank causing the problem?

I'm keeping it at about 1/2 a tank or above at the moment and it's running fine.