mike102
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- 1990 300 E class
Dear Members,
Having had two years of trouble free driving, today my Merc totally took me by surprise. It fired up first time no problem, drove a steady 50 for a couple of miles again no problem but as i slowed for the lights it started to jerk to a stop. From then on the idle speed was very eratic dropping, raising, very uneven, Tried setting off and the car just cut out, Left it for about 20 mins and it started up, at this point the temp had cooled down and all seemed fine up until it reached normal 80C, where it started to lose power and again cut out. I waited half hour for services where the mechanic thought i was going daft cause by then the engine had cooled and started and ran fine, but again as it reached normal running temp, guess what same problem.
Anybody relate to this and if so does it sound serious.
Thanks.
Mike.
PS. The mechanic didn't have a clue.
Having had two years of trouble free driving, today my Merc totally took me by surprise. It fired up first time no problem, drove a steady 50 for a couple of miles again no problem but as i slowed for the lights it started to jerk to a stop. From then on the idle speed was very eratic dropping, raising, very uneven, Tried setting off and the car just cut out, Left it for about 20 mins and it started up, at this point the temp had cooled down and all seemed fine up until it reached normal 80C, where it started to lose power and again cut out. I waited half hour for services where the mechanic thought i was going daft cause by then the engine had cooled and started and ran fine, but again as it reached normal running temp, guess what same problem.
Anybody relate to this and if so does it sound serious.
Thanks.
Mike.
PS. The mechanic didn't have a clue.