Slat4090
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- 230E/1985/2300
Morning all,
Having a few problems with the old girl. Started out with a rough idle, which i put down to it actually being used, and hoped that it would sort itself out once all the gunk had gone through the system. Idle started to get worse, so started investigating. Changed plugs, leads, dissy and ran a top end fuel system cleaner through. This did nothing. Hoped that taking it for a 200 mile drive may improve things, but as yet nothing seems to have improved.
The ony extra bonus I now have is that the fuel pump has started to squeal when the engine is running, and it splutters a lot on idle. It cuts out occasionally when pulling away, and the car feels as though there is no fuel going in, so it wants to stall. When this happens, it takes a good 5 seconds of pumping the gas pedal before we get moving (at quite a rate of knots!)
Would this be the pump or could it be something else? I have another 500 miles to cover before I get home, and dont fancy relying on te RAC for a tow home.
Having a few problems with the old girl. Started out with a rough idle, which i put down to it actually being used, and hoped that it would sort itself out once all the gunk had gone through the system. Idle started to get worse, so started investigating. Changed plugs, leads, dissy and ran a top end fuel system cleaner through. This did nothing. Hoped that taking it for a 200 mile drive may improve things, but as yet nothing seems to have improved.
The ony extra bonus I now have is that the fuel pump has started to squeal when the engine is running, and it splutters a lot on idle. It cuts out occasionally when pulling away, and the car feels as though there is no fuel going in, so it wants to stall. When this happens, it takes a good 5 seconds of pumping the gas pedal before we get moving (at quite a rate of knots!)
Would this be the pump or could it be something else? I have another 500 miles to cover before I get home, and dont fancy relying on te RAC for a tow home.