ric220
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Hello all.
My 5spd auto '95 E280 estate has been suffering from what I suspect is a shorting LT wiring loom for a while, leading to occasional stalling when coming to a stop and bouncing revs (same symptoms as with my previous E280 which was solved with a partial replacement of the loom).
On Sat I pulled up at a junction nr home (Lewes), and stalled. When I restarted it ran really rough - coughing, shaking, stalling again. Same in park / neutral. I limped off the road at 5mph and left it for 5 mins. On restarting everything was fine again and has been since. I'd have thought if the loom had finally died it would be a permanent death rather than temporary.? Not sure whether relevant but while I was waiting the 5 mins I topped up the oil which was pretty low (I hadn't checked for a while and yes I know that's asking for trouble), although no sign of oil on the road where I stalled or any under the car. The gear changes have been hesitant for a while but not too bad and I assumed normal for a 245k mile car.?
Any ideas what it was? Really don't fancy that happenning in fast lane of M23...
Cheers
My 5spd auto '95 E280 estate has been suffering from what I suspect is a shorting LT wiring loom for a while, leading to occasional stalling when coming to a stop and bouncing revs (same symptoms as with my previous E280 which was solved with a partial replacement of the loom).
On Sat I pulled up at a junction nr home (Lewes), and stalled. When I restarted it ran really rough - coughing, shaking, stalling again. Same in park / neutral. I limped off the road at 5mph and left it for 5 mins. On restarting everything was fine again and has been since. I'd have thought if the loom had finally died it would be a permanent death rather than temporary.? Not sure whether relevant but while I was waiting the 5 mins I topped up the oil which was pretty low (I hadn't checked for a while and yes I know that's asking for trouble), although no sign of oil on the road where I stalled or any under the car. The gear changes have been hesitant for a while but not too bad and I assumed normal for a 245k mile car.?
Any ideas what it was? Really don't fancy that happenning in fast lane of M23...
Cheers
