[W126 Coupe] what's out of adjustment

[Mister McGoo]

Good good.  Thanks

-Bellamy


>From: "Shayegan, Richard" <rishayegan at davidson.edu>
>Reply-To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
>To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
>Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] what's out of adjustment
>Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:01:24 -0400
>
>Well, I solved the rough running that gets cleared out by goosing it in
>neutral. What it was is I was operating on the edge of leanness after
>finding that gives me the best 1/4 ETs, but when the temps went up (and
>possibly as the EPA weakened the standards for fuel because of Katrina)
>this became just slightly too lean. I richened it back up about 1/6 of a
>turn and that solved it.
>
>As far as the instant start, I don't whether or not this fixed it, since
>I have only started it 3 times since richening it back up, and the
>instant start was VERY intermittent (though it has done it once almost,
>it did an instant start and then almost died - maybe 100rpm or so - and
>then brought itself back up). By normal starting length, I meant like 1
>second or so (maybe as long as 2, definitely not longer). I don't know
>why being lean would cause the instant start (followed by instant stall)
>issue, so I'm not holding my breath.
>Richard
>