[W126 Coupe] !988 560 SEC
Jay Hirsch
J.Hirsch at mac.com
Tue May 18 16:32:38 EDT 2010
"Flaky" fuel filter would happen randomly at various speeds and
not "on the stroke of 12." Would be more noticeable going up a
hill even with an electric pump.
keep cruisin
Go with Jonathan and KE
Jay H
On May 18, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Jonathan Hodgman wrote:
> typically I would say yes, but turning the car on and off would
> only increase the level of heat and given that solves the problem
> I'm leaning more towards KE.. switching the ignition for on to off
> resets the KE, getting it back in order for a bit.
>
> My KE was sporadic just as he described and..
>
> Granted, if FF hasn't been done in the last couple of years it
> should be just as a matter of course!
>
> Jonathan
>
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> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Dan Stratton
> <dstratton at illustration.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Have you replaced the fuel filter? I'd try that first, before
> spending a lot of money and time on the other stuff. I've been
> through that before (same problem) on a rarely driven '87 420 SEL
> (22K miles) - in the end all that it was was the fuel filter.
>
> Dan
>
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> On May 18, 2010, at 11:15 AM, mbcoupes-request at mbcoupes.com wrote:
>
> I am also having a "cutting out" problem. On a 350 mile trip last
> fall, my
> SEC would lose power after every 1hour and 45 minutes. I would
> have to
> pull over and turn off the motor for a few minutes, then it would
> start and be
> good for another 1-3/4 hours and lose power again. I finally got to a
> dealer and picked up a new 'fuel relay'. This got me around while
> visiting
> and all the way home again...I thought all was good. Last week
> while on a 2
> hour drive, it lost power again at the 1-3/4 time period. Could
> this just
> be a new fuel relay gone bad? What other part would "time" itself
> out.
> Could the EZL or ignition module be the culprit.
>
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