[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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