Cattan
New Member
My son just bought an old W124 (230e) saloon with several faults, and I am trying to help him to get this car back on the road (I have had several W210's, a couple of W126's and currently I am the proud (?) owner of a W163, but I never touched a W124 before now...)
First of all, there was the typical EHA valve trouble (vibrations/smoke/no power etc.) , so I replaced the O-rings and the engine fired perfectly and was running smoothly until I turned it of.
Now it starts but stalls after a few seconds.
I removd the air filter house/casing, then cleaned the air intake, but still no luck in getting the engine to keep on running.
However, if I clamp the the air intake disk (choke?) down/open while starting the car everything is normal and the engine runs smoothly without any strange noises (and the previous "steam-train smoke" is gone ).
I have tried to adjust the mixture screw but this does not make any difference. If I remove the clamp, the engine stalls immedeately.
I hope to get some advise how to get this old lady back on the road again
First of all, there was the typical EHA valve trouble (vibrations/smoke/no power etc.) , so I replaced the O-rings and the engine fired perfectly and was running smoothly until I turned it of.
Now it starts but stalls after a few seconds.
I removd the air filter house/casing, then cleaned the air intake, but still no luck in getting the engine to keep on running.
However, if I clamp the the air intake disk (choke?) down/open while starting the car everything is normal and the engine runs smoothly without any strange noises (and the previous "steam-train smoke" is gone ).
I have tried to adjust the mixture screw but this does not make any difference. If I remove the clamp, the engine stalls immedeately.
I hope to get some advise how to get this old lady back on the road again