Good morning all,
I have just taken delivery of a 1984 230 CE (hopefully with pics attached).
Unfortunately i have yet to drive the car owing to the following problem:
The car starts fine and idles nicely at around 500 rpm, however when i apply throttle the car will only increase in revs to about 1500rpm before it starts to cough, pop and splutter. If i increase the throttle beyond this stage, the car's revs retreat until it stalls - as if the car is being starved of fuel.
The fuel pressure appears good at the injector unit/fuel distributor (although i dont know what constitutes "good" in a technical sense) and there appears to be a steady flow of petrol from the injector unit via the return pipe.
Whether it should be greater than what it is and as such fingers should be pointing at the fuel pump, i just do not know.
There appears to be a good spark so i am tempted to rule out distributor cap/ rotor arm/HT leads etc.
Have any other members experienced such symptoms and what has cured this for them?
Many thanks in advance.
Paul
I have just taken delivery of a 1984 230 CE (hopefully with pics attached).
Unfortunately i have yet to drive the car owing to the following problem:
The car starts fine and idles nicely at around 500 rpm, however when i apply throttle the car will only increase in revs to about 1500rpm before it starts to cough, pop and splutter. If i increase the throttle beyond this stage, the car's revs retreat until it stalls - as if the car is being starved of fuel.
The fuel pressure appears good at the injector unit/fuel distributor (although i dont know what constitutes "good" in a technical sense) and there appears to be a steady flow of petrol from the injector unit via the return pipe.
Whether it should be greater than what it is and as such fingers should be pointing at the fuel pump, i just do not know.
There appears to be a good spark so i am tempted to rule out distributor cap/ rotor arm/HT leads etc.
Have any other members experienced such symptoms and what has cured this for them?
Many thanks in advance.
Paul