300SL 107 - Poor start

[Tearaway107]

Hi Guys,

This topic has probably been done to death but my SL suffers with poor cold start, and not brilliant warm start either TBH. When starting from cold, i can't touch the accelerator, just crank it for a while and it'll start with a really lumpy idle for a few minutes until warmed up. When running, the

car​

drives fine.

I guess my first port of call is OPV relay? Whereabouts is this located?

Any help / advice would be much appreciated.

Jason

 

[Tearaway107]

Hi Guys,


This topic has probably been done to death but my SL suffers with poor cold start, and not brilliant warm start either TBH. When starting from cold, i can't touch the accelerator, just crank it for a while and it'll start with a really lumpy idle for a few minutes until warmed up. When running, the

car​

drives fine.

I guess my first port of call is OPV relay? Whereabouts is this located?

Any help / advice would be much appreciated.

Jason

Found the OPV relay under the drivers footwell. Pulled the relay and found that the 10amp fuse in the top had blown. Replaced fuse and it now starts immediately from cold with no issues:bannana: