kramix
New Member
Hi,
I have a 1986 300TE with 169k miles, which is beginning to run a bit erratic. She starts from cold just about fine and pulls away ok, however after a minute or so she will loose most power – touch the throttle and nothing happens (no increase in revs) then power will come back on again. This will carry on for a while until it warms up a bit. This seems to be getting worse too... On Monday night lost a bit of power in the same way on the motorway then went back to normal in the same way when its cold!
I thought maybe something to do with the cold or the fuel pump, this was replaced by the previous owner less than two years ago though. Going on a very long trip in a couple of weeks so its giving me a bit of concern…
Any help would be great, cheers, Mark
I have a 1986 300TE with 169k miles, which is beginning to run a bit erratic. She starts from cold just about fine and pulls away ok, however after a minute or so she will loose most power – touch the throttle and nothing happens (no increase in revs) then power will come back on again. This will carry on for a while until it warms up a bit. This seems to be getting worse too... On Monday night lost a bit of power in the same way on the motorway then went back to normal in the same way when its cold!
I thought maybe something to do with the cold or the fuel pump, this was replaced by the previous owner less than two years ago though. Going on a very long trip in a couple of weeks so its giving me a bit of concern…
Any help would be great, cheers, Mark
