Richard,
I don't have enough knowledge about your particular model but do have a
bit of general mechanical experience with a lot of different vehicles.
Not being there to hear what the engine actually sounds like when it is
turning over to hear if there are compression pulses when the starter
at speed.
Randy
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1987 300D turbo dies on way home...
The engine turns over much quicker I then marked
R A Bennell wrote:
Does it not seem odd that the car just lost power and coasted to the side of
the road if something major broke?
The operator may be one who only notices a problem when the car stops moving.
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1987 300D turbo dies on way home...
R A Bennell wrote:
Does it not seem odd that the car just lost power and coasted to the side of
the road if something major broke?
The operator may be one who only notices a problem when the car stops moving
It's not gonna be a five cent part if the chain jumped and then broke.
Usually causes horrific clatter.
However, I would check out the engine by rotating the front crank bolt
-- if it turns, you will have to investigate why the flywheel turns but
not the crank. If not, check for a locked up
That is how my beloved Camry died -- timing belt broke, valves stayed at
parade rest, pistons kept on chugging away.
On 9/25/07, Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's not gonna be a five cent part if the chain jumped and then broke.
Usually causes horrific clatter.
However, I would
The engine turns over much quicker I then marked the serpentine
belt to
see if it would change position when engine (or starter) was
engaged the
belt did not move...
If you definitely hear the starter turning something over, and
not just the unloaded electric motor sound of an
If this is the case, is this a big job (engine removal) or is worth
fixing?
If it should turn out to be not worth fixing, you should
call me. I have another one of your cast-off 300D's that
is lonely...
-- Jim
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Rent or borrow a car and worry about it later.
I would have suggested filters -- a bad tankful of fuel could plug
them even if they were recently changed. Was the car refuled
shortly before this happened?
RICHARD FIne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hello, I'm having a very tough time, my wife had
Something similar happened to my son's car -- would not accelerate, ran
bad -- listers diagnosed it as a clogged hose that runs from the back of
the intake manifold to the ALDA. Cleaned that out, it ran much better.
That does not really relate to the engine (or is the starter?) turning
I can offer no help for the car, but I will have your father and
family in my prayers
clay
On 24 Sep 2007, at 10:46, RICHARD FIne wrote:
Hello,
I'm having a very tough time, my wife had to leave me in a
neighboring town (my father is in Hospital dying a slow death, he
has Reumatoid
any helpful suggestions on what to look for? My car has been trouble
free for years and years and years.. it has about 300,000 miles on it.
You've really packed them on since I saw that car last!
My advice, which you already have, is to park the car and
rent or borrow something for this short
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