On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 07:38:49 -0800 Gabriel S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I really think gasoline engines are better suited at high elevations.
I live at 7300'. My 617.912 works just fine.
Craig
So...I did some driving in the mountains today. I drove from Phoenix (917'
elevation) to my dad's house in Overgaard (5,800' or so). At one point there is
a strech of road that is around 7,900' . Any whoI used each instance of
climbing as Italian tune-up time. When I got to my pa's, the car
Bob Rentfro wrote:
So...I did some driving in the mountains today. I drove from Phoenix (917' elevation) to my dad's house in Overgaard (5,800' or so). At one point there is a strech of road that is around 7,900' . Any whoI used each instance of climbing as Italian tune-up time. When I got to
Thanks for the schoolin' Dr. Booth.
Bob Rentfro
'77 300D 142K (ran fine this morning)
Litchfield Park, AZ
- Original Message -
From: Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 8:15 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Today's
Sounds like when my fuel filter was clogging once and I was attempting to
climb a hill (at which point 45mph was the fastest I could get it going on
the highway), and it finally got to the point on the hill that the engine
was still running, but not enough to overcome the drag from the auto
On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 07:38:49AM -0800, Gabriel S. wrote:
I have also experienced this at high elevation (8000') in the local
mountains here. Power is nothing until you get some boost. In the morning
she turned over just like always, on the first crank but the combination of
freezing weather
