PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum - View Single Post - 300TD: No power when cold, fine when warm

pawoSD · #11 12-12-2004, 12:16 AM

Neither of our SD's started up on a cold day (35 out or less) will have much power to move, I've even tried it, I started it, put it in gear about 10 seconds later, and hit the gas to the floor, absolutely nothing

It did roll a little, and kept rolling, then eventually the turbo came in and it got moving better. It will however, rev up (I don't do this ever, its bad for it) when cold and not in gear. After being on not more than 15 seconds it will easily rev to 1500-2000rpm no problem, higher if I allowed it too, but I don't. But its usually sluggish for me for 1.5-2 miles depending how long I let it warm up. If I give it 2-3 mins of a low idle warmup (like 1200rpm or so) it helps greatly. We tried to get our 83 up on ramps before right after starting it cold, it made it half way up, sat there growling (pedal too floor) and then rolled back down. Had to let it run about 2-3 mins before it had enough to get up the ramps.