Hi all, I have an 87 300TDT and yesterday I started her up, (starts easy) and when she fired I gave her a little shot of fuel and let off quickly and it stalled. Well that was it, she would not fire again. I had to hold the pedal to the floor and crank her over and over. Let it sit a second (for starter to cool) and crank again. Finally after what seemed like 5 minutes she fired up and run perfect. It was almost like it was either out of fuel or had too much fuel in the combustion chamber. This happen once before but that time I let it sit for an hour or so and it started up fine. This time I didn't have that luxury. What causes this? Vapor locked if that is possible? Any help would be great.

Air leak into the fuel lines??

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Cant imagine. It starts and runs perfectly any other time. There is no fuel on the engine anywhere from a leak.

When it is really cold the starting can be a "first time only friendly" type of thing. Not sure why but it was discussed recently.

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John