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Old 10-13-2015, 05:06 PM
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1983 240D rough idle/stalling at light when warm

The car starts and runs fine. Then after it warms up when I get to a light the idle is rough and will stall if I don't shift into neutral and keep the idle up. Then when I start driving again the power is really low but eventually gets better.

Any ideas where to start? From what I've read it sounds like it may be fuel lines/filters/manual pump leaks. Just though I'd ask before I started digging around in case anyone had any ideas.
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Old 10-13-2015, 06:58 PM
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Valve clearances should be checked. Especially if you have no ideal when last done. Maintenance requirement every 15K to check them.

May not be it but a place to start.
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Old 10-15-2015, 10:48 PM
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It was a clogged filter. Big piece of whale snot. Seems fine now.
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Old 10-16-2015, 09:05 AM
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Have you flushed/cleaned your fuel tank?
May help some of the whale snot issues
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Old 10-16-2015, 10:53 AM
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Have you flushed/cleaned your fuel tank?
May help some of the whale snot issues
PO claims to have done it and I tend to agree since it ran fine up until then. Might be some bad fuel.

I was planning on replacing the sending unit this winter so I'll take a look then.
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Old 10-16-2015, 10:59 AM
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We occasionally forget almost always fuel filters first on any suspected running problem. They can enable so many issues .

I did this time.
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Old 10-16-2015, 02:47 PM
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We occasionally forget almost always fuel filters first on any suspected running problem. They can enable so many issues .

I did this time.
Yeah I'm new to this whole thing. Why do you think it only happened after driving 30 minutes or so? Just bad luck?
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