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03-10-2016, 08:15 PM
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Isolated knock/stumble after sitting a while (603) ...
I had my 87 300D sitting in the garage since late October while I did a bunch of bodywork (that will be a thread in the restoration section later!) ... finally finished today, thrilled to take it out. It started up super easily, ran nice and smooth for about 3 minutes as I let it idle while I closed up the garage. All of a sudden it just stumbled and made two horrendous knocks, kicked out a little black smoke, and then went back to normal. Nothing remotely off since. It drives great, great power, smooth idle, no unusual smoke. Was this maybe a fuel issue from sitting over the winter? I've never had anything like that before, other than some stumbles right after starting in the deep cold. But it was 70 today, and the car ran fine for a few minutes before it happened. Pretty pronounced knocks ... thought I'd have a heart attack, but then it just smoothed out and no problems. Should I worry about this or does it sound like something that could have been a sitting issue? I'm assuming if it were something terrible, the car wouldn't proceed to go back to running wonderfully.
Other than that, great to have the car back on the road just as the weather gets nice. It's such a pleasure to drive.
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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles 1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles 2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles 2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles 1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles 1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car) 
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#2
03-10-2016, 08:19 PM
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Maybe an injector stuck open for a second. If it runs ok now and hasn't done it again, I would pay attention but not worry too much.
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03-11-2016, 07:28 AM
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Possible air bubble making its way through an injector? Just guessing.
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#4
03-11-2016, 07:42 AM
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check your air filter and plumbing... a rodent may have gotten ingested...
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03-11-2016, 07:20 PM
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Quote:
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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles 1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles 2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles 2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles 1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles 1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)
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03-11-2016, 10:38 PM
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#7
03-12-2016, 03:26 PM
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No sign of any rodents/snakes/unicorns stuck in the air filter or around it. No hiccups since either. Other than now it's blown the GP fuse, but I don't think that's related. I think the car might just be angry that I didn't drive it so long and is punishing me ...
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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles 1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles 2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles 2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles 1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles 1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)
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#8
03-12-2016, 05:37 PM
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I'd count it as a victory. Much worse "punishments" can arise from unhappy sitting cars.
 Perhaps run a diesel purge and see how it goes for the next few hundred miles.
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'84 190D 2.2 5MT (Red/Palomino) Current car. Love it! '85 190D 2.2 Auto *Cali* (Blue/Blue) *sold* http://badges.fuelly.com/images/sig-us/302601.png http://i959.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/sideview.png
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