Can anyone give me some help finding an Additional Idle Air Slide for an 1984 280 SE Euro. This is the M110989-12-064813 in the 126 chassis.
The Mercedes number is 000-141-15-25. In cold weather the car simply refuses to start.

It's actually an Auxiliary Air Slide. You should be able to get a US dealer to order one from Europe. There are also two numbers listed for a US 280E, 0001410625 and 0001141125 that might work.

But this is a very expensive part. Are you sure it's the problem? The air slide supplies extra air when the engine is cold to raise the idle. I would think that if it were the air slide, it would start but be difficult to keep running when it's cold.

A hard cold start can also be caused by the warm-up regulator or the cold start valve or the relay the that controls it.

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Chuck Taylor
Falls Church VA
'66 200, '66 230SL, '96 SL500. Sold: '81 380SL, '86 300E, '72 250C, '95 C220, 3 '84 280SL's '90 420SEL, '72 280SE, '73 280C, '78 280SE, '70 280SL, '77 450SL, '85 380SL, '87 560SL, '85 380SL, '72 350SL, '96 S500 Coupe