hi there,

some of you will be aware of the continuing saga of this 280te that i bought sight unseen on ebay recently.

it was a moment of madness, but it was very cheap ie £280.

i have finally got the beauty started, by fiddling with the rotor arm, but the car is running somewhat hesitantly and doesn't like to idle, and is rough when revved. the fiddling involved not placing the rotor arm all the way down on it's seat so that it would make contact with a 'cleaner' part of the dizzy cap. seems to have worked.

i checked the plugs and they are coated in black soot. also, the exhaust is very sooty. i ran the car for almost half an hour and there was no change.

i would be grateful for any solutions to sort this out as i have had nothing but serious grief from my friends, and i would dearly love to pull a rabbit out of the hat, so to speak.

the plugs and leads were replaced last year by the last owner in his attempt to sort out this problem. and have therefore had no use for at least 12 months.

as always, thanking you in advance for all your help.

regards

justin

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W123 200T 1982
Porsche 911 sc 1982
Honda C90 Cub 1995

Justin, Wow 1885 ... that is an old car.

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Fred Hoelzle

Well it sounds like its running very rich, hence the sooty plugs. Before I got the fuel/air mixture sorted on my 190e it was a bugger to start when hot and idled badly in the heat. It only ran smooth when cold first thing in the morning. Get down to a garage with an exhaust gas analysiser and get them to set the mixture.

Mike.

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1990 Euro 190e 2.0l Petrol Now Sold Maybe a w116 280se next

O2 sensor?

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1999 Porsche 996 Carrera Convertible
1994 420E - SOLD
1986 300E - SOLD, what a car
609 Certified

You beat me to it!

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Regards

Warren

Currently 1965 220Sb, 2002 FORD Crown Vic Police Interceptor

Had 1965 220SEb, 1967 230S, 280SE 4.5, 300SE (W126), 420SEL

ENTER > = (HP RPN)

Not part of the in-crowd since 1952.

1885? -you must have one of the very first motor cars ever made- great engineering, those Germans...

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1993 320TE M104
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past:

1983 230E W123 M102
1994 E300D S124 OM606 (x2)
1967 250SE W108 M129
1972 280se 3.5 W108 M116
1980 280SE W116 M110
1980 350SE W116 M116
1992 300E W124 M103
1994 E280 W124 M104
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