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07-08-2010, 09:08 PM
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1980 W116 280SE died a slow death today
and then was revived
 It is in the high 90's temperature wise here in NY. On the way to work the coolant temp reached about 100 and then backed down. On the way home it hung right about 80. My drive is about 35 miles and about 25 miles home the car sort of hiccuped. It was almost like a sudden loss of all power for a quick moment. Then it slowly began what seemed like the engine was struggling to stay alive and with my foot still depressing the accelerator over the next few miles it continuosly kept slowing down. Eventually after backing up traffic for quite awhile it just quite moving. It was still running though. I shut the car off, waited a few moments and it started again and finished the trip without a problem. What happened? 
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07-08-2010, 10:16 PM
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Sounds like it was starved for fuel for a while.
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07-08-2010, 11:17 PM
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When was your last fuel filter replacement?
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07-09-2010, 07:10 PM
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vapour lock?
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07-10-2010, 01:49 PM
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yes, and I've seen it happen on 280SE's specifically..
You might do a fuel pressure test on the car. Jonathan
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07-10-2010, 09:03 PM
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Quote:
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07-10-2010, 11:03 PM
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Quote:
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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon 1979 280CE 225,200 miles 1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles 1976 240D 190,000 miles 1979 300TD 220,000 GONE but not forgotten 1976 300D 195,300 miles 1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...e485-1-2-1.jpg
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07-15-2010, 12:38 PM
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Quote:
- Peter.
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07-15-2010, 05:51 PM
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Yes i know. MB Mike, didn't know if vapor lock could happen on a fuel injected car. Yes it can, it causes many issues on EFI cars, not so much on MFI from what i have seen.
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07-15-2010, 08:28 PM
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It's Porsche junk but the info applies a fair bit.
http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/911_MFI/TipMFI.htm Think of it as wannabe diesel injection. 
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