Well I ordered a coolant temp sensor as my mech. suggested. I need one anyway, it doesn't turn on the aux fan, so stop and go traffic is a harrowing experience. I'm not sure how to adjust the idle mixture on the 560... my service cds are desilvered? I don't know what to call it. that data part somehow came off the disk. wierd, huh?
I put injector cleaner in at every fill up on the way to kentucky from colorado. small improvement.. still hard to start from cold. It has gotten easier since pulling all the relays, cleaning the idle speed valve and reseating the vacuum lines, but still takes about 20-30 cranks and I can't drive until the engine warms up past 80 degrees centigrade. I did find that someone had jammed a bb into one of the hoses which attaches to some component on the drivers side down next to the wheel well. looks to be attached to the exhaust header. With out my discs I have no Idea what this componant is or why some one would have blocked the line to it.

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1979 Mercedes 280CE
1997 BMW 528i
2001 BMW R1100RT-P/GS
2001 Honda Shadow 1100