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Originally Posted by charlie a.
My 96 e300 wouldn't start in an unusally cold (30's) weather here in Orlando. It starts and idles roughly for about 30 seconds and then dies. I tried starting it several times with the same results. The glow plugs are good (replaced all of them a few months ago). It seems to be a fuel delivery problem as it wouldn't start up all the way through, but I wouldn't know where to start diagnosing the problem. Any suggestions from our members?
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Don't know what the temperature was when this problem occurred, but you may have a problem with the fuel gelling. I live in New Jersey, and the same problem happened to me last year during a cold snap with the temperatures down around 10 degrees. I usually add the proper mixture of anti-gel to the fuel when I fill up. Well, just prior to this cold snap, I filled up, but did not have enough anti gel to put in the proper ratio to fuel. My car started up fine, but once on the road, would not accelerate past 50mph, and was running rough. The problem cleared up after a couple of miles. I suspect that the fuel in the lines had partially gelled, and once the car was started, the engine drew in fresh fuel from the tank, and that cleared up the problem. Another issue could be the fuel filters....Don't know how long its been since you changed those out. I would suggest that you wait for the temperature to warm up a little, and see if the issue goes away on its own. If not, then my second choice would be the fuel filters. Good luck