yo.. thanks man..

did a search, seem like the primary culprit could be the idle control valve and its connecting hoses..

really hope its not as bad as some of the search results i was going through...

frankly i did not know w124s or Merz has such a serious and common problem... erm....

will update so see if i can sort this problem.... *sigh

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