[QUOTE]Originally posted by fahrgewehr2
[B]Working on a few small problems with my SE.

2. Oil Pressure takes a few seconds to rise on cold start. Maybe 4 seconds. I can hear lifter clatter while before pressure rises. Once oil pressure pegs, idle drops to 750 now, from 1000. Any thoughts? Thinner oil? Time for synthetic? New Lifter(s)?

I own a '91 300SEL - live in a warm climate.

My oil pressure needle finally jumps on cold start 1st thing in the am after running for about 1.5-2.0 secs. I bought the car in '97 with 35,000 on the odometer. It now has 115,000.

Oil gets changed every 2500 or so. Castrol 10W-40 GTX + either Mann, Mahle-Knecht; Hengst oil filter.

FYI

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Mike Murrell
1991 300-SEL - Model 126
M103 - SOHC
"Fräulein"