Hi Duke

I had the same problem with my 102 engine. I know you firmly believe that its the nature of the beast to start and die when hot but I just want to share my experience on this one.

I, for one, do not accept that its the nature of the beast as I have seen no other make of cars do this nor do other MBs do this. My car when I got it 6 months ago would, when warm, fire and die immediately too. Adjusting the idle speed and the EHA did not help (but it did give more power). I used one dose of STP concentrate and after that, a fuel filter change. The problem went away.

My thoughts are that maybe another way to look at this is the car is firing up prematurely from leaking injectors and vaporised mixture on the cylinders and not from the FI system kicking in yet. Try holding the cranking time a little longer and use the injector cleaner.

Regards
Oreo

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1992 124 E200 (Euro)