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Old 02-09-2010, 12:02 AM
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You need a 1/4" drive 10mm universal socket. Every Benz mechanic has at least one.
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Old 02-09-2010, 12:07 AM
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Ah the 104, I wish that found its way into the W126s and/or a five speed manual.

Anyway, also a socket with a flex head may work too. It is hard to tell from the pics.

Also, if you have a MityVac (which I highly recommend!) pull a vac on the EGR at idle. It should stall the car if it opens.
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Old 02-09-2010, 05:19 PM
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I too used the small 1/4 inch drive socket set with a small extension attached to the socket. I soaked the nuts first with penetrating solvent. If you have access to a MitiVac, you can easily check to see if the EGR valve will hold a vacuum (it should). Mine looked terrible, but worked fine nevertheless. I guess you can clean the EGR valve with solvent, while you had it out of the car.
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Old 02-09-2010, 08:28 PM
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I disconnected the rubber tube at the far end but let it still connected to the EGR valve. I sucked at the tube und could hear something close (a membrane perhaps) and it held my oral vacuum .

Today I was able to open up the pipe to clean with a speedometer cable. Hope that helps a little. I am waiting for parts to do other overhaul, distributor cap & rotor, O2 sensor, spark plugs and SP wires. After that I gonna retake the state inspection. Knock wood!
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Old 02-10-2010, 11:22 PM
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A MAJOR SETBACK

Yesterday I was happy to be able to get my lambda A/F ratio to voltages between 5.9V and 7.1V, what translates to 0.56% - 0.47% duty cycle. However the numbers are for idle.

Today I measured at 2500 rpm and got reading under 3V at pin 3 of the X11 connector, which means the engine is running too lean, I tried to make it a bit richer and got the following:

Idle: 6.91V - 7.75V (0.493% - 0.42%) borderline of running rich
2500 rpm 3.02V - 3.86V still too lean


The idle reading should stay within 10% of the 2500 rpm reading, now they are way apart, I cannot bring them closer with lambda adjustment alone.

Idle: rich, 2500 rpm: too lean, that does not make sense. What is wrong? what should I look at?

Please help!


Edit: How to adjust lambda A/F ratio according to Bronzeross
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... u need the car at normal operating temp. find ur lambda connector, (shown in the first pic.) its on the driver fender well above the ignition module. find pins 2-3. using ur dmm positive pin in the number 2, and neg in pin 3. set dmm to dc volts. with the engine running watch the voltage, should ocillate from 5.5v to 7.5v. turn the lambda tower screw clockwise to richin, counter to lean. also it doesn't take much when ur turning the screw. after u do that snap the throttle and watch ur readings. also u can tell if u have a bad o2 sensor this way too. if the readings are slow or go open. that means ur o2 sensor is probably bad.
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Remember that if the oxygen sensor is doing its job and the system is operating closed-loop, the reading will jump around, so you might see readings from 5 V to 7 V and have guess at an average.
My reading oscillates between 5.9V and 7.1V (yesterday before enriching it to 6.9V - 7.75V), so I assume that the oxygen sensor is still OK according to the above.
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