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O2 sensor/EHA? - 300E running rich
I know this topic has been beaten to death. And i DO have read the immense amount of threads regarding this. But i still can't get i right..
My '86 300E, 178000 miles, is running WAY too rich. (~10 mpg) Symptoms: Exessive fuel consumption, Exhaust smells of gasoline, Black soot from tailpipe, Black smoke under full throttle, and a strange 1 sec. 'surge' when i touch the gas pedal. I haven't been able to get my hands on a multimeter with duty cycle, so i have only measured volts and miliAmps. Warm engine - unplugged O2 sensor - measured 0,77V at idle and 0,81V at 2000 rpm from the sensor. (should be in range right?) I followed stevebfl's advice to adjust the mixture to the lowest possible reading (volts) and got -0,1V..! -engine still running well. I reconnected the O2 sensor and measured mA at the EHA. -And the reading was all over the place. From -15mA to +10mA. In the process i turned the allen screw about quarter of a turn CCW. So no matter what the readings say, the mixture must be leaner now, right? What i DID get out of all this, was a jumping idle at 750 rpm where i had a steady idle at 500 rpm before. I simply don't get it... Freestyler
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Never criticize someone until you've walked a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do, you're a mile away -and you have his shoes! '86 300E optically converted to '95 E300 (Sold) -Blauschwarz on silver -Black leather -17" AMG & 15" AMG for winter |
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Misery loves company
Right now, I'm in the boat with you. I have the same symptoms, although your readings don't tell me much. Try this, remove the air filter and depress the airflow plate gently as far as you can. Get a focused beam flashlight and look inside the air chamber. It should be dry in there. If not, then you probably have a leaking seal on the fuel distributor plunger. Also look carefully at the fuel pressure regulator. Mine is leaking fuel out of the front section. The end with the vent tube. That will also waste gas and causes driveability problems.
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Re: O2 sensor/EHA? - 300E running rich
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It sounds like you have a marginal cylinder (weak injector, vacuum leak, fuel distributor problem), and when you leaned the mixture, you caused a lean misfire.
FWIW, I was getting .23V from my sensor at idle.
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inspector1:
The '95 conversion didn't include the drivetrain. Engine is the original '86. Can anyone explain how it's possible that i could get the reading -0,1V from the O2 sensor when leaning the mixture -and still have a running engine?? Is the mixture too lean now? Will i fry my valves? Freestyler
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Never criticize someone until you've walked a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do, you're a mile away -and you have his shoes! '86 300E optically converted to '95 E300 (Sold) -Blauschwarz on silver -Black leather -17" AMG & 15" AMG for winter |
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I find it hard to see how a lean mixture can produce tailpipe soot. I still think you're getting raw fuel dumped in there from somewhere.
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Agree with the Cap'n. If you have a car that starts running rich (or lean for that matter), then adjusting the mixture is not the solution. There is another problem that you need to find and fix.
What I have learned from all the posts on this subject and my own experience is that you make very minor adjustments to the mixture to compensate for component wear, or to re-calibrate the system after a major component has been replaced or repaired.
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Chuck Taylor Falls Church VA '66 200, '66 230SL, '96 SL500. Sold: '81 380SL, '86 300E, '72 250C, '95 C220, 3 '84 280SL's '90 420SEL, '72 280SE, '73 280C, '78 280SE, '70 280SL, '77 450SL, '85 380SL, '87 560SL, '85 380SL, '72 350SL, '96 S500 Coupe |
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