[W126 Coupe] Cold Start Problem

[Jonathan Hodgman]

I had a 420 in my shop that was horrible for cold start up and bad for
warm, replaced the accumulator and now it snaps to life...
Just what I've found through working on these beasts...:)

Jonathan



On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 09:30:41 +0000, Sharan Bains
<sharanbains@hotmail.com> wrote:
> As far as I know, fuel accumulator would only cause hard starting on a warm
> engine. It's job is to maintain a certain fuel pressure for upto 2hrs after
> engine is switched off.
> 
> I don't think it plays a part on cold starting.
> 
> The other thing and first thing to chck is your mixture - is it absolutely
> spot-on ? If not, then you will get delayed starting in some cases.
> 
> talbir
> 
> >From: Jonathan Hodgman <jhodgman@gmail.com>
> >Reply-To: mbcoupes@mbcoupes.com
> >To: mbcoupes@mbcoupes.com
> >Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Cold Start Problem
> >Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 00:45:30 -0500
> >
> >as in fuel pressure accumulator..  Sorry for the plural initally, it's
> >late;-)
> >
> >
> >On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 21:41:00 -0800, Henry Viveiros
> ><henryviv@grantspass.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > "I've found the accumulators can contribute quite a bit to hard starting
> >as
> > > well." - Accumulators ? ?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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