Cold start diesel surging?

Hey Guys, Whenever it is near freezing... and the first start in the morning, the car will start up no problem... but it will surge up and down unless I step on the throttle and keep it a bit higher than normal idling...

What is the problem? Is it my glow plug that on one cylinder is not working?

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Tiger
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what year

if its an older one my best guess is the fuel pressure is bouncing a bit from the injecter pump cold fuel. it takes a short time for the pump to pull stable temp fuel from the tank.

we have some big yachats here on the island and once warm they calm down.

8 & 16 cylinder monsters

a miss fire from a cold cylinder would be just that a miss firewith more of the normal black smoke.

i my self am only speaking of the older cars. don't have a clue on the newer multi pulse injecters .

and i am only speaking the 3 MBs i have owned. i would also make sure the hose carrying the boost air clamps are tight.

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pool man

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Tiger

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Tiger

Tiger,

The surge is from the engine's governor trying to stabilize the idle of a cold engine with a misfiring or lame cylinder.

Suggest you replace the questionable glow plug, and why not replace them all while you're at it - they last about 100K in my experience - use only Beru or Bosch.

If the replacement GP doesn't fit, carbon is the cause and can easily be reamed by turning a 1/4" high speed drill in the hole with your fingers; its very easy and makes all the difference.

Tom

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T.G. Lambach

It's a 95 E300D... feels like a train chugging... shakes the car and when trying to drive in that condition is pretty hilarious....whoa! ugh! whoa! ugh!

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Tiger

That's what I figured... has to be a misfiring cylinder... if I just keep it

1000RPM for like 30 seconds or so, the symptom disappeared...

Otherwise, trying to drive with the car chugging like that is like an old car that chugs whoa! ugh! whoa! ugh! Rocks the car back and forth.

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Tiger

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T.G. Lambach

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pool man

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