I've got a 91 740 Wagon, 260k miles. Just recently took it in to get some seals replaced (had been leaking oil for a long time, flame guard got clogged, blew out some seals).
When I got the car back, when I would start it, it was prone to dying, and then taking some amount of cranking to get it started. Today I thought I wasn't going to get it restarted at all. I finally waited for a half hour, and it started. However, I had to keep the pedal depressed because it was sort of cutting out, which I guess is the problem with it stalling.
They also replaced the timing belt, but it doesn't seem to be out of time, but I could be wrong.
Its fuel injected, so I can't be flooding it, can I?
Another thought is water in the fuel.
So, what would be causing these rough starts, stalling, and then difficult starting?